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An interactive program designed to examine the head, thorax, abdomen, Pelvis, and thigh.
http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/annotated.html
Do you know about anatomy? Fifteen teachers present interactives activities about the skeleton, eye, skull, digestive system, respiratory system, and skin. In different playing-views, learning the human-body will be a pleasure for everyone. A work book is available to keep a written part.
http://www.anatomia.learningtogether.net/
Teachers and students may download Audacity software for FREE at this site. Audacity is a free program that allows students to create blogs so that teachers may incorporate them into their curriculum.
http://www.download.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html
Welcome to this special website about bats, designed for all children, and created with the hope you will like, respect, and help protect these endangered species. We want you to have fun learning all about this very unique and helpful animal.
http://www.bats4kids.org/
This award-winning interactive program is part of the "Whole Frog" project. You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, make movies, and play the Virtual Frog Builder Game. The interactive Web pages are available in a number of languages.
http://www-itg.lbl.gov/vfrog
This is an interactive site that teaches students about biodiversity on our planet.
http://ology.amnh.org/biodiversity/index.html
Actionbioscience.org is a non-commercial, educational web site created and managed by BioScience Productions, Inc. to promote bioscience literacy.
http://www.actionbioscience.org/
A comprehensive, searchable animal database. Enter the scientific or common name to receive detailed classification information (e.g. phylum, etc.), often accompanied by an image.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/index.html
The schematic diagram illustrates a mitochondrion. In the animation, watch as H+ ions accumulate in the outer mitochondrial compartment whenever NADH is made from oxidation reactions, generating a proton gradient.
http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/images/anim/ATPmito.html
This superb resource from The Wildscreen Trust will be 'the world's electronic archive of photographs, moving images and sounds of endangered species and habitats.' An interactive library of the world's rarest animals and plants.
http://www.arkive.org.uk/index.html
A visually impressive exploration of the fossil evidence, anatomical and physical changes and cultural development of the human species. It is best experienced with a Flash 5 plug-in, at least 64MB of RAM and a fast connection.
http://www.becominghuman.org/
TeachersFirst's Biomes of the World unit is an on-line research project for middle school or advanced upper elementary students.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/biomes/index.html
Series of lessons and labs dealing with biological energy.
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/8th/energy/sciber/intro.htm
Nova's online web site for the program on Electric Heart. This site includes a map of the human heart, facts on the heart, and interview with a heart surgeon.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/
Ready for a grand tour of DNA and more? Gene, Polly, Chloe and RayNA are waiting show you all around their cool world.
http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/