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Ask a Scientist - Howard Hughes
Medical: Ask a Scientist is an easy way to get answers to your biology questions.
Just click on the question mark and follow the instructions
BBC Online: Kids Health - This site explores mental and physical health using simple printable activites, anatomy lessons, information about health
issues, and helpful advice. There is also a cool Shockwave body tour; be sure to click "down" to see further inside the human
body. Note that there are links to health information for grown-ups.
Becoming a Scientist - Howard Hughes Medical :
What qualities do you need to succeed in biomedical research? Some of the world's most prominent biomedical researchers may
surprise you with their answers. As you'll see in their video responses, they say that intelligence alone is insufficient;
success in science also depends on several other qualities.
Benefits of Neurolab Science - briefly describes the research goals of the eight different research teams who prepared experiments for the Neurolab mission
Brain POP - This is a health, science and technology site for kids ages 6 to
14. It presents animated movies, comics, experiments, quizzes and fun facts that make learning fun. This is a colorful, but
busily designed, site with a lot of quality information. Includes advertising. Developed by Dr. Avraham Kadar.
Cells Alive -See how penicillin destroys bacteria, how cells keep their shape, how they communicate, view microscopic parasites,
and more. This fascinating site includes pictures, animations and clear explanations to help you understand cells. Includes
advertising.
Conversion of Units - Need to perform a scientific conversion? Check out this site. (It is in German, but if you know that 'von' means 'from'
and 'nach' means 'to' you can make numeric conversions without knowing German.)
Cool Science for Curious Kids - The Howard Hughes
Medical Institute invites curious kids to explore biology...on screen, off screen, and in between.
Kids Psych - Presents games and activities for children ages 1 to 5 and 6 to 9. There is a maze, online coloring
and games, fun with shapes, I Spy, plus cute animations and sounds. This site is designed to help children develop their cognitive
thinking skills, deductive reasoning, and also to have fun. Uses Shockwave, and some games use Java. From Magination Press
and the American Psychological Association out!
Madsciencegroup - Mad Science the worlds leading fun science provider that delivers
exciting, hands-on and educational science experiences! It sparks the imagination of millions of children & parents
annually.
MadSci Network-Welcome to the laboratory that never sleeps!
Represents a collective cranium of scientists providing answers to your questions. For good measure we provide a variety of
oddities and other ends as well.
NASA's Education PageLinks to education sites, naming contests, games and quizzes
NASA Human Space Flight Web - A first stop for information about the "Human Exploration and Development of Space." This
really is the place to go to keep up with the latest information on all NASA Missions, past and present. To get to information
on Neurolab from this home page, click the Space Shuttle button, go to Past Missions, select 1998 from the menu at the bottom
of the page, then finally select STS-90 (STS stands for "Space Transportation System"). |
Neurolab (homepage that targets a younger
audience) - This site covers the Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How of the Neurolab Mission. The
site is fun to navigate and the text, for the most part, is geared for younger readers (there is a glossary on the site).
And for those of you who want to integrate science within other parts of your curriculum (bravo!), there's a bit of History
of Neuroscience on this site too
Neuroscience For Kids - Find interesting facts about the brain, see why some people need to wear eyeglasses, and
learn how the brain works. Some of this information is geared toward high school level students. Maintained by Eric H. Chudler,
Ph.D.
A global information resource and research tool covering all of the disciplines contributing
to our understanding of mental health
Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab -Your source of free science experiments for parents, teachers, and children of all
ages. Kick off your shoes. Pull up a chair. Make yourself comfortable. Oh yeah, did we mention that protective goggles are
required...
Sarah's Quest - Help budding scientist Sara Bellum answer 4 questions about how marijuana affects
the brain. Visit other areas of this site for information on other types of drugs. From the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Science Kid's Page - National Institute of Health: This American organization studies the impact of the
environment on our health. The Kids' Page includes games, coloring pages, riddles and jokes, science word scrambles, a spelling
bee, an environmental art and poetry gallery, and more. Also available in Spanish.
Talking Glossary - The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) created the Talking Glossary
of Genetic Terms to help people without scientific backgrounds understand the terms and concepts used in genetic research.
Simply click on the term of interest to open a page with a wealth of information, including the term's pronunciation, audio
information, images and additional links to related terms. Students, teachers and parents will find the glossary an easy-to-use,
always available learning source on genetics. For more information go to the Guide to the Talking Glossary. Spanish Talking Glossary
Yuckiest Site On The Internet-Your
Gross & Cool Body - Why do we have zits, funnybones, dandruff, and sweat,
belch, and snore? Find out more than you ever wanted to know about gross body functions at the Yuckiest Site on the Internet.
Proof positive that learning biology can be fun. From Discovery.com for children 8 to 15. Available in Flash and non-Flash
versions.
Parents
or Teachers
Leonardo Home
Page Museum of Science, Boston-On the home page you'll find a "Teacher's Page" with suggestions
about how to use the site. There's a biography of da Vinci, notes on his painting techniques, and interactive pages where
students can experiment with perspective. There are also several lesson plans published here that can be used with this site.
Scanning Electron
Microscope: Museum of Science, Boston-This site provides students with a good introduction to scanning
electron microscopes. There's a slide show on how the microscope works, a gallery of interesting images, and a teacher section
with additional links/resources. Your class can even send a specimen to the Boston Museum of Science where it will be photomicrographed
and the image placed on the web (see teacher resources section). This is science and art.
The
Elements of Machines Museum of Science, Boston-This is a section of the Leonardo da Vinci page . It has excellent
pictures and brief, easy-to-understand descriptions of the types of simple machines. After students have had a chance to study
the photos and text, they can follow a link to picture of various tools--and take a quiz to see how many of the simple machines
are used in each tool. |
