USEFUL INTERNET WEBSITES

  http://www.ted.com/. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. "This website is not specific to science or any one field, but contains a huge repository of insightful information on a great many topics ( a bit like 'genius' grants)." Link suggested by Susan Starr.

http://www.ted.com/talks/drew_berry_animations_of_unseeable_biology.html

This specific talk illustrates DNA replication, walking proteins, spindle apparatus structure and function in outline, ...  just watch it (a little less than 10 minutes)!

An Online Guide to the Brain and Mind  [a special thanks to Kelly Harris's student for suggesting this link]

"Speciality Pages" - the web sites listed here provide information on specific areas of biology and/or teaching

• American Society for Microbiology

• Animal Diversity Web [University of Michigan Museum of Zoology]

• Association for Biology Laboratory Education

• Astrobiology [life in extreme environments]

• Biology Dictionary [This dictionary is based on a WiKi system]

• Case Studies in Science [The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Case Collection; many scientific subjects are covered]

• Citation Styles Online [MLA, APA, Chicago, CBE styles to cite and document sources]

• Dolan DNA Learning Center [at Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory}

• Evaluating Websites for Educational Uses

• Howard Hughes Medical Institute

• HAPS (The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society)

• Human Genome Project

• iBioSeminars (Free...The world's leaders in biology present lectures that start with broad introductions and then progress to research questions and experiments).

• MIT Course Ware [OCW shares free lecture notes, exams, and other resources from more than 1700 courses spanning MIT's entire curriculum}

• NABT (National Association of Biology Teachers)

• The Critical Thinking Community

• The Heinz Center- environmental policy site

  • State of the Nation's Ecosystems

  • Global Change

  • Sustainable Oceans, Coasts and Waterways Program

• All the Virology on the WWW

"Links to Links" - the sites listed here provide many links to other useful websites. MCCB makes no claim that all of the links on these sites are functional.

• General and Human Biology- McGraw Hill

• Harvard's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology [very thorough lists of many scientific topics, including databases for model organisms, DNA and proteins. A few specific sites are given below]

  • Botany & Plant Biology

  • Biotechnology

  • Genetics: Virtual Library

  • Instructional Resources in Biology

  • Neuroscience

  • Physiology & Biophysics

• Online Biological Resources- Texas A&M

• University of California Museum of Paleontology [great resources on evolution, phylogeny of life, tour of geologic time and more]

• The WWW Virtual Library

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