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Biology Corner (Popularity:  )
http://www.biologycorner.com/
Lesson plans, webquests, clipart, and interactive labs.
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Hands-on Activities for Teaching Biology to High School or Middle School Students (Popularity: )
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_edu/waldron/
Topics include: "Studying Our Senses" with jelly beans, "Dragon Genetics," and "Moldy Jell-O." Includes pdf downloads of labs.
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Spinneret GCSE Biology site (Popularity: )
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/webwise/spinneret/
Interactive worksheets and teaching notes with graphics. Subscription required; currently free.
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Science Motivation Questionnaire (Popularity: )
http://www.coe.uga.edu/smq/
The 30-item SMQ assesses six components of students' motivation to learn science in college or high school courses.
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Biological Science Curriculum Study (BSCS) (Popularity: )
http://www.bscs.org/
Develops inquiry-based science curriculum, including textbooks. Includes downloadable curriculum modules, catalog, annual report, and job openings.
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DR Instruments - Dissection Kits (Popularity: )
http://www.drinstruments.com
DR Instruments is a customer-focused supplier of dissecting kits, microscopes, and audio visual equipment for educational, business, and home markets.
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AT&T Enrich Biology Lessons (Popularity: )
http://www.officeport.com/enrich/lessons/index.htm
These 85 Biology lessons were developed by public and Catholic High School biology teachers in the Chicago area. Lesson plans available in pdf format for biochemistry, cells, DNA and genetics, ...
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Beyond Bio 101: The Transformation of Undergraduate Biology Education (Popularity: )
http://www.hhmi.org/BeyondBio101/
Describes the remarkable changes taking place in American undergraduate biology education; a report by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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BioMedia Associates (Popularity: )
http://eBioMedia.com
Microscopy, closeups, dissections, animations, videos and multimedia of the living world. Materials are for classroom use by students and teachers. Some products are advertised.
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Biology Projects/Exercises (Popularity: )
http://science.exeter.edu/jekstrom/default.html
Biology projects and student exercises with the emphasis on different forms of microscopy and the interpretation of images. Light microscopy and SEM images available for download.
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Gondar Design Biology (Popularity: )
http://www.purchon.com/biology/
On-line lessons written by a biology teacher (Nigel Purchon) covering many topics. Site is most useful for UK students, but of use to others also.
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Growing African Violets at School (Popularity: )
http://bill-westbrook.tripod.com/
Provides kids, teachers and volunteers an on-line information service about growing African Violets at school.
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Preparing Our Children: Math and Science Education in the National Interest (Popularity: )
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsb9931/start.htm
"The National Science Board (NSB), charged with advising the President and the Congress on national science policy, urges a nation-wide consensus on a core of knowledge and competency in mathematics ...
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BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium (Popularity: )
http://bioquest.org/
This project actively supports an extended network of educators interested in the reform of undergraduate biology. Collaborative efforts with other educational groups, links to staff, current activities, library, and projects.
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Laboratory Exercises - Biochemistry (Popularity: )
http://www-class.unl.edu/biochem/labs/
From the biochemistry department at the University of Nebraska. A semester of labs dealing with plant pigments. Suitable for undergraduate biology, chemistry of biochemistry classes. Includes both student lab assignments ...
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Wisconsin Teacher Enhancement Program (Popularity: )
http://www.wisc.edu/wistep/
A national professional development program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for K-14 science and health educators. Most courses are related to biology.
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Crickets in the Classroom (Popularity: )
http://www3.telus.net/~ecade/CricketsintheClassroom/cricketsintheclassroom.html
Provides lessons and units for using crickets in the classroom to teach basic science concepts.
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Using Live Insects (Popularity: )
http://insected.arizona.edu/uli.htm
Full curriculum resources for incorporating insects into elementary classrooms. Includes care instructions, cross-curricular lesson plans, and links.
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Research Link 2000 (Popularity: )
http://www.cur.org/reslink2000.html
A three year project that brought together biology faculty from colleges and universities to select, develop and disseminate a group of field-tested, research-based systems and instructional materials for introductory biology ...
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Biopi-L (Popularity: )
http://listserv.ksu.edu/archives/biopi-l.html
An unmoderated email listserv catering to the needs of biology teachers and professionals from kindergarten to university. Site has searchable archives going back to mid-1991.
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