| Organizations |
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| National Science Teachers Association |
I am a member |
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| National Biology Teachers Association |
I am a member |
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| North American Mycological Association |
THE organization for amateur mushroomers - Meet in Asheville July 2004 |
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| American Society for Microbiology |
Good abstract searches |
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| International
Carnivorous Plant Society |
All the big eaters and the people who love them! |
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| American
Museum of Natural History |
Natural History magazine |
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| Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
virtual labs and activities |
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| Center for Disease Control |
Includes journal articles from Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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| Scientific American |
Articles from the last few years |
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| Asheville Mushroom Club |
Join, good pictures, news |
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| Discover Life in America |
Umbrella organization for ATBI in Smoky Mtn National Park |
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| Understanding Evolution |
An evolution web site for teachers (& students) easy to understand |
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| Science Links |
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| The Story of DNA |
Timeline, Interviews, animations, the entire history - Excellent |
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| Proteins &
Enzymes |
Animations of protein synthesis and enzyme function |
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| Paleos |
The Trace of Life on Earth |
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Caveman Chemistry |
A great model for authentic learning |
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| Chemistry
Comes Alive |
Good demonstartions - including sucrose-H2SO4 |
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| Labman |
Chem demo ideas from Dr Robertson at APSU |
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| Micro*scope |
Digital images of microorganisms from NASA Astrobiology Institute |
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| Medline |
Search for health information |
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| Simpson's
Index of Biodiversity |
A tutorial |
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| Save
Our Streams |
Water Quality Inventory resources |
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| Species
Locator |
Enter common or scientific name - get get classification |
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| Raising
Insects in the Lab |
The University of Arizona Center for Insect Science |
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| Knot Tying |
All about knots for use in physical science class |
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| The
Solidago Home Page |
About goldenrod, galls, and sympatric speciation |
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| Water
Quality Monitoring |
Izaak Walton League - forms, keys, etc for stream samplng |
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| Nepenthes |
A site about tropical pitcher plants - UTK has one in its greenhouse |
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| Dave Fischers
Mushrooms |
All about mushrooms and all the good links |
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| Lichens |
Good description of lichens and their biology |
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| Slime Molds |
A virtual field guide to myxomycetes - picture
gallery
also Myxos |
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| Caterpillars |
Caterpillars of Cosa Rica rain forest |
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| Caterpillars
of Eastern Forests |
Pictures, also 'how to raise" etc. |
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| Dragonflies |
Pictures |
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| Virtual Insect
Museum |
Pictures of various insects |
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| Parasites |
Alphabetic listing of parasites - life history, etc. |
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| Ant
Lion Pit |
ALL about "doodle bugs" natural history |
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| Galls
and gall makers |
Types of organisms that make galls - cecidocole communities |
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| Nuisance
parasitic wasps |
Braconid and other neat parasites |
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| Monarch Watch |
The Monarch watch from the University of Kansas |
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| Microbe World |
Teaching about microbes |
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| Insecta Inspecta World |
Life history of mantids, crickets, ants, and others |
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| Forensic
Entomology |
Beetle larva studies |
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| Food Insects
Newsletter |
Just what it says |
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| Bug
Food II |
from the Univ Kentucky Dept of Entomology; "How to dry roast crickets" |
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| Winogradsky
Column |
Make and explain a Winogradsky column |
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| Miscellaneous |
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| Gwynn Popovac |
Extraordinary art based on a connection to nature |
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| English-Lation Dictionary |
Look up Latin from English |
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| Weather and River
Gauges |
See graphs of river flow in cubic feet per second (CFS) |
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| Local
News Sources |
Knoxville News-Sentinel; The Oak Ridger, etc. |
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| The River Project |
Hudson River project on the west side of Manhattan - I visited in June
2000 |
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| Eggs - the Egg Board |
Parts of an egg |
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| (1) Body paint with henna.....and
...... (2) designs |
All about mhendi |
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| Muller-Lyer
illusion |
Perception based on angles |
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| Socratic
Seminar |
What it is and how to run one |
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| Stat Pak |
Regression' t-test, etc. |
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