Click on the subjects below to locate information for your Life Science projects.
| General Information | Biomes | Body Systems and Disease | Cells |
| Classification | The Environment | Insects | Plants |
| Rainforests | Recycling |
GENERAL LIFE SCIENCE INFORMATION
Subscription Research Databases - Available only through Gananda Central Library
LookSmart Science Multimedia
[Online] Available http://www.looksmart.com/eus898513/
Some of the best multimedia sources for science and mathematics students & teachers.
BIOMES
Books & Other Resources For This Project
Research assignment
Biomes
http://lii.org/search?m=p&query=biomes&searchtype=keywords
High quality "information you can trust", compiled by professional librarians at The Librarians' Index To The Internet.
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/scihc.html#biomes
Links to biomes information compiled by Multnomah Public Library.
http://www.desertusa.com/life.html
Information about, and pictures of, the plants, animals, and people of America's deserts.
http://www.forests.org/links/
Forest conservation, rainforests, sustainable forestry, ecology and more.
http://www.runet.edu/~swoodwar/CLASSES/GEOG235/biomes/intro.html
World maps of biomes, along with helpful facts for your report.
http://www.mobot.org/MBGnet/index2.htm
Excellent, easy to read information about the different typed of biomes, including the animals and plants of each biome.
http://www.ran.org/
Rainforest information, a quiz, demonstrations and more.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/index.html
A great introduction to the world's major biomes.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss5/biome/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/
http://www.ups.edu/biology/museum/worldbiomes.html
http://www.pbs.org/americanfieldguide/topics/ecosystems/
http://www.nps.gov/olym/edurain.htm
http://www.nps.gov/ever/eco/index.htm
Mr. Smith's ExCELLent Adventure
(Remember books? - They were invented before modems!)
Part I - Research Information About Cells (Be sure to use BOOKS too!)
Biology4Kids - Cells.
[Online] Available http://www.kapili.com/biology4kids/cell/index.html
[Online] Available http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/biolohc.html#cells
A list of useful sites compiled by the Multnomah Public Library.
[Online] Available http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~carl/cellhome.htm
Information about the different cell types. Many illustrations are included in this site.
[Online] Available http://www.cellsalive.com/
A free online award winning livrary of virtual cells.
[Online] Available http://www.botany.utexas.edu/facstaff/facpages/ksata/ecpf96/4/home.htm
The text of this site describes a virtual trip into a cell.
[Online] Available http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/index.htm
Eureka ! Science, Corp. describes itself as a "biochemistry research company founded to create unique products for home, school, and research." Use this site to find information about plant and animal cells.
[Online] Available http://www.uq.oz.au/nanoworld/images_1.html
Photos of insects, plants, and cells through the lens of an electron microscope.
[Online] Available http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~weston/Coll.html
Describes the processes cells undergo when they reproduce.
[Online] Available http://esg-www.mit.edu:8001/esgbio/cb/mitosis.html
Diagram of mitosis, or the process in which cells divide.
[Online] Available http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/main.html
A place for biology whiz kids to learn about the cell cycle and mitosis.
Part II - HOW TO "CELL" YOURSELF (Advertising)
FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
- Go to this web site: Advertising Age
http://www.adage.com/cgi-bin/genDPcat.pl?cat=100_LEADING_NATIONAL_ADVERTISERS
This is a good place to locate the nation's leading advertisers. You can find out which are the top ten soft drink brands, the top fast-food restaurants, top cereal brands, plus much more.- Pick 1 or 2 of your favorite brands.
- Go to Northern Light's Business Search at http://northernlight.com/business.html to search for the company website OR to save time, try typing in www.companyname.com (ex: www.nike.com).
- Look at all the techniques that the company uses to sell you their product.
- Plan your brochure using some of the best ideas that you see.
[Online] Available http://sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu/~egjbp/comp/ad-claims.html
Scroll down this page to find 10 basic advertising techniques (tricks?) You might want to use these techniques to "cell yourself" effectively! This page was written by John B. Puget, instructor for Freshman Composition 102 at The University of Mississippi.
[Online] Available http://www.linguarama.com/ps/293-6.htm
Language training for business. This site lists the most frequently used verbs and adjectives used in advertisements
[Online] Available http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/home/hand/COMMON.HTM
Use this site to learn about advertising strategies that might help you when you design your brochure.
[Online] Available http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/adstrat.htm
Strategies used by the food industry to convince consumers to purchase their products.
[Online] Available http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/adcybe.htm
How internet businesses target children as potential customers.
