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Biomes
Learn About Biomes!
Biome Information describing areas of each
Blue Planet-World Biomes
Introduction to Biomes-general overview
Biomes-good info on climates
Enchanted Learning-Biomes
What 's Like Where You Live?
Biomes-general information
PBS Rainforest
World's Biomes (most biomes)
Taiga/Boreal Forest
Earth Observatory
Fact Monster
Arctic
Cyber Zoo
Gulf of Maine Institute
Endangered Species
Good info on desert, arctic, marine biomes
Do you know about niches?
Quiz on how much you know about niches.
Food Webs
Fitting Algae Into the Food Web
Fun with Food Webs
Matching Food Webs
Fish Food Game...fun! (requires ShockWave)
Professional
Space Camp for Teachers
Gulf of Maine Institute
K12Station: has a library of over 20,000 links for teachers
SOL Practice
SOLmate Practice from RCPS
Textbook Resources
Life Science 7(Prentice Hall) interactive textbook
Astronomy
NASA News
Heavens Above
Space Camp for Teachers
Microscopes
Electron Microscopes
Cells
Cells Alive...Interactive Cells
Chapter 2 Vocabulary Interactive Game
Cell Cycle Activity with Data Table: Root Tips
The Virtual Cell
Class Activity
Web Cams
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Underground Adventures
Bacteria
Bacteria and Photosynthesis
Earth Journal
Earth Diary...excellent source for info on Earth
Classroom Lesson Links
C22: Populations and Communities
Introducing Plants: Photosynthesis
C-8 activity
Gray Whales: Adaptations that help them survive.
How gray whales adapt with an activity for understanding.
Enchanted Food Chain
Activity on food chains,etc
Activity: Producers/Consumers
Great activity to test your ability to find consumers, producers, and use other vocabulary words!
Image Sites
US Fish and Wildlife Service...great images for populations/communities
Images for commensalism
Images for parasitism & host
Images for mutualism
Images for symbiosis
Images for emigration
National Geographic images-parasites
National Geographic general animal images
symbiosis
symbiosis
symbiosis
abiotic&biotic factors/biodiversity
community: zebras
more zebras
herd of elk
wildebeest herd
flamingos
competition(& community) elephant seals
competitiion (& community) wolves (fight for dominance)
niche: shore birds
niche: warblers
niche: warblers
migration: birds
predators: lion eats wildebeest
predator: piranha
predators in persuit: cheetah
predators ambush: birds of prey
prey: mimicry
prey: toxic defense
parasites: mistletoe
mutualism: lichens
mutualism: termites
commensalism: barnacles on whale
commensalism: nurse plants
commensalism: bromeliad
commensalism: commensal plants on tree
commensalism: mushrooms
community of species together
Ecosystem site with some very good graphics
Bubonic Plague
Cat Scratch Fever
Anthrax Disease
Cholera Disease
Diphtheria Disease
E.coli
Typhus Disease
Tuberculosis Disease
Lyme Disease
Women in Science
Elizabeth Britton
Interactive lin on 4000 years of Women in Science
African Americans in the Science with many women included
Female African American Geologist Marguerite Williams
Women in Science homepage with mentoring section
Dian Fossey: great environmentalis and gorilla conservationist
Jane Goodall: conservationist working with the chimpanzee
Marguerite Williams: African American geologist
Diversity in Science
African Americans in Science
Black Scientists and Inventors
George Washington Carver: great agriculturalist
Benjamin Banneker
Genetics and Heredity
Drag and drop genetics activity with punnett squares
"The Gene Machine" Activity to let you know about genotypes/phenotypes
Biology in Motion: Interactive Mitosis and Meiosis
Dissection
Virtual Frog Dissection: read directions carefully
Virtual Frog Builder Game: please do after the dissection
Frog Watch: helping scientists conserve frogs and toads
Biodiversity
Biodiversity in the Great Smokey Mountains
Information on Butterflies; especially on their habitats
Butterfly mimicry
Internet Safety and Classroom Rules
RCPS Internet Safety Policy
RCPS Internet Safety Suggestions for Parents
RCPS Internet In-Schools Efforts
Safety Tips for Using the Computer
Acceptable Use Policy that applies to our classroom, also
Cyberbullies: student's experience, info and more from Channel 1
Conservation
Sea turtle conservation in the Caribbean
National Parks Service...Padre Island, Texas
Aquariums and Museums
National Aquarium in Baltimore...super!
Shedd Aquarium in Chicago
SeaWorld: you choose your location and then click on areas of interest
Texas State Aquarium...great!
My webpage
Schoolnotes.com
Our classroom webpage; help and links
Contagious Disease
Bacterial Diseases
Research on Classroom Activity
The Great Turtle Race
The Great Turtle Race official site
Please take a look at the Daily Updates, keep up with the ever-moving Leaderboard,"meet" the turtles, and see how YOU can help i
CNN story on The Great Turtle Race
great background and info
Trout in the Classsroom
Raising Trout in Ponds
Human Effects on Trout Habitat
Wikipedia-Brook Trout
Trout Unlimited
Hooked on Raising Trout
Students learn about ecosystems raising trout
Trout in the Classroom
Brookies
Trout Life Cycle