General Curriculum
All Grades
This informative site provides lessons for high school through undergraduate levels to accompany its peer-reviewed articles examining bioscience issues. Lessons are written by educators and correlated to NSES standards. Articles and lessons focus on issues in biodiversity, environment, genomics, biotechnology, new frontiers in the sciences, and education.
A resource for teachers that includes a vast array of lesson plans and reference links in Biology, Ocean Studies, Science and other topics.
This link accesses an annotated directory of educational science software and technology resources. Other areas of the site provide reviews, publishers, organizations, and electronic publications.
LEAF: Wisconsin's K-12 Forestry Education Program
This course provides educators with a foundation to effectively teach about Wisconsin's forests and forestry concepts. Background information includes the ecological, economic, and social relationships between forests and humans. An additional face-to-face course provides K-12 educators with unit based lesson guides that contain classroom lessons and field enhancements on the same topics.
Projects from the Global Initiative
Find out about global educational outreach programs on this site.
Produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this site is part of an Internet-based learning initiative called MarcoPolo. The site provides a wealth of resources for K-12 science educators, including lesson plans and reviewed Internet resources. This is a well-organized site divided into lessons, resources, and benchmarks. Science NetLinks is a dynamic site with new content being added on a regular basis and well worth a look.
Produced by the National Park Service, this Website will take you and your students on up-to-date, electronic field trips, where you can explore the varied and unique aspects of Yellowstone National Park. Each field trip is designed with a corresponding curriculum, written to meet National Science Education Standards for middle school science students. There is no charge for either the field trips or the curriculum.
AskERIC Lesson Plans for Biological & Life Sciences
Maintained by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) at Syracuse University's Information Institute, AskERIC is a service that provides curriculum and materials to teachers. The lesson plan collection is written and submitted by teachers across the country, and spans K-12 across a variety of subject areas.
The Core Knowledge Sequence provides specific grade-by-grade content guidelines that outline important topics to be taught in history, geography, mathematics, science, language arts, and fine arts. Included here are science activities, organized thematically for each month of the school year, on topics such as human biology, animals, weather, oceans, and botany.
Birmingham (AL) Zoo's Lesson Plans for Teachers
A collection of resources for K-12 educators.
Blue Web'n Applications Science Tutorials
Billing itself as a library of blue ribbon learning sites on the Web, this site, developed by Pacific Bell, offers ratings and reviews of many Web sites devoted to science education.
Busy Teacher's Web Site: Biology
An index to K-12 life science Web sites, covering topics such as microorganisms, marine life, invertebrates, fish, reptiles & amphibians, birds, and mammals.
Considering live animals for classroom observation? This site provides basic biology, care, and feeding tips for a variety of animals, from Rats and Toads, to Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and Burmese Pythons.
EduWiz.com is an education-based searchable directory for college and university educators and students. The Educator Resources area provides new and prospective teachers with links to curriculum ideas and content for a wide range of subjects.
EELink: Environmental Education on the Internet
This comprehensive directory provides a rich collection of links to learning resources for both teachers and students. Users can browse the general collection, or select subject categories for more specific links . Teachers will also appreciate the links to grant and job listings, as well as regional information and environmental database directories.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
The ENC is a nationwide network, supported by the Dept. of Education, that works to disseminate effective materials and teaching methods to K-12 science and math teachers. Included in this content-rich site is the Action area, which features educational resources and ideas, ENC publications, and the "Digital Dozen," a monthly selection of new science and math education sites highlighted for particularly noteworthy content.
The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. Users may browse through science education curricula or conduct searches that focus on specific interests. Many resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format. The Explorer is being developed jointly by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group to involve educators and students in creating and using multimedia resources for active learning and "on time" delivery.
Hillsdale-Lenawee-Monroe Math/Science/Technology Center
Created by three county school systems in Michigan, this site combines curriculum ideas and project narratives with indexes to Web resources on topics such as amphibians, prairies, and watersheds.
Minnetonka (MN) Elementary Science Center
Lesson plans, scope and sequence information, resources lists, and teaching tools are all included included in this collection of science curriculum resources.
"Nature, Science, and the Web," the online home of the Education Department of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, provides information about their grade-specific urban environmental curriculum, a variety of standards-based activities and resources (many created by classroom teachers), and outdoor activities that will give students a new appreciation of their own environment.
