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Access Excellence
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| Access Excellence, launched in 1993, is a national educational program that provides high-school biology teachers access to their colleagues, scientists, and critical sources of new scientific information via the World Wide Web. |
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Ask a Biologist
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| A reference site for students and their K-12 teachers, Ask a Biologist is a friendly, well-organized tool. |
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AskERIC
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| AskERIC is a personalized Internet-based service providing information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, and parents. |
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Asthma for Kids
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| This site deals with the subject of teaching kids about asthma. It is very descriptive, informative, and interesting. |
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BabyCenter: How Your Baby Develops
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| This is a well-done and useful site for its intended purpose, providing information to parents and parents-to-be. |
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BBC Science & Nature
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| BBC Science& Nature is a website chock-full of science content. |
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BioInteractive
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| Biointeractive is a useful website for school teachers and students. |
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Biology in Motion
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| This website, entitled Biology in Motion, provides a solid introduction to biological science concepts and can be easily used by students, teachers, and the general public. |
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BrainPOP
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| This site can stimulate independent learning and creativity in students, while it provides teachers with new ideas for their classes. BrainPOP is a first-rate, fun learning experience for visitors. |
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CELLS alive!
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| This site is a feast for the young cytologist's eyes! Detailed cell diagrams, 3-D models, and animated cell cams allow the navigator to learn about cell structure and function in a colorful environment. |
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Colonial Williamsburg
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| This site, sponsored by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, offers a rich array of interdisciplinary educational resources from colonial history, social science, science, math, and archaeology to lesson plans and quizzes. |
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Detectives in the Classroom: An Epidemiology Curriculum for Science, Mathematics, and Health Educators
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| The basic goal of the curriculum on this site is to provide the students with tools that will allow them to make informed health-related decisions. |
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Digital Anatomist
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| The Digital Anatomist site currently contains four atlases: neuroanatomy, a neuroanatomy syllabus, thoracic viscera, and the knee. |
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drkoop.com
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| In summary, this site provides one-stop-shopping for information about health and disease, and combines accurate and timely information with easy accessibility. |
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Fast Food Finder
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| At Fast Food Finder you can search for nutritional information about foods served at nineteen fast food restaurant chains. |
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Fight BAC!
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| This site was developed by the Partnership for Food Safety Education, a public-private partnership created to reduce the incidence of food-borne illness by educating Americans about safe food handling practices. |
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First 9 Months
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| This site could best be used as an introduction to a unit on development or a starting place for independent research, and would certainly keep the attention of students at or above the junior high level. |
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Genetic Science Learning Center
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| Designed especially for teachers in Utah schools, this site features articles about genetic research at the University of Utah, announcements of workshops for teachers, and ways of integrating the material with the approved Utah curriculum. |
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Healthwindows Jr.
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| Healthwindows Jr. is a wonderful website with seven windows, each with several sections, subsections, and links, including international links. It has something for everyone. |
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Inside the Human Body: The Respiratory System
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| This site, developed by the Canadian Lung Association, is an excellent resource for teachers and students in grades 1 through 12. |
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Kids Health
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| KidsHealth.org is a website devoted to the health of children and teens. The site has three main areas: one for kids, one for parents, and one for health care professionals. |
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KidSource Online
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| KidSource offers in-depth children's education and health-care information and includes articles, discussion forums, and more. |
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Medical Mysteries
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| This site includes a refreshing presentation of educational materials in a game format. It is well worth using while teaching the scientific method, bacteriology, or historical figures concepts. |
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Microbe World
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| This is a fantastic site for all individuals interested in microbiology and/or biological sciences in general. |
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Mysteries of Çatalhöyük
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| The most useful activities and 'mysteries' are for grades 3-7 and revolve around the use of art by the people of Çatalhöyük. |
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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| This site is part of and maintained by the National Institutes of Health. It presents generally accepted health information for the public and healthcare professionals. |
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National Institute on Drug Abuse
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| This is an excellent government resource for students, teachers, parents, and health professionals on the effects of drugs on the brain and body. |
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National Library of Medicine
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| The site presents a list of topics related to all aspects of anthrax and ranging from a general overview and clinical information to prevention and research. |
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Neuroscience for Kids
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| Neuroscience for Kids is a combination of a sophisticated neuroscience text, a compendium of experiments and lesson plans, and a gateway to other sources of information about the brain and nervous system. |
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NOVA Online
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| There is something here for everyone with topics ranging from the bugs in your bed to the dinosaur fossils in the bedrock. |
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Nutrition Cafe
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| A fun website that challenges visitors to know what they eat! |
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Nye Labs Online
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| The Bill Nye site has many attractive features; it is well conceived in its design and has a decent amount of buttons to click and things to look at. |
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Open Heart
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| The Open Heart website is designed to teach individuals about the human heart through interactive activities. |
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PBS Science & Nature
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| The science and nature portion of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) website provides an extraordinary educational experience. |
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Safe Food: It's Your Job Too!
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| This site aims to draw young persons into issues of food safety, using colorful cartoons and musical jingles along with factual information. |
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Science News for Kids
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| Science News for Kids is a multifaceted site. Virtually every aspect of science is covered in educational, kid-friendly articles. |
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ScienceMaster
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| Overall, this is one of the most worthwhile sites for science educators I have encountered. |
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Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
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| This website is quite good and would be useful to anyone who wants an explanation of the current state of research on the brain. |
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Snapshots of Science and Medicine
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| Snapshots of Science and Medicine is a creation of the Office of Science Education, National Institutes of Health. It is designed to be a website for high school students and teachers interested in biomedical research for the science classrooms. |
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Society of Toxicology: Toxicology for Educators
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| The educator’s section of the Society for Toxicology website is a comprehensive resource for teachers wishing to incorporate toxicology principles into their teaching. |
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The Critical Thinking Community
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| The notion of critical thinking has been around for many years. This site attempts to bring it down to earth, in useful form for practitioners and students. |
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The e-Skeletons Project
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| This is a superb site which allows the student to learn the anatomy of the skeleton including the morphology of bones, origins and insertions of muscles, and the articulation of joints. |
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The Exploratorium
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| The Exploratorium collects and reviews scientific websites. |
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The Quicksilver Web Module
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The Quicksilver Web Module provides middle-school teachers with a valuable environmental toxicology teaching resource. The student module is composed of an interactive city in which the students collect information from different resources to solve an environmental health problem. |
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The Vaccine Page
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| The Vaccine Page is a rich site which is not built upon original or synthesized information, but rather provides an extremely well-organized approach to links to other sites concerned with vaccines and vaccination. |
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The Why Files
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| I believe it to be an excellent site for both general audiences and classroom use for science topics of general interest. I have added the URL to my list of favorites. |
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The Yuckiest Site on the Internet
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| With its kid-friendly design, colorful graphics, and 'yuck-factor,' the Yuckiest Site on the Internet will be a hit with kids of all ages. |
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