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April 2008
Periodic Table Printmaking Project
by knann
& 2 others
Ninety-six printmakers of all experience levels, have joined together to produce 118 prints in any medium; woodcut, linocut, monotype, etching, lithograph, silkscreen, or any combination. The end result is a periodic table of elements intended to promote both science and the arts.
February 2008
Cell Biology Animations
by knann
& 3 others
What happens when a biologist with a passion for art creates a website? This fabulous animation site shows the artistic side of biological processes along with a few surprises. View animations that demonstrate amino acids and proteins, cell anatomy, evolution time line, Krebs cycle, and photosynthesis, to name a few. Some animations are very simplistic but artfully done.
Biology Teaching Home Page - Biology Basic Concept Great Challenge
by knann
whole class multiple choice challenges for Biology
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January 2008
Cosmic Zoom
by knann
(via)
This visual representation is to help give you an idea of the size and scale of the universe.(similar to the Powers of Ten site) Each image is 10 times bigger or smaller than the one that comes before it or after it. The numbers are written using exponential notation. This is a convenient way scientists use to write very large or very small numbers.
December 2007
Science Animations for the Smartboard or Teacher Website
by knann
(via)
Science Animations
Movies & Interactive Tutorial Links
DnaTube.com Scientific Video Site
by knann
(via)
DnaTube is a non-profit video site which is aiming to be a visual scientific resource for its visitors making scientific concepts easily understandable.
The Nobel PrizeEducational Games
by knann
You don't have to be a genius to understand the work of the Nobel Laureates. These games and simulations, based on Nobel Prize-awarded achievements, will teach and inspire you while you're having FUN! Students, teachers and non-professionals of all ages will enjoy testing and building their knowledge in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace and economics. So, go ahead, Explore and Learn!
November 2007
ASPIRE - Lessons
by knann
Interactive astronomy and physics lessons and labs. Great for differentiation.
Subject Matter Interactives
by knann
"Interactives" provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.
Dynamic Earth Interactives
by knann
Delve into the earth's interior, learn about its tectonic plates and their movements, and discover how mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes are formed.
Chart Chooser
by knann
& 1 other
(via)
Choose the chart to display your data, then download as an Excel or PowerPoint file.
Chemistry in Context: Student website for Chemistry
by knann
In the Classroom:
Use the key term lists and glossary (found at the start of every chapter), and tutorials to review in your advanced high school chemistry class (and even in some lower level chemistry classes). The interactive tutorials are perfect for a projection screen, cooperative learning groups, or independent study and review. Share the link on your teacher web page for students who might benefit from an "alternate" re-teaching of a topi
Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net
by knann
& 2 others
We are an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing our observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures.
Includes clicable guide, taxonomy, images, and indo
Google Earth and Sky
by knann
A great resource for teachers wanting to get more out of Google earth. Tutorials, powerpoint, and kmz file available at this site.
Comic 1 : Adventures in Synthetic Biology : Nature
by knann
& 2 others
(via)
A comic for biology appearing in Nature
BBC - Science & Nature - Climate Change
by knann
Resources for understanding Climate Change/Global warming (last link on page:More Climate Change from around the BBC)
Try the Climate Challenge game
Would the planet survive if you were in power? Innovate, trade and persuade other nations to help you save the environment.
Microscope Imaging Station. Gallery.
by knann
& 1 other
The Microscope Imaging Station produces high-resolution images and movies using research-grade microscopes. This gallery contains a range of images and movies that illustrate the diversity of what can be seen with light microscopes.
Interactive Excel Spreadsheets
by knann
& 1 other
(via)
Dynamic and Interactive Visualization with "Javaless" Applets or Interactive Excel Spreadsheets
October 2007
BioWorksU
by knann
(via)
BioWorksU
is an interactive career exploration website designed to attract students to life science careers. Set in a virtual university, the site uses games, experiments, and simulations to introduce students to jobs people do at a range of locations -- a nurse's station, ambulance bay, diagnostic lab, pathology lab, radiology department, pharmacy, physical therapy room, dentist's office, and more. Watch videos of professionals describing what they do. Play the ambulance maze game.
HubbleSite: Black Holes: Gravity's Relentless Pull
by knann
(via)
Outstanding site for understanding Black Holes. Take a journey to the edges of the universe, conduct experiments, browse the Black Hole Encyclopedia...
ARKive - Creating a lasting audio-visual record of life on Earth.
by knann
& 6 others
(via)
ARKive (www.arkive.org) is the world's centralised library of films and photographs of the world's endangered species - freely accessible to all online for private research and internal educational purposes. Hailed as the digital Noah's Ark, it has won numerous conservation, education and communication awards since its launch by Sir David Attenborough in 2003, and has now profiled over 2,500 of the world's endangered species, using over 3,000 movie clips and 18,000 photos as well as a full research page on each animal - all freely available for internal educational use at www.arkive.org. Register for free and create a scrapbook that can be shared with students