Natural Sciences for Educators
The California Environmental Resource Evaluation System (CERES) provides a two-tiered Web site, with interfaces for both students and teachers, linking them to multi-disciplinary resources, activities, and materials dealing with the environment.
The ever-popular Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") offers teachers a wealth of classroom science demonstrations in his "Teachers' Lounge." Also, check out "Demo of the Day" and "Ask Bill Nye."
The Science Learning Network is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums, and other institutions which demonstrates a new model for inquiry into science education. Available here are science news and links, educational resources, virtual museums and exhibits, and collaborative projects between network schools.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Teacher's Guides
Using a whole-language approach to science education, these guides provide goals and objectives, planning options, activities, and teaching units about animals, their ecosystems, and human efforts to preserve them.
Students for the Earth and the Environment at Davis (U. of California-Davis) created these projects to enhance environmental education programs in their local elementary schools. Activities include Basic Ecology, Habitats, and Human Interactions.
Developed by the Bureau of Land Management's National Science and Technology Center, this site introduces kids to the importance of soil for plant growth, groundwater, and erosion protection, and highlights the interconnected web of life that supports, and is supported by, soils. Facts, references, activities, and opportunities for online interaction make this a great unit for grades 3-6 on an oft-neglected topic.
Sponsored by EcoMall and written by Carol Baxter, a freelance environmental writer, this monthly column offers curriculum ideas, suggested resources, and hands-on activities for raising awareness of environmental concepts in the classroom. Teacher queries for particular curriculum topics are selected for discussion in each issue.
Alien Explorer: Aliens Explore Earth
The Alien Explorer site has been developed by three Canadian teachers who utilize an alien theme to explain basic processes of science, history, and art on our planet. This area of Alien Explorer focuses on biological issues, and provides concise background reading for students on basic concepts such as the biosphere, succession, photosynthesis, life cycles, and populations, as well as focus topics which include pond ecology, mammals, plants, and a dictionary of biological terms.
AskERIC Lesson Plans for Biological & Life Sciences
Maintained by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) at Syracuse University's Information Institute, AskERIC is a service that provides curriculum and materials to teachers. The lesson plan collection is written and submitted by teachers across the country, and spans K-12 across a variety of subject areas.
The Core Knowledge Sequence provides specific grade-by-grade content guidelines that outline important topics to be taught in history, geography, mathematics, science, language arts, and fine arts. Included here are science activities, organized thematically for each month of the school year, on topics such as human biology, animals, weather, oceans, and botany.
Biology Lesson Plans for Prospective & Practicing Teachers
Developed at San Diego State University, this collection of lesson plans currently include eleven units for Molecular & Cell Biology, and 8 units for Population Biology. Carefully crafted and easy to use, each unit provides an overview of the lesson with detailed instructions; a knowledge mapping exercise; a collection of alternate ideas for the lesson; and a glossary of terms.
Biology Web Site References for Students & Teachers
A directory to hundreds of sites on the Web, including links to scientist biographies, online references, hypertexts, taxonomy, introductory units, and more.
Birmingham (AL) Zoo's Lesson Plans for Teachers
A collection of resources for K-12 educators.
Blue Web'n Applications Science Tutorials
Billing itself as a library of blue ribbon learning sites on the Web, this site, developed by Pacific Bell, offers ratings and reviews of many Web sites devoted to science education.
Bridging the Watershed (BTW) is one of five "National Park Labs" programs that promotes national parks as learning laboratories and provides a model that can be replicated in other parks and watersheds. The program is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. BTW partners share a fundamental goal to educate the public about the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds in order to heighten awareness and develop stewardship for these resources. High school students can focus on five modules: water quality of the river and its tributaries; runoff and sedimentation; assessing the health of the waterway by observing the presence of macroinvertebrates; invasive alien plants; and trash in the watershed. Students of all ages can learn to identify types of plants and aquatic invertebrates; trace the journey of anadromous fish; and learn about service projects that can help them make a real difference in their communities. Students can also collect data to be uploaded and shared on the site. For both Washington DC region teachers, and teachers in other areas who can use this site as a blueprint for their own local projects, this site is full of great ideas for classroom study and fieldwork.
