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African American Inventor WebQuest
Top Ten African-American Inventors
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/
Inventions.com
http://www.inventions.org/culture/african/index.html
Biographies of African-American Inventors
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/aframer/bios/invent.shtml
About.com - Black Inventors A-Z
http://inventors.about.com/library/blblackinventors.htm
Enchanted Learning - African American Inventors
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/black.shtml
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com/
Black Scientists/Inventors
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/bhmscientists1.html
Animal Research Project
Phoenix Zoo - Animal Fact Sheets
http://www.phoenixzoo.org/learn/animals/
Pittsburgh Zoo
http://www.pittsburghzoo.org/
Endangered Species
http://eelink.net/EndSpp/specieshighlights-mainpage.html
BBC - Nature Wild facts
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/animals_a_z.shtml
eNature - Field Guides
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/
Animal Planet - A to Zoo
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/atoz/atoz.html?clik=animal_leftnav
Encyclopedia.com
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Encyclopedia Brittanica
http://www.britannica.com/
Encarta - Encyclopedia, Dictionary, etc.
http://encarta.msn.com/
Wikipedia.com
http://www.wikipedia.org/
San Diego Zoo
http://sandiegozoo.org
North Carolina Zoological Park
http://nczoo.org
Virginia Zoological Park
http://virginiazoo.org
Forth Worth Zoo
http://www.fortworthzoo.com/
Animals (Wildlife) Index
http://www.exploringnature.org/db/subcat_index.php?dbID=43
A to Z Index of Animals
http://www.a-z-animals.com/animal-a-z.php
Animals
Animal Kingdom Phyla
http://www.perspective.com/nature/animalia/
Exploring Life in Coral Reefs and near Deep Sea Vents
http://www.seasky.org/sea7.html
Can you classify these animals?
Try this before we begin our study and aftger we finish
http://www.quia.com/cm/1130.html
Sponges Quia Games
sponges, cridarians, and worms
http://www.quia.com/pages/simpleanimals.html
Sponge Quiz
review
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/SpongesQuiz.html
Coelenterates Quiz
review
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/CoelenteratesQuiz.html
Flatworms Quiz
review quiz
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/FlatwormsQuiz.html
Roundworms quiz
review quiz
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/RoundwormsQuiz.html
Segmented Worm Quiz
review quiz
http://www.mcwdn.org/Animals/EarthwormsQuiz.html
The Autobiography of Squirmin' Herman the Worm
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html
Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection
http://www.kidwings.com/owlpellets/index.htm
Reassemble a Red Squirrel Skeleton
http://www.kidwings.com/skulls/redsquirrel/
Mollusks Quia Games
Mollusks, Arhropods, Echinoderms, and Chordates
http://www.quia.com/pages/complexanimals.html
Alternative to Frog Dissection
http://www.biologycorner.com/frog/index.html
Virtual Frog Dissection
http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/
Kingdom Animalia Quia Games
http://www.quia.com/pages/jdaily/page10
Froguts
frog dissection
http://www.froguts.com
Benchmark Review
Benchmark 3
review for 3rd nine weeks benchmark test
http://www.quia.com/pages/jdaily/page9
All Benchmarks
http://www.quia.com/profiles/jdaily
Punnett Squares - Benchmark 2
http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/animations/content/mendel/mendel.swf
Brain Pop - Benchmark 2
http://www.brainpop.com/health/geneticsgrowthanddevelopment/dna/
Cell Processes
#1 Diffusion Made Simple
http://www.sciencemadesimple.co.uk/page88g.html
#2 Passive Transport: Diffusion
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP1903
#2 Passive Transport: Diffusion/Osmosis
http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/membrane_transport/membrane_transport.htm
#3 Active Transport
http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objid=AP11203
#4 Photosynthesis: Introduction
http://www.fw.vt.edu/dendro/forestbiology/photosynthesis.swf
#4 Photosynthesis and Respiration explained by a middle school student
http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/schools/middle/wtms/student/cell_energy/cell_energy.html
Cell Processes and more Review (chapter 2)
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/new_chapter_2_study_guide.htm
Elodea and Plasmolysis
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/lmexer1.htm#elodea
Passive and Active Transport Animations
http://programs.northlandcollege.edu/biology/Biology1111/animations/transport1.html
Stomata Opening and Closing Clip
http://www.cells.de/cellseng/1medienarchiv/Zellfunktionen/Motilitaet/Spaltoeffnungsbewegung/Commelina_communis/index.jsp
Photosynthesis
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/photosynth/intro.html
Animation illustrating simple diffusion of dye molecules
http://programs.northlandcollege.edu/biology/Biology1111/animations/transport1.html
mitosis video - youtube#1
1 minute 30 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlN7K1-9QB0
mitosis video - youtube#2
1 minute 30 seconds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGV3fv-uZYI
mitosis video - youtube #3
5 minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6ucKWIIFmg
Mitosis song - Justin Beiber
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_Jp4QqfgPo&feature=related
Cells
Cells Alive!
