Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Antibacterial Agents
This site lists the different antibiotics, tells how they disrupt the life cycle of the bacteria, and give examples of where in nature the antibiotic is from- i.e., penicillin -> bread mold.
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Phenylketonuria (Pku)
Read about phenylketonuria and the tests used to diagnose it in those who might have inherited this recessive trait.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Build and Test a Model Solar House
A learning unit with instructions on how to build a cardboard model house, and explore the effectiveness of a furnace vs. solar heating. The unit is in PDF format.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Gas Laws
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can read background information on each gas law, then explore the interrelationships of pressure, temperature, and volume. Covers Boyle's Law, Charles's Law,...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Quantum Tunneling
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can explore the fascinating topic of matter tunneling through a barrier. They will learn how electron waves can sometimes manage this, devices that use this concept, and...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Adjectives
A clear, concise explanation of adjectives, including some tricky usages, how to order adjectives in a sentence, and some idiomatic uses of prepositions with -ed participles. The emphasis is on HOW adjectives are used more than on WHY...
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles
The text of the Books of 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: Proverbs
The text of the Book of Proverbs, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
Mechon Mamre
Hebrew English Bible: Lamentations
The text of the Book of Lamentations, presented side-by-side in Hebrew and English.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Stomach Cancer
Thorough overview of stomach cancer. Provides information on symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Food Allergies
Informative overview of the facts associated with food allergies. Provides information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Preventing Allergic Reactions
This site gives information on how to prevent an allergic reaction--anaphylaxis, rhinitis, skin conditions, etc.-- from happening. Also gives information on how to prepare for a reaction.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Swallowed Foreign Object
Swallowed objects that are sharp, contain corrosive materials, and/or stuck for a long time can cause problems to the digestive tract. This overview includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Gas (Flatulence)
Did you know that every human being passes gas at least 14 times daily? Use this site to learn about the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, etc. of this phenomenon by following this link.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Borderline Personality Disorder
Thorough overview of this mental disorder. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Myositis
Thorough overview of myositis. It includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Ankylosing Spindylitis
This site has a thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis that primarily affects the back. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Psoriatic Arthritis
Thorough overview of this less common form of arthritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Takayasu's Arteritis
Thorough overview of Takayasu's arteritis. Includes information on symptoms, treatment, prevention, and much more.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems
This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
Harvard University
The Chaucer Page: Giovanni Boccaccio
From Harvard's Chaucer Page, a brief sketch on Boccaccio mainly focusing on his influence on Chaucer.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Esophagitis
Thorough overview of esophagitis. Includes information on symptoms, prevention, treatment, and more.
Aetna Intelihealth
Aetna: Inteli Health: Nausea
A description of nausea, including its definition, causes, symptoms, and prevention techniques.