Busy Teacher's Web Site: Biology
An index to K-12 life science Web sites, covering topics such as microorganisms, marine life, invertebrates, fish, reptiles & amphibians, birds, and mammals.
Classification of Plants & Animals
Introduce your students to basic taxonomic principles using this set of classroom exercises with everyday materials, developed by the Franklin Institute Online.
Considering live animals for classroom observation? This site provides basic biology, care, and feeding tips for a variety of animals, from Rats and Toads, to Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and Burmese Pythons.
The Education Index is an annotated metasite for educational resources on the Web. Categories of interest include Biology/Life Sciences; Botany; and Environmental Science.
EduWiz.com is an education-based searchable directory for college and university educators and students. The Educator Resources area provides new and prospective teachers with links to curriculum ideas and content for a wide range of subjects.
EELink: Environmental Education on the Internet
This comprehensive directory provides a rich collection of links to learning resources for both teachers and students. Users can browse the general collection, or select subject categories for more specific links . Teachers will also appreciate the links to grant and job listings, as well as regional information and environmental database directories.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
The ENC is a nationwide network, supported by the Dept. of Education, that works to disseminate effective materials and teaching methods to K-12 science and math teachers. Included in this content-rich site is the Action area, which features educational resources and ideas, ENC publications, and the "Digital Dozen," a monthly selection of new science and math education sites highlighted for particularly noteworthy content.
The Exploratorium's Online Exhibits
The digital version of the renowned science museum in San Francisco, this site provides students and teachers with a multitude of engaging and interactive exhibits for a range of scientific topics, including human and animal cognition and perception, amphibians, genetics, physics, anatomy and physiology, and more. Exhibits rotate, and most are posted for only a few months, so check back often. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Italian.
The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. Users may browse through science education curricula or conduct searches that focus on specific interests. Many resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format. The Explorer is being developed jointly by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group to involve educators and students in creating and using multimedia resources for active learning and "on time" delivery.
Hillsdale-Lenawee-Monroe Math/Science/Technology Center
Created by three county school systems in Michigan, this site combines curriculum ideas and project narratives with indexes to Web resources on topics such as amphibians, prairies, and watersheds.
Minnetonka (MN) Elementary Science Center
Lesson plans, scope and sequence information, resources lists, and teaching tools are all included included in this collection of science curriculum resources.
"Nature, Science, and the Web," the online home of the Education Department of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, provides information about their grade-specific urban environmental curriculum, a variety of standards-based activities and resources (many created by classroom teachers), and outdoor activities that will give students a new appreciation of their own environment.
Natural Sciences for Educators
The California Environmental Resource Evaluation System (CERES) provides a two-tiered Web site, with interfaces for both students and teachers, linking them to multi-disciplinary resources, activities, and materials dealing with the environment.
The ever-popular Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") offers teachers a wealth of classroom science demonstrations in his "Teachers' Lounge." Also, check out "Demo of the Day" and "Ask Bill Nye."
PBS provides dozens of excellent, easily reproducible projects, complete with background information, methodologies, extended activities, and discussion questions.
The Science Learning Network is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums, and other institutions which demonstrates a new model for inquiry into science education. Available here are science news and links, educational resources, virtual museums and exhibits, and collaborative projects between network schools.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Teacher's Guides
Using a whole-language approach to science education, these guides provide goals and objectives, planning options, activities, and teaching units about animals, their ecosystems, and human efforts to preserve them.
Smithsonian Center for Education & Museum Studies: Field Trips and Learning Resources
This interdisciplinary site includes lesson plans for reptiles and amphibians, pollinators, arachnids, and marine science, as well as an educator's toolkit that provides handouts, tools, standards, and instructions for creating classroom exhibits and museums.
Sponsored by EcoMall and written by Carol Baxter, a freelance environmental writer, this monthly column offers curriculum ideas, suggested resources, and hands-on activities for raising awareness of environmental concepts in the classroom. Teacher queries for particular curriculum topics are selected for discussion in each issue.
Developed by the Bureau of Land Management's National Science and Technology Center, this site introduces kids to the importance of soil for plant growth, groundwater, and erosion protection, and highlights the interconnected web of life that supports, and is supported by, soils. Facts, references, activities, and opportunities for online interaction make this a great unit for grades 3-6 on an oft-neglected topic.
