Staples High School
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Biology Websites

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Try the following search engine for some great results,
or go directly to SCIRUS for help!

General Websites:

Our Local ThinkQuest Winners!
http://www.thinkquest.org/tqusa/winners.html
Check out their site!
http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312238
CONGRATULATIONS!

Access Excellence: A site for Health & Bioscience Teachers and Learners
(Check out their RESOURCE CENTER,
their WHAT'S NEWS, their ABOUT BIOTECH,
their HEALTH HEADQUARTERS, and their MYSTERY SPOT sections!)
Check out the University of Arizona's BIOLOGY PROJECT
Check out the BIOLOGY BINDER, an Online Resource
for Teachers and Students
The University of California, Davis' Biology Links of Interest
Evolution & Ecology Links,
Check out Harvard University's BIOLOGY LINKS
Biology INTERACTIVE APPLETS
BioChemLinks
Check out the Califronia State University BIOWEB
Check out Ken's Bio-Web References
University of Virginia's Biology TIopics SLIDE LIST
General Info,
Section I (Genetics, Energetics, Circulation),
Section II (Digestion, Regulation, Cell Division, Chromosomes),
Section III (Biotechnology, Development, Immunity),
and
Selected BIOLOGY SOURCES on the WWW
Cool Info and Homework Help - Biology Info on About.com
Biology Prefixes and Suffixes, Biology How To's
Check out Links to Go: Science and Technology &
BASCOM Global Internet Services, Inc., Math, Science, & Technology
Check out Geometry.net: the ONLINE Learning Center's BIOLOGY Page
Powers of 10 & Powers of 10 and the Human Body & JAVA Animation
Check out SigBio's Projects
Baloney Detection: How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience, Part I
PAE's Shortcut to Scientific Tools
Check out 101Science.com for some great tutorials
Check out these three reference sites for overall useful information:
General Reference: http://www.allrefer.com/
More General Reference: http://reference.allrefer.com/
WIKIPEDIA, the FREE Encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Health Reference: http://health.allrefer.com/
Medical Reference: http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/Medicine/

Online Biology Texts:

Online Biology Book:
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html
Biology Dictionary:
http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/search/dict-search.html
Biology Glossary:
http://gened.emc.maricopa.edu/bio/bio181/BIOBK/BioBookgloss.html
PAE (Plants, Animals, & the Environment) Glossary:
http://www.mhhe.com/sciencemath/forestryenviron/pae/glossary.html

TEACHERS PAGES:

Check out the Links on Ms. Duffy's Page
Check out Mr. Goby's Cool Links
Check out the BIO "Web Reviews" link on Mr. McFadden's Page
Check out Mr. Lazaroff's Cool Biology & Anatomy Websites
and
Mr. Lazaroff's pages on: DNA, Gametes, & Hardy-Weinberg I and II,
Mendel, How to Use a Microscope, and Darwin
Check out Dr. Scheetz' Links for Authentic Science Research

Online Practice Quizzes:

from BIOLOGY: Concepts & Connections (Moth Cover)
from BIOLOGY by Miller & Levine (Elephant Cover)
from Prentice-Hall BIOLOGY (Dragonfly Cover)
from BIOLOGY: The Living Science (Lion Cover)
BIOSURF, from BIOLOGY: The Web of Life (Wolf Cover)
from WebAnatomy

from HEALTH: Skills for Wellness (Bicycle Cover)
from the Middle School SCIENCE EXPLORER Series
Animals
Cells & Heredity
Chmical Building Blocks
Chemical Interactions
Environmental Science
From Bacteria to Plants
Human Biology & Health

Chemistry for Biology Students:

The University of Arizona's Chemistry of Life Problem Sets & Tutorials
BioChemLinks
BioChemHub - The Online Biology and Chemistry Education Center

Microscopy:

Check out Mr. Lazaroff's Tutorial on How to Use a Microscope!

Minnesota Microscopy Society's Project Micro page
The University of Queensland's NanoWorld
Molecular Expressions' Exploring the World of Optics & Microscopy
University of Delaware's HISTOLOGY Images
Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy Image Library
Assorted COOL Microscopy Links 1 & Microscopy Links 2
Nikon's Microscopy U's Digital Movie Gallery,
Digital Pond Life Movie Gallery, & Digital Image Gallery

Check out Histology World's Audio Microscope for definitions and pronunciations of the parts above.
Be sure to also check out the Table of Contents for Audio Histology Slides, Histology Games, and more!