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm
Mitosis vs Meiosis
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html#
Cell Divison - Genetic Consequences
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/cell_division.html
Cell Division - Activity
http://biog-101-104.bio.cornell.edu/BioG101_104/tutorials/cell_division/CDCK/cdck.html
Quiz - Characteristics and Needs of Living Things
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3347641.html
Cells Rap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zafJKbMPA8&feature=related
The Cell Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rABKB5aS2Zg&feature=related
The Cell Song by Keith Smolinski
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzMviiBoRtA&feature=related
Classification
The Six Kingdoms of Life
http://www.earthlife.net/kingdom.html
Classification Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/classification_test.htm
Classification, Viruses, and Bacteria Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/ch-_6_test_review.htm
Classification Millionaire
review game for Classification/Kingdoms
http://vilenski.org/science/notebook/unit3/millionaire/index.html
Infection Detection
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/infectionindex.html
What is the Key to Classification?
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/programs/education/interactive_lessons/key/index.htm
Classifying Life
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/beta/evolution/classifying-life.html
Quia Games for Classification
http://www.quia.com/pages/jdaily/page9
Department of Education
Virginia Department of Education
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/
Blue Ridge Public Television
http://www.wbra.org/
Dinosaurs
Discovering Dinosaurs
IMAX
http://search.eb.com/dinosaurs/dinosaurs/index2.html
Ecology
1. Food Chain Information and links
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
2. Make 3 Food Webs
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
3. Food Web Crossword Puzzle
Be sure to ask befofre you print
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains-puzzle.htm
4a. Create a Food Web
scroll down to the link on the right
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
4b. Create an Ocean Food Web
scroll to the bottom and click on the link
http://www.vtaide.com/png/oceanchain.htm
Treasure Hunt: Three Major Land Biomes
http://library.thinkquest.org/26634/
Antarctic Food Web Information
use for challenge worksheet
http://www.botos.com/marine/antarctic01.html#body_4
Antarctic Self Test
take after completing the above
http://www.botos.com/marine/antarctic05.html
Exploring Populations
http://arcytech.org/java/population/
What's it like where you live?
http://www.mbgnet.net/
Water Cycle Tour
http://www.uen.org/utahlink/tours/tourFames.cgi?tour_id=13268
Nitrogen Cycle INtroduction
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/flash_mov/nitrogencycleintro.swf
Bill Botanist
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/plantindex.html
Quick Practice: Food Chain and related terms
http://parkview.digitalbrain.com/digitalbrain/web/elearning/secdemolearning/Science/Exemplar%20Flash%20-%20Food%20Chains/
1st site: Water Cycle
http://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html
2nd Site: Carbon and Oxygen Cycle
http://www.geography4kids.com/files/cycles_carbon.html
3rd Site: Nitrogen Cycle
http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/virtualfarm/flash_mov/nitrogencycleintro.swf
Biomes/Descent with Modification Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/biome.htm
Viruses, Bacteria, and Food Web Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/bacteriafoodweb.htm
Producer/Consumer quiz
Quia quiz on energy pyramid
http://www.quia.com/quiz/3290013.html
Biomes first
help with Ecology Project #9
http://biomesfirst.wikispaces.com/
Environment
Food Chain Information
create a food web
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains.htm
Make 3 Food Webs
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html
Food Web Crossword Puzzle
http://www.vtaide.com/png/foodchains-puzzle.htm
Biomes
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/desert.html
Water Cycle
http://www.kidzone.ws/water/
Biomes and Education
http://www.mbgnet.net/
Biome Webs (Cold desert and ocean)
http://www.vtaide.com/png/oceanchain.htm
Fungus
Fun Facts about FUNGI
http://herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/factindx1.htm
Great Fungus Informationj!