Alien Explorer: Aliens Explore Earth
The Alien Explorer site has been developed by three Canadian teachers who utilize an alien theme to explain basic processes of science, history, and art on our planet. This area of Alien Explorer focuses on biological issues, and provides concise background reading for students on basic concepts such as the biosphere, succession, photosynthesis, life cycles, and populations, as well as focus topics which include pond ecology, mammals, plants, and a dictionary of biological terms.
AskERIC Lesson Plans for Biological & Life Sciences
Maintained by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) at Syracuse University's Information Institute, AskERIC is a service that provides curriculum and materials to teachers. The lesson plan collection is written and submitted by teachers across the country, and spans K-12 across a variety of subject areas.
Biology Lesson Plans for Prospective & Practicing Teachers
Developed at San Diego State University, this collection of lesson plans currently include eleven units for Molecular & Cell Biology, and 8 units for Population Biology. Carefully crafted and easy to use, each unit provides an overview of the lesson with detailed instructions; a knowledge mapping exercise; a collection of alternate ideas for the lesson; and a glossary of terms.
Biology Web Site References for Students & Teachers
A directory to hundreds of sites on the Web, including links to scientist biographies, online references, hypertexts, taxonomy, introductory units, and more. A good starting point for research.
Birmingham (AL) Zoo's Lesson Plans for Teachers
A collection of resources for K-12 educators.
Blue Web'n Applications Science Tutorials
Billing itself as a library of blue ribbon learning sites on the Web, this site, developed by Pacific Bell, offers ratings and reviews of many Web sites devoted to science education.
Bridging the Watershed (BTW) is one of five "National Park Labs" programs that promotes national parks as learning laboratories and provides a model that can be replicated in other parks and watersheds. The program is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. BTW partners share a fundamental goal to educate the public about the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds in order to heighten awareness and develop stewardship for these resources. High school students can focus on five modules: water quality of the river and its tributaries; runoff and sedimentation; assessing the health of the waterway by observing the presence of macroinvertebrates; invasive alien plants; and trash in the watershed. Students of all ages can learn to identify types of plants and aquatic invertebrates; trace the journey of anadromous fish; and learn about service projects that can help them make a real difference in their communities. Students can also collect data to be uploaded and shared on the site. For both Washington DC region teachers, and teachers in other areas who can use this site as a blueprint for their own local projects, this site is full of great ideas for classroom study and fieldwork.
Busy Teacher's Web Site: Biology
An index to K-12 life science Web sites, covering topics such as microorganisms, marine life, invertebrates, fish, reptiles & amphibians, birds, and mammals.
Classification of Plants & Animals
Introduce your students to basic taxonomic principles using this set of classroom exercises with everyday materials, developed by the Franklin Institute Online.
Considering live animals for classroom observation? This site provides basic biology, care, and feeding tips for a variety of animals, from Rats and Toads, to Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and Burmese Pythons.
Probably the best introduction to genetics on the Web, this interactive site was developed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center. The principles of genetics are neatly summarized in 32 statements. Each statement gets further review through explanatory text, animations, a photo gallery, audio/video interviews and background material, biographies of major figures, problems and project ideas, and a list of links to further information about that concept.
The Education Index is an annotated metasite for educational resources on the Web. Categories of interest include Biology/Life Sciences; Botany; and Environmental Science.
EduWiz.com is an education-based searchable directory for college and university educators and students. The Educator Resources area provides new and prospective teachers with links to curriculum ideas and content for a wide range of subjects.
EELink: Environmental Education on the Internet
This comprehensive directory provides a rich collection of links to learning resources for both teachers and students. Users can browse the general collection, or select subject categories for more specific links . Teachers will also appreciate the links to grant and job listings, as well as regional information and environmental database directories.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
The ENC is a nationwide network, supported by the Dept. of Education, that works to disseminate effective materials and teaching methods to K-12 science and math teachers. Included in this content-rich site is the Action area, which features educational resources and ideas, ENC publications, and the "Digital Dozen," a monthly selection of new science and math education sites highlighted for particularly noteworthy content.
The Exploratorium's Online Exhibits
The digital version of the renowned science museum in San Francisco, this site provides students and teachers with a multitude of engaging and interactive exhibits for a range of scientific topics, including human and animal cognition and perception, amphibians, genetics, physics, anatomy and physiology, and more. Exhibits rotate, and most are posted for only a few months, so check back often. Available in English, Spanish, French, and Italian.
