Biodiversity and Human Health
Amphibians
Birds
Botany
Environmental
Fishes
Health
Insects
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nvertebrates
Mammals
Ocean-Water
Reptiles
Science Resources
Teacher Resources
Animals and Insects
Ecology and Biodiversity
General Life Science Activities
Human Anatomy and Health
Inquiry-Based and Hands-On Teaching
Microbiology
Ocean and Water
Plants
Science References for Adults
Related Links
Biodiversity and Human Health
(Related Links)
Body Bugs
Intimate Strangers; PBS special series on microbes
Antibiotics
FDA planning to halt agricultural use of two antibiotics
A strategy for fighting antibiotic resistance
Basic discussion of antibiotic resistance
Debate over health hazards of putting antibiotics in animal feed
CDC - Action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance
Bees
CyberBeeNet (biology, research, beekeeping
Invasive Species: Africanized honeybee profile
List of Africanized honeybee links
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Lesson Plans
Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Killer bees
Africanized honeybee update from AgNews
Apitherapy, bee venom therapy
Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
BSE/CJD (Mad Cow Disease)
CDC-Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: background, evolution, and current concerns
The Mad Cow panic
Food Safety
FDA/CFSAN Bad Bug Book: Introduction to foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins
Genetically engineered foods - safety problems. Introduction
Maggot Therapy
Biologist targets market for medical maggots
The Biosurgical Research Unit
Case study: Larval therapy for an infected insect bite
Maggot therapy (larva therapy) project home page
Malaria
What is malaria?
Malaria
Medicines From Nature
Brief discussion of epibatidine
Detailed site for epibatidine
Cone snail toxin as medicine
West Nile Virus
CDC-Outbreak of West Nile Virus infection, Volgograd Region, Russia, 1999
Arboviral Encephalitis home page
West Nile Virus home page
Neato Mosquito: An elementary curriculum guide - CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases
Amphibians
(Related Links)
Amphibian Identification
FROGLAND
NBII - FrogWeb: Amphibian Declines & Deformities
Reviled and Revered
Netfrog—The Interactive Frog Dissection—Title Page
North American Amphibian Monitoring Program
Online guide to Connecticut reptiles and amphibians
Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum)
Tiger Salamander Deaths a Mystery
Birds
(Related Links)
Project PigeonWatch on TV
MSI - The Chick Hatchery
Migratory Birds
Welcome To Classroom FeederWatch
Cloud Forest Alive: QuetzalCam
Great Backyard Bird Count Sponsored by Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Audubon Society
Botany
(Related Links)
Partners in Pollination
Activities on plant invasives
Learning About Photosynthesis
Botanical conservation activities
Lichens, education, taxonomy, database
Seeds of Change Garden
Connecticut Botanical Society
USEPA, GREEN ACRES: Green Landscaping with Native Plants
United States Department of Agriculture plant database
Cornell Plantations
Environmental
(Related Links)
Chesapeake Bay Ecological Foundation, Inc
Welcome to the Pilon
Purdue HLA - Faculty - Peter Goldsbrough
You Can & Global Warming
Fishes
(Related Links)
Shark Attacks - International Shark Attack File, shark attack statistics including special sections for the great white shark and shark attacks on divers
Health
(Related Links)
River of Venom: Episode 1
NOVA Online | The Brain Eater
Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World
The Heart: An Online Exploration
FDA/CFSAN Bad Bug Book: Introduction to Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
Infectious diseases
WebPath: The Internet Pathology Laboratory
Swedish Museum of Natural History - Life, Earth, Time and Space Seminar Series
About WHO : New and re-emerging infectious diseases
Infection Detection Protection
Insects
(Related Links)
Headlice Information, Laboratory of Public Health Entomology, Harvard School of Public Health
Myrmecology - The Scientific Study Of Ants
The Insects Home Page
Lessons on helpful insects
Insects in the Classroom - educational resources for teachers
Invertebrates
(Related Links)
Parasites
Parasite Images Table of Contents
CDC - Division of Parasitic Diseases
General Microbiology
Microbiology on the Net
American Museum of History exhibit
Stalking the Mysterious Microbe (fun, kid-friendly, Spanish available)
The Microbe Zoo
Bugs in the News
MicrobeWorld.org Your Gateway to the World of Microbes, site by NSF and American Academy of Microbiologists, for older students
Microbes In The News
The Biology Project: Microbiology & Immunology
The Bioluminescence Web Page - interesting spot for biochemically illuminated animals
Mammals
(Related Links)
Welcome to WhaleNet at Wheelock College, Boston
NBII - Education: Other Mammals
Jane Goodall Center for Environmental Education at WCSU
Ocean-Water
(Related Links)
Rehydration Project, working for clean drinking water, has good info about contaminated water
Pathogens in water-borne diseases
CDC site for water-borne disease
Climate change and water-borne diseases
Children's Water Fund (Incredible site for program educating the world about the need for clean water for children, excellent school choice to fundraise)
National Parks site
International Year of the Ocean - Kid’s & Teacher’s Resources
Project WET
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution homepage
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution K-12 Resources
Contrasts in Blue-Smithsonian in the classroom
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Home Page
Secrets@Sea (fun interactive game
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Water Science for Schools: USGS water information
Who Dirtied The Water/Clean Water: Is It Drinkable? (Has great pollution activity)
Reptiles
(Related Links)
Turtle Trax - A Sea Turtle Page - neat images and info
Science Resources
(Related Links)
Biology Resources and Links
Teacher/Student site for Connecticut United for Research Excellence (CURE)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Museum of Natural History
Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley, Home of GEMS curricula
CERES Theme: California Environmental Education
Science Learning Network
DNA from the Beginning
The Gene School
MadSciNet
Skowronski's Science Connection
California Academy of Sciences
Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit - Comprehensive NAS site
LHS GEMS: Home
Science Happens at the Center for Chemistry Education
MUTTER MUSEUM
A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Welcome to American Solar Energy Society
Michigan State site for adults for Understanding Ecosystems
Teacher Resouces
(Related Links)
Teacher Resources: Home
National Wildlife Association site
Project Wild: An Environmental and Conservation Education Program
Earthwatch Global Classroom
Teachers Network for lesson plans, networking opportunities, professional development, teacher grants
PBS TeacherSource - Science & Technology
Biology Lessons at SDSU
Teachers’ Tools, National Center for Infectious Diseases
EXCITE - Excellence in Curriculum Integration through Teaching Epidemiology
Science - Intermediate
National Science Teachers Association
Center for Science Education
500 Natural Science & Math Lessons
The Science Spot: Biology Lessons
NBII - Teacher Resources: Home
Scientific Classification
