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Biology
Animated Tutorials: Introductory Biology
Check out this incredible variety of animated tutorials, exploring everything from meiosis to kidney and muscle function to life cycle of a moss to blood flow through the human heart and more!
Cells Alive!
Great interactive graphics and animations delve into the microscopic world of animal and plant cell structure and function.
Learning Objectives:
Cells: compare, analyze, and diagram plant and animal cells: describe the structure, function, transformations, reproduction, differentiation, chemical and enzymatic reactions, and energy absorption and transfer of cells; discuss and diagram subcelluar particles; discuss cells as the building blocks of life and the basis of tissues, organs and systems.
Natural Perspective: The Plant Kingdom
Review the basic similarities and differences between plant groups. The site shows some taxonomic relationships and is especially good about describing several of the major families within each phylum. You can move through the pages of every phylum using the NEXT button at the bottom of each page or jump to a particular phylum from the introductory page.
Botany: compare and describe the characteristics of the genus and species of the plant kingdom; compare deciduous and coniferous trees; identify different forests and their climates; compare boreal forest, prairie, deciduous forests, mature forests, and desert in terms of plant life and adaptations; compare plant populations and trace botanical evolution; classify plants by structure and function.
Basic Botany, Physiology, and Enviromental Effects on Plant Growth
An excellent primer on basic botany, complete with decriptions, explanations, and diagrams.
Botany: diagram photosynthesis; diagram and explain the function of the parts of a flower; classify plants by structure and function.
Understanding Evolution
Learn about the theory of evolution on micro and macro levels, how those principles are applied in agriculture, medicine, etc., and trace the fossil evidence used by scientists in support of the theory.
Learning Objectives:
Zoology: review the DNA and fossil evidence for evolution; define and explain the relationship between adaptation and mutations, natural selection and speciation; trace the evolution of life from one celled animals to complex members of major animal families; explain that the classification system is based on the evolutionary relationship of all life on earth.
Tree of Life
Explore the Tree of Life to see how groups of organisms are classified based on genetic relationships. In the Learning section, review the Evolution/Phylogeny pages to learn even more about these genetic connections.
Learning Objectives:
Animal Kingdom: Explain the Linnean classification system of the animal kingdom; classify, compare, and define mosquitoes, human beings, dogs, cats, salmon, and moose using the Linnean system; explain each level: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species; discuss the relationship between classification and evolution; diagram life cycles of representatives of each order.
Putting DNA to Work
Through interactive multimedia activities, explore some of the applications of DNA technology by probing DNA sequences, examining inherited diseases, and looking at how DNA analysis is used to catch criminals, improve food crops, and understand emerging diseases.
Learning Objectives:
Heredity and Evolution: diagram and explain the function of genes, chromosomes, and DNA; analyze examples of heredity.
PBS: Evolution
Explore the site's animations to learn how Darwin's observations led to his theories about natural selection, adaptation, speciation, and populations.
Learning Objectives:
Heredity and Evolution: comprehend Darwin’s theories; explore the concepts of natural selection, selective breeding, adaptation, speciation, and survival of species; define populations; analyze the fossil record for the evolution of species.
Inside Cancer
This multimedia guide delves into the Hallmarks of Cancer, Causes and Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment, and explains the Pathways to Cancer.
Learning Objectives:
Human Health: define personal guidelines for human health issues: nutrition, exercise, viral and bacterial disease, genetic diseases, STDs, HIV, birth control, drugs and alcohol abuse;
The Immune System
A comprehensive, in-depth, but easy-to-understand exploration of the immune system.
Learning Objectives:
Human Health: diagram and analyze the structure and function of the primary systems of the human body.
DNA Interactive
Explore each of the modules - Code, Manipulation, and Genome - to learn how scientists built upon the work of others to continuously develop and refine theories and improve research and experimentation technologies and techniques. Use the Timeline to learn more about individual scientists and their contributions over the years.
Learning Objectives:
Nature & History of Science — Philosophy of Science: discuss the nature of science as a field of investigation and the reason for the constant changing of scientific hypothesis and theories as new discoveries lead to new technology which leads to new evidence which leads to new theories (give examples from the field of Biology); define the major underlying principles of biological investigation.
Cloning in Focus
Study up on what cloning is, reasons for cloning, some of the risks, the history of cloning, and explore the controversial issues over cloning.
Learning Objectives:
Nature & History of Science — Biological Controversies: explore the controversies and ethics involved in the study of living organisms: endangered species management, lab experiments with live subjects, genetic engineering, cloning, and ecosystem degradation.
Advanced Biology
Field & Research Guides
Virtual Body Guide
Under the Health Resources menu on the left-hand side, click Interactive Body Guide to open the module in a new window. Explore one or more of the body's systems.
Learning Objectives:
Human Systems: define, label (common and scientific terminology), and diagram the overall organization and functions of the human body, the organ systems, and the basic anatomical positions.