The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. Users may browse through science education curricula or conduct searches that focus on specific interests. Many resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format. The Explorer is being developed jointly by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group to involve educators and students in creating and using multimedia resources for active learning and "on time" delivery.
Developed by ThinkQuest, this site offers comprehensive coverage of basic genetic principles and applications for our growing knowledge base about genetics. It also provides an interactive area with games, quizzes, and experiments. Links to popular online news sites covering current issues in genetics are also included. A good resource for background and research.
Hillsdale-Lenawee-Monroe Math/Science/Technology Center
Created by three county school systems in Michigan, this site combines curriculum ideas and project narratives with indexes to Web resources on topics such as amphibians, prairies, and watersheds.
NASA Space Curriculum Materials: Life Sciences
When humans travel to Mars or live for extended times in space they will need food, water, and air. This site provides information about growing plants in space, water recycling, biological experiments, telemedicine, living and working in space, and activities for educators related to these topics. Also included are descriptive links to related sites on the Web.
"Nature, Science, and the Web," the online home of the Education Department of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, provides information about their grade-specific urban environmental curriculum, a variety of standards-based activities and resources (many created by classroom teachers), and outdoor activities that will give students a new appreciation of their own environment.
Natural Sciences for Educators
The California Environmental Resource Evaluation System (CERES) provides a two-tiered Web site, with interfaces for both students and teachers, linking them to multi-disciplinary resources, activities, and materials dealing with the environment.
The ever-popular Bill Nye ("The Science Guy") offers teachers a wealth of classroom science demonstrations in his "Teachers' Lounge." Also, check out "Demo of the Day" and "Ask Bill Nye."
PBS provides dozens of excellent, easily reproducible projects, complete with background information, methodologies, extended activities, and discussion questions.
The Sciences Explorer: Biology
Take a 3-D tour of a cell, learn about cloning, find out how organisms are classified, learn about various biological fields of study, do a crossword puzzle, and check out an annotated index to biology resource on the Web.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Teacher's Guides
Using a whole-language approach to science education, these guides provide goals and objectives, planning options, activities, and teaching units about animals, their ecosystems, and human efforts to preserve them.
Smithsonian Center for Education & Museum Studies: Field Trips and Learning Resources
This interdisciplinary site includes lesson plans for reptiles and amphibians, pollinators, arachnids, and marine science, as well as an educator's toolkit that provides handouts, tools, standards, and instructions for creating classroom exhibits and museums.
Sponsored by EcoMall and written by Carol Baxter, a freelance environmental writer, this monthly column offers curriculum ideas, suggested resources, and hands-on activities for raising awareness of environmental concepts in the classroom. Teacher queries for particular curriculum topics are selected for discussion in each issue.
A national education program, Access Excellence provides high school biology teachers with access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the Web. The site features an activities exchange, mentoring center, science updates, a media watch, and more.
Ask-a-Scientist Biology Archives
From Argonne National Laboratory's Division of Educational Programs, the Ask-a-Scientist archives feature hundreds of queries (with answers) on a range of biological topics, submitted by teachers and students between 1991-99.
AskERIC Lesson Plans for Biological & Life Sciences
Maintained by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) at Syracuse University's Information Institute, AskERIC is a service that provides curriculum and materials to teachers. The lesson plan collection is written and submitted by teachers across the country, and spans K-12 across a variety of subject areas.
The BEN Collaborative, spearheaded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and composed of 11 professional societies and coalitions for biology education, is developing a revolutionary approach for transforming biology teaching and learning in undergraduate and graduate institutions, as well as in professional schools. Through the development of a BEN portal site, the BEN Collaborative is providing searchable and seamless access to the digital library collections of its Partners to provide users with accurate and reliable biology education resources.
Beyond Bio101: The Transformation of Undergraduate Biology Education
Not a curriculum resource in the traditional sense, this site, created by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, provides an overview of "the remarkable changes taking place in how American college students learn biology." Topics include: Changes in the Classroom; Active Learning; Practical Strategies; Introductory Courses; Curriculum Redesign; and Electronic Learning. A resource for teachers of advanced high school biology courses.