[Online] Available http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/teamedia/gimic.htm
More advertising gimmicks.
[Online] Available http://www.adcouncil.org/
Learn about advertising from this professional advertisers organization
[Online] Available http://www.toymuseum.com/
Go to this website to see a collection of toys based on company trademarks.
CLASSIFICATION
Best Books For This Project
Animal Megasites
[Online] Available http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/animhc.html#anmega
Great websites on animals, compiled by the Multnomah Public Library.
Classification of
animals
[Online] Available http://edu.leeds.ac.uk/~edu/technology/epb97/forest/classani.htm
Discovery Schoool Homework Help Page
[Online] Available http://www.discovery.com/search/search.html
Use this page from DiscoverySchool.com to search for information on science topics.
Taxonomy
Hierarchies
[Online] Available http://biology.fullerton.edu/courses/biol_404/web/Hierarchies.html
Maintained by the California State University at Fullerton, this site covers the
hierarchical relationships of organisms and also cladgrams, which are charts used to
classify organisms..
Taxonomy
[Online] Available http://daphne.palomar.edu/animal/animal_2.htm
Classification of Living Things: Topic Menu
A tutorial by anthropology professor Dennis O'Neil of Palomar College in California, this
website explains the principles of Linnaean taxonomy .
Taxonomy
[Online] Available http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/warp/plants-list.html
Maintained by Markku Savela of VTT Information Technology in Finland, this web page
provides a classification list of plant species.
Best Books For This Project
The Internet Consumer Recycling Guide This
recycling guide provides a starting point for consumers in the USA and Canada searching
the net for recycling information.
United States Environmental Protection Agency. U.S. Gov.
Agency dedicated to protecting human health and safeguarding the natural environment.
Yahooligan’s
Science/Environment A list of environmental sites on the internet.
Envirolink Library Comprehensive list
of environmental topics. Provides links to many internet sites on each topic.
Achoo! - Diseases [Online] Available http://www.achoo.com/ - an easy to understand searchable
database of disease information.
American Academy of Dermatology : patient
information : Pamphlets. [Online] Available http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/index.html
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION.[Online] Available http://www.lungusa.org/index.html by
The American Lung Association. Respiratpry diseases, such as asthma and emphesema.
BAND-AIDES & BLACKBOARDS
[Online] Available http://funrsc.fairfield.edu/~jfleitas/contents.html
by Fleitas, Joan, R.N., Ed.D, assistant professor of nursing, Fairfield University,
Connecticut. This site covers children's diseases and their treatment.
Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics
[Online] Available http://www.mic.ki.se/Diseases/index.html
- Alphabetical List of Diseases.
drkoop.com.
[Online] Available http://www.drkoop.com/
drkoop.com describes their site as "a company led by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S.
Surgeon General, and others who are dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives
by empowering them to improve their health." It is a very useful site, easy to
navigate and it provides quality information on health issues and diseases.
Environmental Diseases from A to Z [Online]
Available http://www.niehs.nih.gov/external/a2z/home.htm
by Rozier, Lou, Office of Communications, National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences.
Explore the Brain & Spinal
Cord. [Online] Available http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/introb.html
Search this site for excellent information about the nervous system and diseases of the
brain, nervous system and spinal cord.
Fighting Disease: Health At
The End of the Millenium. [Online] Available http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/special/health/
A website providing information on diseases from The United Nations CyberSchoolBus.
Gale Health Database.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/nysl_ro_rrlib?db=HRCA
A great source of health and disease information available to Gananda students only.
Genes and Disease [Online] Available http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/ -
Cancer, immune system, metabolism, muscle and bone, nervous system diseases are presented.
Includes microscope photos of many of the diseases and how they affect the body. From the
National Center for Biotechnology Information.
HIDDEN KILLERS [Online]
Available http://library.advanced.org/23054/gather/index.shtml
This site deals with diseases caused by viruses.
Health Canada ONLINE. [Online] Available
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english/
Health Oasis - Mayo Clinic. [Online] Available
http://www.mayohealth.org/
Reliable health information from one of our nation's top healthcare providers.
Healthfinder [Online] Available http://www.healthfinder.gov/ - Sponsored by the
Department of Health and Human Services, this is a "gateway" to the vast amounts
of consumer health information available from the federal government.
The Medicine Page. [Online]
Available http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy/Medicine.html
A collection of excellent links from TheHealthNetwork.com/FIT Internet, LLC. You
will find useful information for your health and disease reports. Scroll to the
bottom of the page to search for a specific term.