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/biodiversity/crypfungi.html
Protist and Fungus Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/chapter_seven_review.htm
Protists and Fungi Test
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/protist_fungi_test.htm
Protist and Fungi Interactive Crossword
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/7science/protistsandfungi/protistandfungicw.htm
Protists and Fungi
multiple choice quiz
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/7science/protistsandfungi/protistsandfungi.htm
Genetics
Watson and Crick
http://www.chemheritage.org/
Microbe Hunters Game
http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/index.html
Understanding Genetic Testing
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEPC/NIH/
Genetic Education Center Links
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/
Heredity
Heredity #1 Timeline of DNA Discovery
http://www.dnai.org/timeline/index.html
Heredity #2 Build a DNA molecule
animation
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/builddna/
Heredity #3 Replication (use earphones)
Copying the Code, putting it together, replication
http://www.dnai.org/a/index.html
Heredity #4 DNA: The Double Helix
Interactive practice of Replication
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/dna_double_helix/
Heredity #5 Karyotype Activity
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/activities/karyotyping/patient_a/patient_a.html
Heredity #6 Human Genome
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/chooser.shtml
Color Blindness Problem Set: Creating a Pedigree
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/color_blindness/color_blindness.html
Genetics of Eye Color
Select eye color for parents and produce several offspring
http://www.athro.com/evo/gen/genefr2.html
Tour the Basics
Great review site
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/tour/
Quia: Genetics
http://www.quia.com/pages/reviewinggenetics.html
Click and Clone
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/cloning/clickandclone/
Space Doctor
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/tech/genetherapy/spacedoctor/
Inventors
Galileo
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/
Learning Style Inventory
What is your learning style?
http://www.personal.psu.edu/bxb11/LSI/LSI.htm
Life Science
Biology 4 Kids
http://www.biology4kids.com/
Biology in Motion
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/
Virtual Anatomy
http://visiblehuman.epfl.ch/
Recycling
http://www.recycleroom.org/room.asp
American Museum of Natural History
http://amnh.org
Edheads - surgery simulation
http://edheads.org/
Mitosis
Mitosis: Onion Tip Activity
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/activities/cell_cycle/01.html
Mitosis vs Meiosis (NOVA)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/baby/divide.html
Cells Alive: Mitosis
http://www.cellsalive.com/mitosis.htm
Interactive Practice: Mitosis and Meosis
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/cell_division/index.html
Mitosis#1Cells Alive - The Cell Cycle
http://www.cellsalive.com/cell_cycle.htm
Mitosis#2 Simple Animation of Mitosis w/o names
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/celldivision/crome3.swf
Mitosis#3 Cell Cycle
Matching game
http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=1840
Mitosis#4 Mitosis
self-quiz
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/quizzes6/muskopf/mitosis1.html
Mitosis#5 Control of the Cell Cycle
Interactive game
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/2001/
Quia games and quiz
mitosis games
http://www.quia.com/pages/jdaily/page22
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis Animation
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/photosynthesis/photosynthesis.html
Photosynthesis Game
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/photosynthesis/photosynthesis_game.html
Plants
How do guard cells function?
http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab9/guard.html
The Stump Activity
http://rla.unc.edu/lessons/lesson/L204/H204b.htm
Using a Dichotomous Key
tree identification
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Treekey/choosetree.htm
Tree Rings
http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/tree/rings.html
1 Helping Plants Grow
Basic introduction (use before activity and quiz below)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/plants_grow.shtml
2. Activity: Helping Plants Grow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/plants_grow.shtml
3. Quiz: Helping Plants Grow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/tests/plants_grow.shtml
4. Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant (specific flower parts)
Introduction, Activity, and and Quiz available like the three above
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/revision_bites/life_cycles.shtml
5. Plants Activity (vocabulary)
http://library.thinkquest.org/3715/index.html
Plants and Animals
biology sites
http://www.sciencespot.net/Pages/kdzbiopa.html
Plants Quia Games and Quiz
http://www.quia.com/pages/jdaily/page8
Bioplants
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/
Electronic Field Trip
http://www.electronicfieldtrip.org/gulfislands/10modules.php
Protists
Mr. Carl's E-class: PROTISTS
http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/LCSYellowpages/Tickit/Carl/protists.html
A Protist's Story
http://www.bucconeer.worldcon.org/contest/2004f_5.htm#top
The Smallest Page of the Web!