Created at the University of Arizona, the Biology Project is designed to deliver student-oriented, highly interactive learning materials, via the Web. It includes problem sets & tutorials, real-world applications, recent research, and biological career options. Topic areas include cell biology, biochemistry, developmental biology, toxicology, Mendelian genetics, human biology, immunology, and molecular biology.
Biology Web Site References for Students & Teachers
A directory to hundreds of sites on the Web, including links to scientist biographies, online references, hypertexts, taxonomy, introductory units, and more. A good starting point for research.
Bioscene: The Journal of College Biology Teaching
The official, refereed publication of the Association of College and University Biology Educators, Bioscene provides articles, news, and reviews related to the theory and practice of biological education at the university level. Complete journal content is available online at no charge for the years 1975-present. A resource for advanced high school biology courses.
Birmingham (AL) Zoo's Lesson Plans for Teachers
A collection of resources for K-12 educators.
Blue Web'n Applications Science Tutorials
Billing itself as a library of blue ribbon learning sites on the Web, this site, developed by Pacific Bell, offers ratings and reviews of many Web sites devoted to science education.
Bridging the Watershed (BTW) is one of five "National Park Labs" programs that promotes national parks as learning laboratories and provides a model that can be replicated in other parks and watersheds. The program is based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. BTW partners share a fundamental goal to educate the public about the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds in order to heighten awareness and develop stewardship for these resources. High school students can focus on five modules: water quality of the river and its tributaries; runoff and sedimentation; assessing the health of the waterway by observing the presence of macroinvertebrates; invasive alien plants; and trash in the watershed. Students of all ages can learn to identify types of plants and aquatic invertebrates; trace the journey of anadromous fish; and learn about service projects that can help them make a real difference in their communities. Students can also collect data to be uploaded and shared on the site. For both Washington DC region teachers, and teachers in other areas who can use this site as a blueprint for their own local projects, this site is full of great ideas for classroom study and fieldwork.
Busy Teacher's Web Site: Biology
An index to K-12 life science Web sites, covering topics such as microorganisms, marine life, invertebrates, fish, reptiles & amphibians, birds, and mammals.
California State University Biological Sciences Web Server
This well-organized meta-index to biological sites on the Web provides descriptive links to hundreds of sites in 36 biological categories.
This site explores the science, history, and ethics of cloning. Contents include a timeline; scientific explanations of cloning; animations of techniques; future uses of cloning; representative positions in the cloning ethics debate; and an interaction section that allows users to participate in a poll or discussion, as well as "design" a cloning experiment.
Considering live animals for classroom observation? This site provides basic biology, care, and feeding tips for a variety of animals, from Rats and Toads, to Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches and Burmese Pythons.
Probably the best introduction to genetics on the Web, this interactive site was developed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center. The principles of genetics are neatly summarized in 32 statements. Each statement gets further review through explanatory text, animations, a photo gallery, audio/video interviews and background material, biographies of major figures, problems and project ideas, and a list of links to further information about that concept.
The Education Index is an annotated metasite for educational resources on the Web. Categories of interest include Biology/Life Sciences; Botany; and Environmental Science.
EduWiz.com is an education-based searchable directory for college and university educators and students. The Educator Resources area provides new and prospective teachers with links to curriculum ideas and content for a wide range of subjects.
EELink: Environmental Education on the Internet
This comprehensive directory provides a rich collection of links to learning resources for both teachers and students. Users can browse the general collection, or select subject categories for more specific links . Teachers will also appreciate the links to grant and job listings, as well as regional information and environmental database directories.
Keep informed about timely environmental news through live chats, interactive quizzes, daily feature stories, forums for debate, audio, video and more. These components are all aimed at educating users about the major issues, while at the same time giving them the tools to make a difference in their own community.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
The ENC is a nationwide network, supported by the Dept. of Education, that works to disseminate effective materials and teaching methods to K-12 science and math teachers. Included in this content-rich site is the Action area, which features educational resources and ideas, ENC publications, and the "Digital Dozen," a monthly selection of new science and math education sites highlighted for particularly noteworthy content.
The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. Users may browse through science education curricula or conduct searches that focus on specific interests. Many resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format. The Explorer is being developed jointly by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group to involve educators and students in creating and using multimedia resources for active learning and "on time" delivery.
Franklin Institute's Science Hotlist for Biology
Franklin Institute provides this list of resources linking to online exhibitions, references, and more.