Cells:

Molecular Expressions' Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure:
Animal Cells, Plant Cells, Bacterial Cells, Viruses (granted, they aren't cells),
JAVA Microscope Tutorial & JAVA Electron Microscope
Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com/
Virtual Plant Cell

Mitosis & Meiosis:

MITOSIS
Molecular Expressions Mitosis, & Mitosis Java Site'
Micromagnet's Mitosis Site
Cornell University's Mitosis Tutorial:
Onion,and Whitefish
General Mitosis Diagram
MEIOSIS
North Carolina State University's Meiosis Tutorial

DNA & Genetics:

Practice DNA Structure
ONLINE!

Primer on Molecular Genetics
from the U.S. Department of Energy
(This primer was prepared by Denise Casey, Human Genome Management Information System,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for the 1991-92 DOE Human Genome Program Report.)

Virtual Genetics Lab
Courtesy of PBS: The Gene Hunters
Cold Spring Harbor Labrotory:
Your Genes, Your Health, DNA From the Beginning,
Eugenics Image Archive, Genetic Origins, Biservers
The University of Arizona's Genetics Problem Set
and Karyotyping Activity
Washington University's Shockwave Karyotyping Activity
The University of Virginia's DNA Fingerprinting Activity
Cornell University's Bacterial Genetics/Recombinant DNA Tutorials
& Crossing Over
The BBC's Recombinant DNA GLOWING Gallery
The University of California, Davis' Virtual DNA Fingerprinting
(requires the downloading of software)
Mr. Lazaroff's interactive slide show The Gene that changed the WORLD!
Mr. Lazaroff's pages on: Mendel, Gametes, & Hardy-Weinberg I and II

Evolution:

Let's Celebrate Darwin Day! (February 12th is Charles Darwin's Birthday!)
2009 will be Charles Darwin's 200th Birthday
(The Darwinian Bicentennial!)
and the 150th anniversary of the publication of
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
The PBS website on their series Evolution (from WBGH Boston)
The University of California, Berkeley's Evolution 101
Mr. Lazaroff's pages on: Mendel, Gametes, & Hardy-Weinberg I and II

Botany:

The University of California, Davis' Plant Transformation
Fibronacci's Numbers (Golden Section) & Golden Ratio In Natur, Part 1 & Part 2
More Pages: Golden Proportion, Beauty Measured?

Chemiosmosis http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbioac/plants/chemios.htm

Zoology:

Cornell University's Zoology Tutorials & Virtual Dissections
The Major Phyla: Phylogenetic Relationships & Principal Anatomical Features
The Critters: Clam, Squid, Earthworm, & Crayfish
Sea Urchin Development,  Fish Development 1 & Fish Development 2
Academic Info on Zoology
Michael's Zoology Page
An Internet Resource for Zoology: The Zoological Record
Biological Diversity: Animals I, Animals II, & Animals III
Fibronacci's Numbers (Golden Section) & Golden Ratio In Natur, Part 1 & Part 2
More Pages: Golden Proportion, Beauty Measured?

Ecology:

Ecology WWW Page
The Need to Know Library - Ecology & Environment Page
MEDBIOWORLD'S Environment, Conservation & Ecology Journals
Geometry.net: the ONLINE Learning Center's ENVIRONMENT Page

Science Magazine Articles:

American Scientist C Article Archives
TheScientist Magazine's Back Issue Index
Nature Magazine's Issue Archive (Requires FREE Registration)
BioMedNet's Magazine HMS Beagle (Requires FREE Registration)
Discover Magazine's Science News, Archive, Web Picks, Gallery

S.A.T. II Reviews:

High School Biology
High School Chemistry
High School Physics

Metric System

MSDS' Metric Conversion Calculator
SI Metric's Metric Conversion Table
Mr. Lazaroff's Metric Page (In Progress)

Virtual Dissections & Simulations

Cornell's Virtual Earthworm Dissection
Cornell's Virtual Crayfish Dissection
Penn State's Virtual Crayfish Dissection
The Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
The Interactive Frog Dissection (Both Old & NEW aka NetFrog 2002!)
Penn State's ONLINE Frog Dissection
Frog Guts!
A Collection of Virtual Dissections & Simulations
Virtual Genetics Lab

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