MedicineNet.com. [Online]
Available http://www.medicinenet.com/Script/Main/hp.asp
This is a commercial site that provides good quality consumer information on medicine,
diseases and other health issues. Although their primary purpose is to sell
medicines, the information appears to be accurate. Be sure to verify information by
checking in multiple sites.
MedLine Plus (National Library of Medicine)
[Online] Available http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
Information on hundreds of diseases, conditions and drugs.
MotherNature.com. [Online]
Available http://www.mothernature.com/ency/Index/Concern_Index.asp
This site is an internet "health encyclopedia" written by a team of health care
professionals from a variety of disciplines.
The National Center for Infectious
Diseases [Online] Available http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; provides information on many diseases, how
to prevent them, and other resources.
NBCC - National Breast Cancer Coalition.
[Online] Available http://www.natlbcc.org/
This site describes various educational & legislative initiatives of this advocacy
organization.
NOAH: New York Online Access To Health.
[Online} Available http://www.noah-health.org/
This is an award winning site and a gold mine of health and disease information. To
quote their mission statement, "NOAH seeks to provide high quality full-text health
information for consumers that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased." The site
is maintained through a partnership of The City University of New York, The Metropolitan
New York Library Council, The New York Academy of Medicine and The New York Public
Library. Use their "search" option to type in the disease or health issue
that you are researching. Be sure to check out Infotrac Health Reference Center
Gold.
On Health [Online] Available http://my.webmd.com/condition_center_all
General Information about a variety of diseases
OncoLink - University of Pennsylvania Cancer
Center. [Online] Available http://www.oncolink.upenn.edu/disease/
General cancer information, cancer research, & treatment information for adult and
pediatric cancers.
The Pediatric Database (PEDBASE)
[Online] Available http://www.icondata.com/health/pedbase/pedlynx.htm
by Al Gandy. Thsi site covers diseases of children.
RENALNET [Online] Available
http://www.renalnet.org/renalnet/renalnet.cfm
by Gamewood Data Systems, Inc. A website dealing with kidney diseases.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN : ASK THE
EXPERTS : MEDICINE [Online] Available http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/medicine/index.html
by Scientific American, Inc.
United States National Library Of
Medicine. [Online] Available http://www.nlm.nih.gov/databases/freemedl.html
A national site that provides links to vast databases of health and disease related
information, such as MEDLINEPlus, PubMed, and Internet Grateful Med.
WHO
- World Health Organization. [Online] Available http://www.who.int/
The official website of the World Health Organization. Search this site for
information about health issues throughout the world.
The whole brain Atlas [Online]
Available http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/home.html
by Johnson, Keith A., M.D., J. Alex Becker.
Women's Health Facts and Links [Online] Available
http://www.womens-health.org/
by the Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research.
Library Resources Research assignment
The Bug Club Images of Insects and
their Relatives Insect Biology and
Ecology Insecta
Insecta Museum Insectclopedia Invertebrates
[Insects, Spiders] Lecture #2 - Insect
Classification Smithsonian: Entomology: Bug
Info Wonderful World of Insects
Library Resources Research assignment
Aliens Explore Earth: Plants,
Trees, and Forests [Online] Available
http://www.alienexplorer.com/ecology/topic27.html Articles on many types of plants,
trees, and forests, written for middle school students.
Plant Encyclopedia [Online] Available
http://www.vg.com/cgi-bin/VG/vg/ A searchable plant encyclopedia from Time-Life.
Plant Links
[Online] Available http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/biolohc.html#plant
Useful links to information on plants and trees from the Multnomah Public Library Web Page
The New York Botanical Garden [Online] Available
http://www.nybg.org/ The new New York Botanical Garden - a place to explore nature
and plant science.
National
Museum of Natural History [Online] Available
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/gopher-menus/TypeSpecimenRegisterU.S.NationalHerbarium,US.html
The U.S. National Herbarium Type Specimen Register. A quick way to search for information
about ferns, flowering plants, mosses, hepatics, lichens & algae
What is
Photosynthesis?
[Online] Available http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/education/learn.html
"A hot hotlist on photosynthesis, courtesy of Arizona State University. Some
articles are geared to elementary and middle school, while other articles are appropriate
for college students. Learn about photosynthetic pigments, preparing starch slides, and
how photosynthesis rates are measured in nature." (Library Spot)
Composting Consumer Recycling Guide EPA - Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle Global Recycling Network Litter
Prevention Home page Recycling Factoids Shop Smart Storm Water StudyWeb® - Recycling Waste Management and
composting Why Recycle?
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