- Understanding Evolution: An Evolution Website for Teachers
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Offers detailed explanations of the mechanisms of evolution and the history of life on Earth, explains the relevance of evolutionary theory to our everyday lives, and outlines the multiple lines of scientific evidence relating to evolution. From the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
evolution.berkeley.edu
- Rader's Biology4Kids
Provides extensive, searchable information.
www.biology4kids.com
- Bugscope
Educational outreach program, that offers participating K-12 classrooms the opportunity to control an Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope to image insects at high magnification. Includes a gallery of 3D and colorized images that provide a very up-close look at bugs.
bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu
- Chickscope 1.5
Project studying chicken embryo development using a remotely controlled MRI instrument. Developed by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in collaboration with Central Illinois teachers.
chickscope.beckman.uiuc.edu
- Astrobiology: An Integrated Science Approach
Offers hands-on activities, encouraging middle and high school students to explore diverse concepts in chemistry, physics, biology, and Earth and space science.
astrobio.terc.edu
- The Wild Classroom
Offers lesson plans and videos covering biological topics such as: taxonomy, call biology, behavior, biodiversity, ecology, and genetics. The Wild Classroom also offers guides to the major plants and animals of the world.
www.thewildclassroom.com
- BioKIDS: Kids' Inquiry of Diverse Species
Addresses both inquiry and life science content standards through exploration of local biodiversity, collection of animal species, and the investigation of individual animals, and how animals interact with one another.
www.biokids.umich.edu
- Great Plant Escape
Elementary program for 4th and 5th grade students designed to introduce them to plant science and increase their understanding of how foods grow.
www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe
- Endangered Animals of the World
A project designed to help students gain skills in researching, collaborating and telecommunicating while learning about endangered animals, and sharing that information with the world.
www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl
- Jonathan Bird's Blue World
Watch episodes of Jonathan Bird's Blue World, with videos on marine animals and underwater exploration. Also features study guides for teachers to use in their classrooms.
www.blueworldtv.com
- Investigate Biodiversity
Offers students and educators opprotunities to interact with field scientists, access real world data from endangered ecosystems, and access to articles, science fair projects, and other resources.
investigate.conservation.org
- Butterfly School, The
A project of the Butterfly House with information for students and teachers on butterflies of all types.
www.butterflyschool.org
- Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium
A nonprofit supporting high school biotech education in the Bay Area by providing free training, equipment, and materials for science teachers.
www.babec.org
- Albatross Project, The
Join scientists using sensitive satellites in space, miniature transmitters on birds, and rapid email communications to investigate the travels of albatrosses on the open ocean.
www.wfu.edu/albatross/index.htm
- Astro-Venture
Allows grade school students to role-play NASA careers, as they search for and design a planet that would be habitable to humans. Highlights NASA careers and astrobiology research in: astronomy, geology, biology, and atmospheric sciences.
www.astroventure.arc.nasa.gov
- National Biological Information Infrastructure: Aquatic Biology
Features K-12 projects for the classroom.
www.nbii.gov/education/aquatic.html
- Crickets in the Classroom
Using common field and house crickets to teach observation skills, measurement, and some biology. Features drawings, lesson plans, and links.
telusplanet.net/public/ecade/CricketsintheClassroom/cricketsintheclassroom....
- Missouri Citizens for Science
Grass-roots group of Missourians organized to support science in their public schools, with a special emphasis on making sure creationism is not introduced into the science classroom.
www.moscience.org
- Life on Earth...and Elsewhere?
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Offers hands-on activities that lay the conceptual groundwork for understanding the field of astrobiology and enable students to examine the nature of life, what it requires, its limits, and where it might be found.
nai.arc.nasa.gov/library/downloads/erg.pdf
- Biodiversity Counts
Middle-school science program that gets students out of the classroom and into the field to study biodiversity. Created by the American Museum of Natural History.
www.amnh.org/learn/biodiversity_counts
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