Developed by ThinkQuest, this site offers comprehensive coverage of basic genetic principles and applications for our growing knowledge base about genetics. It also provides an interactive area with games, quizzes, and experiments. Links to popular online news sites covering current issues in genetics are also included. A good resource for background and research.
Genetic Science Learning Center
Produced by the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Utah, this site offers online, group, and hands-on activities, science fair projects, research experiments, resources, courses, and lab protocols. Sections are included for teachers, students, and families.
The Internet Science Room: Biology
Frontier High School's (OK) Internet Science Room contains the full curriculum for the school's science classes. Included in the Biology section, broken down into 4 9-week sections, are weekly concept topics, accompanied by class notes, a laboratory experience, demonstrations, and PowerPoint presentations. Almost an online course, this impressive site will be useful to any high school biology teacher.
Hillsdale-Lenawee-Monroe Math/Science/Technology Center
Created by three county school systems in Michigan, this site combines curriculum ideas and project narratives with indexes to Web resources on topics such as amphibians, prairies, and watersheds.
Mad Scientist Network's Ask-a-Scientist
Based out of the Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, this "collective cranium" of scientists answer questions from high school students, undergraduates, and teachers on a a wide variety of science topics. Ask a question, or examine the answers to recent questions in the Mad Scientist archives.
Developed by the Experimental Study Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this hypertextbook is designed to supplement the course materials of 7.01 (MIT Introductory Biology) and to provide additional tools to learn introductory molecular biology. For advanced high school biology courses.
NASA Space Curriculum Materials: Life Sciences
When humans travel to Mars or live for extended times in space they will need food, water, and air. This site provides information about growing plants in space, water recycling, biological experiments, telemedicine, living and working in space, and activities for educators related to these topics. Also included are descriptive links to related sites on the Web
The Eccles Institute of Genetics and the Utah Museum of Natural History offer activities and resources related to human, conservation, and forensic genetics. Also included are fun investigations for teens to do at home.
The Natural Science History Museum (U.K.) Science Casebook
Jurassic Park posited that dinosaurs could be reconstructed from the DNA fragments found in blood-sucking insects preserved in amber. Possible? A mysterious skull was found in England's Bodwin Moor. Is it a known animal, or a new species? Follow researchers as they solve these and other biological mysteries.
Natural Sciences for Educators
The California Environmental Resource Evaluation System (CERES) provides a two-tiered Web site, with interfaces for both students and teachers, linking them to multi-disciplinary resources, activities, and materials dealing with the environment.
Although this is billed as a kids' Web site, the content is really written more for older, sophisticated learners. A good standard resource for the classroom, the site's topics include Brain Basics, Higher Functions, The Spinal Cord, Neurons, and Sensory Systems. Users can also sign up for a free, monthly electronic newsletter, containing science project ideas, experiments for the classroom, and overviews of recent discoveries in brain research. Created by Dr. Eric Chudler at the University of Washington.
Created by Dr. M.J. Farabee at Estrella Mountain Community College, this online text provides graphics, images, and glossary hyperlinks to explain general biological principles.
Problem-Based Learning in Biology
Problem-based learning engages students in solving authentic biological problems. Offering 20 case examples, this site provides instruction in PBL methods.
An archive of links to biological education materials on the Web, this index also provides a capsule summary of each site and the activity provided. Topics include: cells; plants; animals; genetics; biodiversity; evolution; diseases; and ecology.
The Sciences Explorer: Biology
Take a 3-D tour of a cell, learn about cloning, find out how organisms are classified, learn about various biological fields of study, do a crossword puzzle, and check out an annotated index to biology resource on the Web.
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Teacher's Guides
Using a whole-language approach to science education, these guides provide goals and objectives, planning options, activities, and teaching units about animals, their ecosystems, and human efforts to preserve them.
Workshop Biology is a project at the University of Oregon designed to improve biology teaching for non-biology majors. The project has focused on developing a nationwide network of college biology teachers and providing resources and assistance for curriculum development and assessment.
The World Lecture Hall: Botany & Biology
Hosted by the University of Texas, the World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver university-level academic courses in any language. Syllabi, detailed class notes, introductory materials, and links to related Web materials are available from dozens of pages on a range of biological topics. For advanced high school biology courses.
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