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High School
- Benchmark
1 - "Classify major groups of organisms to the
kingdom level."
- Dichotomous
Key for Trees - Organization of Living Things
(III.2.HS.1)
This site contains information on dichotomous
keys. It also has an interactive dichotomous
key for trees.
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Dichotomous Key for Trees (for conifer and decidious
trees) - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.1)
This site has a dichotomous key that will identify
conifers or decidiuous trees.
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Introducing Classification - Organization of Living
Things (III.2.HS.1)
This site was designed by a seventh grade teacher
to assist students in understanding classification.
The site includes interactive presentations on
characteristics of life and five kingdom classification,
as well as, classification in general.
- Natural
Perspective - The Five Kingdoms - Organization
of Living Things (III.2.HS.1)
Wow!! Site is organized according to the biological
principles of taxonomy, or classification.
You can visit a kingdom and learn about its properties
and examples of organisms, or go directly to an
organism and then be referred to the kingdom information.
Beautiful pictures! Very informational site.
- OLogy:
The Tree of Life - Organization of Living Things
(III.2.HS.1)
This site gives students and information and experience
with classification and cladograms. The
site includes some explanatory text and an interactive
cladogram. Ties in with evolution concepts
like shared characteristics and common ancestry.
- Phylogeny
Taxonomy Look Up - Organization of Living Things
(III.2.HS.1)
Well organized, informational, has hypertext
- great support material/glossary/visuals, etc.
Doesn't categorize all prokaryotes as one (doesn't
use the term Monera). A good way to launch open
ended discussion/journal entry on human devise
systems! Also includes viruses and allows for
categorization by eukaryotic types of cells. You
would need to add questions and compare to the
old five kingdom system (which is the one covered
in Michigan Curriculum Framework). Note: once
in the site, click on "Express lift to Taxa" for
the divisions used in this program, scroll to
the bottom, and click on the glossary. The glossary
is great because it covers many terms using hypertext
to add visuals and explanations. If you click
on the category "Introduction to Life", may of
the terms under the enabler will be found. It
shows students examples of things that they might
otherwise not see.
- The
Tree of Life - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.1)
The "Tree of Life" is a project designed to
contain information about the phylogenetic relationships
and characteristics of organisms, to illustrate
the diversity and unity of living organisms and
to link biological information available on the
Internet in the form of a phylogenetic navigator.
A rather scientific site that could be used in
a number of ways to study the diversity and interrelationships
on the Earth's organisms. It can be used for general
information or an instructor could create student
activities in which their site is used to solve
problems. This is a massive and useful site.
- Benchmark
2 - "Describe the life cycle of an organism associated
with human disease."
- American
Lyme Disease Foundation - Organization of Living
Things (III.2.HS.2)
An informational page about the deer tick and
its life cycle. This site by the ALDF has
concise text and excellent images.
- CDC
- Division of Parasitic Diseases - Organization
of Living Things (III.2.HS.2)
The center for disease control's parasite database
has extensive information on nearly all animals
that cause human disease. The information
is exhaustive and very detailed. The site
sorts the database by different criteria and offers
sugestions for infection prevention. The
database has no parasite images.
- Diseases,
Selected Prevention and Program Areas - Organization
of Living Things (III.2.HS.2&5)
This site lists every possible human disease
and has a link to the sites which offer prevention
information.
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DPDx - Parasite Image Library - Organization of
Living Things (III.2.HS.2)
This is the Center for Disease Control, Division
of Parasitic Diseases' identification and diagnosis
image library. The site is organized alphabetically
and houses many good images of common (and not
so common) parasites.
- Guide
to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition
- Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.2&5)
This site offers a list of diseases and disorders
and links to find out information to screen for
them.
- Molecular
Biology of an HIV Infection - Organization of
Living Things (III.2.HS.2)
Great animation of HIV infection and replication
within a host cell. Very informative and
easy to understand. This site also address's
the question of "Can you get AIDS from a mosquito
bite? " with animations and interactive tutorials.
- Parasites
and Health - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.2)
This is the Center for Disease Control, Division
of Parasitic Diseases' identification and diagnosis
site. The site is organized by the region
of the body a parasite inhabits. The site
includes well written discription of the parasite's
life cycle, sympotms of infestation, and other
facts about the parasite. Many of the entries
include excellent diagrams of the parasite's life
cycle.
- Parasites
and Parasitological Resources - Organization of
Living Things (III.2.HS.2)
This site includes a wealth of information
on a great variety of parasite-host relationships.
