USEFUL INTERNET WEBSITES

"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

• 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 web sites below 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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