Biointeractive
Explore the procedures and use the associated tools in the Virtual Labs in the Neuroscience, Infectious Diseases, Cardiovascular, and Immunology departments.
Learning Objectives:
Procedures: explain the procedures necessary to ensure the safe use of instruments, technology, materials, substances, and organisms; compare and contrast fundamental and derived units of measurement; identify and describe scientific instrumentation most used in the study of human anatomy & physiology.
Sun Safety & Related Cancer Risks
Animal Experiments
Review this BBC Hot Topic page to learn about the different viewpoints on animal testing.
Learning Objectives:
Research & Inquiry — Procedures: explain the procedures necessary to ensure the safe use of instruments, technology, materials, substances, and organisms; compare and contrast fundamental and derived units of measurement; identify and describe scientific instrumentation most used in the study of human anatomy & physiology.
Environmental Science
The WeatherWorld 2010 Project
Use the Online Guides to explore Meterology, Remote Sensing techniques, and about Reading Weather Maps. Includes deatiled explanations of weather-related events, including hurricanes and tornadoes.
Learning Objectives:
Research & Inquiry — Procedures: explain the procedures necessary to ensure the safe use of instruments, technology, materials, substances, and organisms; compare and contrast fundamental and derived units of measurement; identify and describe scientific instrumentation most used in the study of environmental science: maps, globes, GPS, soil and water tests, surveying tools, GPS systems, computer modeling.
Global Climate Change
Explore the scientific evidence of climate change, focusing on measurements and patterns in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and biosphere, along with examing its global effects.
Learning Objectives:
Human Effect on Environment: analyze and compare ways in which human activities affect or change the environment for either the benefit or detriment of humans, animals, plants, and the ecosystem.
Physics
General Chemistry Online
Especially helpful are the Construction Kits and Toolbox. You can also browse the Common Compound Library, by typing in a name or formula of a substance.
An Introduction to Chemistry
Review a few of the Tutorials, like the module illustrating the Structure of Matter, the Structure of Water, the Animation of Dissolving NaCl, the Boyle's Law Animation, and so forth. These can help you visualize what happens on a molecular level.
Also, complete the Balancing Chemical Equations Tutorial in Chapter 4. There are 20 sample questions altogether, and you can type in the numbers 1 through 20 to work through all of them.
Learning Objectives:
Earth & Space Science — Properties of Matter: study the properties of atoms and their relationship to the properties of matter; define, diagram, label the components and explain the relationships of the units of matter: atom, molecule, and sub-atomic particles; describe how atoms and molecules interact, gain or lose energy, and bond; describe the bonding of carbon atoms to form chains, rings, and networks; describe inter and intra-molecular forces in matter.
Physics Classroom
This tutorial uses easy-to-understand explanations, diagrams, and multimedia to cover Newton's laws and
the nature, properties and behaviors of waves. Also includes an excellent help section.
Learning Objectives:
Motion: investigate, predict, explain, and calculate motion, force, trajectory, translational and rotational equilibrium, acceleration (F=ma), momentum, friction, and circular and oscillatory motion of objects; use Galileo’s analysis and Newton’s laws of motion to solve and explain problems dealing with the motion of a single object.
Light: investigate light: particle and wave theory and motion, diffraction, prisms, concave and convex mirrors and lenses; investigate sound: waves, characteristics, patterns, and properties.
Physics 2000
Explore the Atomic Lab and look at Einstein's Legacy to understand Electromagnetic waves and related principles.
Learning Objectives:
Electromagnetic Forces: study, electromagnetic forces and define and explain types of electromagnetic waves.
Skateboard Science
Jump into the trickscience behind skateboarding's basic maneuvers, which rely on some basic principles of physics.
Learning Objectives:
Force, Work, Velocity: understand and apply the quantitative relationship among force, work distance, time and power; among speed, velocity, acceleration, displacement, distance, time, and position, and among force, velocity, mass, and momentum.
Gravity: describe and demonstrate the laws of gravity and gravitational acceleration; explain how gravity affects the trajectory of an object in motion.
Atomic Archive
Explore the science, history, and interactive models of the Atomic Bomb. Includes comparisons between fission and fusion reactions, as well as the effects of nuclear weapons and example scenarios.
About Fusion!
Learn more about how fusion works and how people are working to harness this incredible energy source.
Learning Objectives:
Nuclear Processes: compare, diagram, and explain nuclear forces and processes, nuclear energy, fission, fusion, source, properties of atomic nucleus, radiation, decay, radioactivity, isotopes, and uses.
Ameican Institute of Physics: History Exhibits
Walk the halls of history to learn about the people, experiments, theories and conclusions that have contributed to our understanding of physics principles over the years.
Learning Objectives:
Philosophy of the Discipline: discuss the nature of science as a field of investigation and the reason for the constant changing of scientific hypothesis and theories as new discoveries lead to new technology which leads to new evidence which leads to new theories (give examples from the field of physics); define the major underlying principles of investigation in the field of physics.
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