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Biology

• Karotyping Activity
• Virtual Pig Dissection
• DNA Structure - an interactive animated nonlinear tutorial
• The Cell Cycle & Mitosis Tutorial or Online Onion Root Tips
• Meiosis Tutorial
• Cells AliveVirtual Cell - a virtual plant cell that can be manipulated
• Dictionary of Cell Biology - intended to provide quick access to easily-understood and cross-referenced definitions of terms frequently encountered in reading the modern biology literature
• Biology Hypertextbook - a college-level, hypertext, biology text; includes a searchable index
• Central Dogma Directory - from MIT, a hypertextbook that will guide students through the roles and applications of DNA
• Mutant Fruit Flies - an interactive site that examines some of the genetic mutations and their effects on the fruit fly
• MendelWeb HomePage - the first place to begin genetics studies online
• The Tree of Life Home Page - a distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity
• Access Excellence: Resource Center for Science Teachers or try Access Excellence: Biology Hotlist
• BioChemNet - biology and chemistry educational resources
• Human Anatony Online - a site dedicated to getting you in touch with your innards
• DNA from the Beginning - an animated primer on the basics of DNA, genetics, and heredity
• The Human Genome Project
• Links2Go: Biology
• The National Library of Medicine's Visible Human Project

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Chemistry

• Mr. Anderson's AP Chemistry Research Page
• Chemistry.org - "Science that Matters" by the American Chemistry Society
• Chem4Kids
• ChemTeam - a tutorial for High School Chemistry
• Category listing -
• BioChemLinks - biology and chemistry educational resources
• Chemistry Search Engine
• CHEMystery - a virtual hypermedia chemistry textbook providing an interactive guide for high school chemistry students
• ChemFinder - search for chemical compounds over the World Wide Web
• Chemical Elements.com - an interactive Periodic Table of Elements
• General Chemistry Online

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Physics

• Physics for Beginners
• Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Planetary Physics - infrared images and animations of the oceans surrounding the polar regions. Also includes a wave experiment
• Eric's Treasure Trove of Physics - online encyclopedia of physics equations and terms

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Earth Science

• Earth System Science Educational Resources
• Cool Earth Science Links - list of earth science sites, including many New York links
• A Geologist's Lifetime Field List
• The Learning Web - at the U.S. Geological Survey

Environmental Science

• Columbia Earthscape - an online resource for the global environment (available from school computers only)
• Invasive Species
• Ocean Project
• United Nations Environmental Program
• Atmospheric Info
• Pew Ocean Commission
• Marine Biological Labs at Wood Hole
• Wood Hole Oceanographic Institution
• Scripps Institute of Oceanography
• State of Maine Dept. of Marine Resources
• Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science
• Environmental Literacy Council
• Earthday Network
• LIU/Southampton College Marine and Environmental Science Page
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation
• World Watch Institite
• Environmental Defense Fund Scorecard
• National Sea Grant Progam

Biomes

• What's It Like Where You Live? The Evergreen Project
• World's Biomes
• Forest.org's Forest Conservation Links
• Biome Resource Page
• Blue Planet Biomes - World Biomes
• Science in the Rainforest Electronic Field Trip
• Amazon Interactive
• The Tropical Rainforest from the Rainforest Workshop
• Grasslands
• Temperate Deciduous Forest
• Deciduous Forests
• American Forests
• TreeLink
• Desert Life In the American Southwest
• Deserts: Geology and Resources - hosted by the U. S. Geological Survey
• The Mojave National Preserve Website - provided by the National Parks Service
• DesertUSA

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Animal Behavior

• Animal Omnibus - a list of web sources indexed by the name of the animal
• Endangered Species
• Zoology Internet Resource Guide - scientific guide to zoology and zoological sites

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Marine Biology

• Fiona's Shark Mania - links to every major shark site on the Net
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Home Page
• Fish Collection Online Search - provided by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Division of Fishes
• Sharks and Their Relatives - information on sharks and rays provided by SeaWorld
• WhaleNet - includs links, facts, pictures, and an "ask a scientist" section if you can't find an answer
• Oceanography on the Net (Scripps Institution Library)
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution WWW Server or go directly to Woods Hole's K-12 Resources about Oceanography

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Virtual Labs

• Virtual Frog Dissection Kit
• Whole Frog Project - provides high school biology classes with the ability to explore the anatomy of a frog
• Fetal Pig Dissection Page - a project by students from Lakeview High School
• Virtual Pig Dissection
• Virtual Flylab

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Labs on Long Island, New York

• Brookhaven National Laboratory - Brookhaven, NY
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - Cold Spring Harbor, NY

Genetics

• MedLinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - a servive of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Genetics Home Reference - the National Library of Medicine's Web site for consumer information about genetic conditions and the genes responsible for those conditions
• Your Genes, Your Health - information provided by the Dolan DNA Learning Center
• Genes and Disease - provided by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Genes and Disease is a collection of articles that discuss genes and the diseases that they cause organized by the parts of the body that they affect
• Specific Genetic Disorders - information on over 20 specific genetic disorders, including Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Huntington's, Parkinson's, Progeria and Tay-Sachs provided by the Human Genome Research Institute
• Genetics Disorder Library - part of the Genetic Science Learning Center from the University of Utah

Natural Resources

Databases - the Worldbook Encyclopedia and the Student Resource Center (use the Electronic Resources drop-down menu at the top of the page to access these databases). For additional assistance in searching, ask Ms. Ryder or Mrs. Kearon. Working at home and forgot the passwords?

Download the Natural Resources brochure template.

Assorted Links

• Environmantal Protection Agency - environmental resource page for high school students
• Natural Resources by Country
• Natural Resources and Ecosystems
• National Mining Association - use search box at bottom of page
• Water Resources of the United States. - provided by the U.S. Geological Survey
• Natural Gas
• Natural Gas Facts - provided by the American Petroleum Institute
• Coal
• Looking Down an Oil Well - U.S. Department of Energy

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Science Direct is one of the largest online collections of published scientific research in the world. Print citations and give to Ms. Ryder for Interlibrary Loan. PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes over 18 million citations from MEDLINE and other life science journals for biomedical articles back to 1948. PubMed includes some links to full text articles and other related resources. Scirus is a science specific search engine (Web results still must be evaluated, actual journal articals are reliable) Science is a journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The library provides a subscription to this journal, but it is only available on campus.

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Last updated May 22, 2009 by D. Ryder