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Access Excellence: Graphics Gallery of Biotechnology
This site provides simple diagrams on all major topics in cell biology, genetics and biotechnology.
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Access Excellence: Milestones in Dna History
Access Excellence provides a detailed timeline charting the study of and discoveries made about DNA from 1869 to 1978.
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Access Excellence: Teaching Tropical Rainforest Biology
Explores the numerous benefits of teaching and learning about tropical rainforests, while addressing the bioethical and environmental concerns facing rainforests.
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Access Excellence: A Tour of the Human Skeleton
Click on the interactive skeleton and see actual X-rays of different bones. Compare normal bone x-rays with x-rays of damaged bones.
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Access Excellence Mysteries: The Mystery Spot
Here are a list of interesting interactive mysteries to go along with your science lessons. Students go through a short story and then try to solve the mystery. Topics include space, environmental issues, disease, and forensics. These...
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Access Excellence: Yellow Jackie: Outbreak
Interactive mystery about a disease outbreak. Students investigate an outbreak of a disease on board a ship by interviewing people, consulting medical reference, and observer other clues to determining what disease is causing the outbreak.
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Access Excellence: The Human Genome Project
This site from Access Excellence gives an introduction to the Human Genome Project. The page links to a graphics gallery and to discussions about related ethical issues.
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Vaccines: How and Why?
This article describes the history of vaccines, how they work, and how they are made. Includes a list of references, a glossary, and links to activities.
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Access Excellence: The Discovery of Radioactivity: Dawn of the Nuclear Age
This article discusses the historical discoveries of the atom and radioactivity. Includes links to biographies of famous people.
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Access Excellence: The First Steps of Human Vision
Describes the contributions of scientists over hundreds of years leading to our current understanding of the eye and vision.
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Access Excellence: A Visit With Dr. Francis Crick
A transcript of a personal interview with Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA.
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Access Excellence: Graphing Frog Respiration
This is a lesson plan for a science lab recording and graphing the respiration of frogs. Includes background information for teachers, preparation information, and detailed explanation of the activity.
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Access Excellence: Using Probeware in Biology
This article discusses knowledge and skills developed by educators who use technology to teach science.
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Access Excellence: The Heart and the Circulatory System
Access Excellence offers detailed information, including diagrams and photos, about the anatomy of the heart and its central role in the circulatory system.
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Access Excellence: Annual Box Rat Training Competition
This Access Excellence class project describes what students need to raise and train rats using the methods pioneered by the psychologist B.F. Skinner.
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Access Excellence:what Is the Role of Genetic Counseling
An extensive article discussing the role of a genetic counselors, who gets genetic counseling, how they use genetic and chromosome maps for diagnosis, and how they help people cope with genetic diseases.
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Gallery of Biology Diagrams
This resource provides labeled diagrams for a wide range of biology concepts.
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Access Excellence: Rosalind Franklin (1920 1958)
Access Excellence provides a biography of Rosalind Franklin and her role in explaining DNA's structure.
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Access Excellence: Genes, Dna, and Mutations
A good Access Excellence site with an introduction to the processes of transcription and translation, leading to a student modeling activity.
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Access Excellence: Terrific Tarantulas
A detailed site about tarantulas, including topics suchs as molting, structure, urticating hairs, and how to handle them.
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Access Excellence: Louis Pasteur (1822 1895)
This Access Excellence site provides information on the scientific achievements of Louis Pasteur, one of "the greatest benefactors of humanity."
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Access Excellence: Meiosis
Access Excellence offers an excellent drawing depicting the process of meiosis. A brief legend description is supplied below the series of illustrations.
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Access Excellence: Dna Fingerprinting in Human Health
This site, which is provided for by Access Excellence, gives a detailed article outlining DNA fingerprinting, how it is used, and how it works.
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Access Excellence: Writing Hypotheses
This informative page describes the true purposes of the hypothesis and how it should be used. Not only shows how they are written, but also helps students figure out the dependent versus independent variable.