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/pond/
Interesting Facts and Great Pictures of Amoeba
http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/protis/homamoeb/amoe0100.htm
Short clip of Euglena
http://www.cells.de/cellseng/1medienarchiv/Zellfunktionen/Motilitaet/Flagellenbewegung/Einzeller/Augentierchen/index.jsp
Amoeba Movement
http://www.cells.de/cellseng/1medienarchiv/Zellfunktionen/Motilitaet/Amoeboide_Bewegung/Amoeba/index.jsp
Protist and Fungi Interactive Quiz
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studygradelevel7.html
Phytoplankton Images (use to complete the 8 questions)
http://octopus.gma.org/surfing/ocean/czcs.html
Protists and Fungi Test
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/protist_fungi_test.htm
A Virtual Pond Dip
Classify the organisms
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ponddip/index.html
Science Fair
Project Ideas
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
Science Fair Information
http://www.elmers.com/teachers/resources
Science News for Kids
http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/
Science Fair Masters
http://www.broadcomfoundation.org/masters/
Topic Selection Wizard
use this site to find a topic of interest to you - do the Get Ideas from the Wizard" before making your final decision on a topi
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/project_ideas.shtml
Project Ideas
http://www.dwusciencefair.com/science_project_links.php3
Best Science Projects
http://www.terimore.com/
Broadcom Masters
http://www.elmers.com/broadcommasters
Getting Started
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/Resources/GettingStarted.html
Ideas for Science Fair
http://www.sciencebob.com
Great science fair ideas
http://www.education.com/science-fair/
Science Museums/USA
The Franklin Institute
Philadelphia, PA
http://www2.fi.edu/
Science Museum of Virginia
Richmond, VA
http://www.smv.org/
Science Museum of Western Virginia
Roanoke, VA
http://www.smwv.org/
Amazement Square
Lynchburg, VA
http://www.amazementsquare.org/
Danville Science Center
Danville, VA
http://www.dsc.smv.org/
Science Museums
Worldwide
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~mwm/sci.html
Miami Science Museum
Miami, Florida
http://www.miamisci.org/www/education_resources.php
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago, IL
http://msichicago.org/exhibit/exhome.html
Museum Computer Network
http://www.mcn.edu/resources/index.asp?subkey=81
Science Museum of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
http://www.smm.org/explore/
National Air and Space Museum
Smithsonian Institute
http://www.nasm.si.edu/
Tech Museaum of Innovation
San Jose, California
http://www.thetech.org/
Scientific Method
Who Is Sue
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
Mass and Using a Triple Beam Balance
http://www.edinformatics.com/math_science/mass.htm
Interactive Scientific Method Computer Lab
http://sunshine.chpc.utah.edu/labs/scientific_method/sci_method_main.html
Search
Google
http://www.google.com
Yahoo!
http://www.yahoo.com
Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com
SOL Practice
Jefferson Labs
http://education.jlab.org/solquiz/
Interactive SOL Practice
http://www.wise.k12.va.us/alted/sol/sol.htm#INTERACTIVE_SOL_PRACTICE_TESTS1
Teacher Sites
Educator
http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/index.shtml
Prentice Hall
http://phschool.com/
Science NetLinks
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
Marco Polo
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
Graphic OPrganizers
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/
4 Teachers
http://www.4teachers.org/
The Science Spot
http://sciencespot.net/
United Streaming
http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?unique=F348BFC1-BCD4-3197-306689948F82225B
EduHound
http://www.eduhound.com/
Va Teach Modules
http://www.bush2base.vt.edu/readit.html
Kidz Online - Tech Training
http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/
Teaching Ideas
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/science/contents.htm
Lesson Plan Help
http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/
Viruses and Bacteria
Microbiology at Cellsalive
http://www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm#microbiol
Mr. Carl's E-class: BACTERIA
http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/LCSYellowpages/Tickit/Carl/bacteria.html
Mr. Carl's E-class: VIRUSES
http://www.lanesville.k12.in.us/LCSYellowpages/Tickit/Carl/virus.htm
Discovery Chance and the Scientific Method
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/AEC/CC/chance.html
Watch Penicillin interfer with E. coli Fission
http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/dfwt/dfwt12.html
Virology Time Machine
http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/Time/Machine.html
Malaria
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/malaria/index.html
Polio
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/polio/index.html
Leprosy
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/disease/leprosy/index.html
Infectuous Facts
http://www.astdhpphe.org/
Bacteria and Virus Interactive Quiz
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/studygradelevel7.html
Classification, Viruses, and Bacteria Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/ch-_6_test_review.htm
Viruses, Bacteria, and Food Web Review
http://www.cobb.k12.ga.us/~lostmountain/CurriculumPages/LifeScienceReviews/bacteriafoodweb.htm
Bacteria Quiz
http://www.iq.poquoson.org/7science/bacteria/bacteria.htm
Center for Disease Control (CDC)
search for viruses
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/disinfo.htm
List of Viruses
for help with your virus presentation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_viruses
WebQuest
A History of Microbiology
http://microbes.historique.net/history2.html
Spontaneous Generation
http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio114/spontgen.htm
Cell Theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_theory
The Compound Microscope
http://www.microscope-microscope.org/basic/microscope-parts.htm
Robert Hooke - History
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/hooke.html
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