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Genome British Columbia: Science 10 Life Science: Genetics
This PowerPoint presentation gives a very detailed look at the science of genetics and some of the ethical and social considerations from biotechnical applications of genetics.
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British Nutrition Foundation: Food a Fact of Life: Food Functions [Pdf]
This food science poster summarizes six functions that foods perform and the different ingredients that can be added to perform those functions.
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Science Museum of Minnesota: Butterfly Collection
Site full of beautiful butterfly photographs including the emerging of a butterfly. One link also provides detailed information on the life cycle of a butterfly as well as a quiz to complete when finished.
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Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Life Cycle of a Moss
Studying mosses? Here is a great animation on the reproductive cycle of a moss.
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Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast: Land and Sea Animals [Pdf]
This PDF graphic organizer is a t-chart that will help students organize how land and sea animals are alike and how they are different. There are also color photographs of both types of animals at the top of the page. Requires Adobe Reader.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Life & Death Illusion
This black and white image is a very famous example of an optical illusion. Designed and drawn by C. Allan Gilbert, the name of the image is 'All is Vanity'. It represents both life and death where the meaning of existence is intertwined.
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Writing Fix: Patterns for Making Meaning: The Way Life Works
Front cover of the book The Way Life Works: The Science Lover's Illustrated Guide to How Life Grows, Develops, Reproduces, and Gets Along by Mahlon Hoagland
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Beautiful Chemistry: Beautiful Structures: Dna Nanostructures
DNA is the molecule of life, as life's secrets are encoded in DNA. In this interactive activity. we see the famous double helix structure of DNA.
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Life Long Earning: Communication Skills
Brief definitions of communication skills terms along with examples of how a student might combine these skills into projects and real-world applications.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Coral
A beautiful photo of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Corals are marine animals that play an important role in the formation of large reef sytems.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Sea Urchin
A close up photo of a sea urchin on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland. Sea urchins are small marine animals with round, spiky shells.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Desert
A single rock breaks up the desolate monotony of a desert landscape. The heat dries up any liquid that emerges from the ground or skies before it has a chance to help create visible life forms. Enjoy learning more about deserts with our...
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Science Kids: Science Images: Late Triassic Period
This drawing shows what life might have looked like for dinosaurs during the late Triassic Period. The late Triassic Period stretched from 228 million years ago until 200 million years ago. Many of the first dinosaurs, such as the...
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Science World: Abraham De Moivre (1667 1754)
This site from ScienceWorld provides a brief two sentence overview of Abraham DeMoivre's life and his famous formulas. Links are provided to view both the Stirling's formula, as well as the Gaussian integral.
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Science World: Hubble, Edwin (1889 1953)
This site from ScienceWorld contains a short but factual biographical sketch of the life of the American astronomer, Edwin Hubble. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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Science World: Archimedes of Syracuse (Ca. 287 212 Bc)
Gives details of Archimedes' accomplishments in the fields of geometry and engineering and offers a little information on his life.
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Mhs/oxford Virtual Science Walk/halley's House
A description of the home of Edmond Halley with some biographical details. Includes details of his life as Astronomer Royal.
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Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Meiosis
Use this animated tutorial to supplement your learning about meiosis.
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Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: The Mammalian Kidney
Use this tutorial to help supplement your learning about how the kidneys work.
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Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: The Meselson Stahl Experiment
Follow Meselson and Stahl through their experiments to determine how DNA replicates.
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Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Dna Chip Technology
A new way of testing DNA samples uses a chip. This allows scientists to examine thousands of genes instead of just one at a time.
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Sumanas Inc: Life: The Science of Biology: Time Compensated Solar Compass
How do birds know what direction to fly when they fly south for the winter? This tutorial explains circadian rhythm using an experiment performed with pigeons.
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National Library of Medicine: Darwin's Hms Beagle
The HMS Beagle is the ship Charles Darwin sailed an his journey to study life science.
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Edward Jenner (1749 1823)
This site offers a unique account of the life and work of English physician and immunologist, Edward Jenner (1749-1823 CE). There are also links available to other science related resources at this site.