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Website
Other

Sternberg Museum of Natural History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains many links as well as a description of the museum.
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Handout
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1933

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can read about Thomas Hunt Morgan, the scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine "for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity." This website is organized...
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Handout
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Diversity of Flowering Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
The pictures in this essay from Palomar College are wonderful. The huge variety of flowering plants including some of the more unusual groups, is discussed at an advanced level.
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Unit Plan
Other

Becoming Human: Comparison of Human and Ape Chromosones

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever wondered how closely we are related to other primates? Join this chromosone comparison adventure to compare the banding patterns of human chromosones to those of apes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Role of Amphibians

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Humans have used amphibians for a number of purposes for thousands of years, if not longer. Amphibians play significant roles in many food webs and are thus an...