- Benchmark
3 - "Explain the process of food storage and food
use in organisms."
- Biology
in Motion - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.3)
This science site contains animations, interactive
activities, and cartoons designed to make learning
biology a more engaging experience. Included
are resource collections, interactive tutorials,
quizzes, teaching tips, and interactive games.
Also includes animations and cartoons with explanations
in enzymes, intestinal gases, and hormones. Through
the use of animations, students will learn about
fat digestion and bile, the thyroid gland, the
mammalian cardiovascular system, mitosis and meiosis,
and how the kidneys work. By selecting a quiz,
students can learn biology terms by placing them
in the correct category.
- Human
Anatomy Online - Organization of Living Things
(III.2.HS.3&4)
This site studies the anatomy of the human body.
It’s fun, interactive, and an ideal reference
site for students or those who just want to know
more about the medical descriptions used by doctors
and nurses. Provides images, descriptions
and animations of the bodies major systems that
maintains its stable internal environment.
- Metabolism
- Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.3&4)
This site is essentially a concept map breaking
down all of the parts of matabolism, plus it has
many links to other sites dealing with metabolic
processes.
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Benchmark 4 - "Explain how living things maintain
a stable internal environment."
- Biology
Classroom - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.4)
This is a tutorial about Homeostasis and some
specific activities that the body tries to maintain.
There are click and drag activities for the students
to work through.
- Homeostasis-Lion
Den - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.4)
An outline format that provides a few examples
of models that can be used to teach homeostasis.
- Human
Anatomy Online - Organization of Living Things
(III.2.HS.3&4)
This site studies the anatomy of the human body.
It’s fun, interactive, and an ideal reference
site for students or those who just want to know
more about the medical descriptions used by doctors
and nurses. Provides images, descriptions
and animations of the bodies major systems that
maintains its stable internal environment.
- Metabolism
- Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.3&4)
This site is essentially a concept map breaking
down all of the parts of matabolism, plus it has
many links to other sites dealing with metabolic
processes.
- Benchmark
5 - "Describe technology used in the prevention,
diagnosis, and treatment of diseases and explain its
function in terms of human body processes."
- Chronic
Wasting Disease-National Wildlife Health Center
-Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.5)
Informational. TB and HIV started in animal populations
and were transmitted to humans. Will Chronic Wasting
Disease (CWD) be next? Plenty of good links.
- Diseases,
Selected Prevention and Program Areas - Organization
of Living Things (III.2.HS.2&5)
This site lists every possible human disease
and has a link to the sites which offer prevention
information.
- Guide
to Clinical Preventive Services, Second Edition
- Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.2&5)
This site offers a list of diseases and disorders
and links to find out information to screen for
them.
- Harvest
of Fear, Nova/ Frontline - Organization of Living
Things (III.2.HS.5) New
This site contains
information to allow for purchase of "Harvest
of Fear," a FRONTLINE and NOVA two-hour report.
The video explores the debate over genetically-modified
(gm) food crops through interviews with scientists,
farmers, biotech and food industry representatives,
government regulators, and critics of biotechnology.
The video debates both sides of the issue, exploring
the risks and benefits, the hopes and fears, of
this new technology. If you choose not to purchase
the video, the site can be used for purposes of
classroom debate, providing links to articles
for and against gm food-crops.
- Human
Diseases - Organization of Living Things (III.2.HS.5)
This site provides an alphabetized list of
human diseases. The condition is described, and
links are available to different sites that provide
visuals of the disease and how it effects a particular
body system and explanation of treatments. This
is a great site for an anatomy class or general
biology class to use to do research on diseases
and their treatments.
- Office
of Disease Prevention and Control - Organization
of Living Things (III.2.HS.5)
The Office of Disease Prevention and Control provides
suggestions and announcements on staying healthing
and describes what is being done to fight diseases
in the country.
- Secrets
of the Sequence Videos/Lessons - Organization
of Living Things (III.2.HS.5) New
- Outstanding!
These videos and accompanying lesson plans take
you and your students to laboratories where
scientists are investigating fascinating questions.
SOSq creates an avenue for students to learn
from leading scientists and ethicists about
the profound moral, ethical and legal impact
of recent discoveries in the life sciences.
With increasing public awareness of the technical
and bioethical issues surrounding the life sciences
discoveries of the 21st century, Secrets of
the Sequence videos and accompanying classroom-tested
lesson plans are designed to help teachers expand
their students’ knowledge. Lesson plans
are designed to walk teachers through videos,
provide disscussion questions, and student follow-up
activities. Short and current videos!
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