A team of scientists studied the schooling behavior of threespine stickleback fish by experimentally testing how individual fish responded to an artificial fish school model.
Tutorial on DNA basics that goes along with an online quiz over the material. Use the naviagation buttons at the bottom of the page to go to the quiz over the material.
Great overview of cell membranes. The site presents the information as a tutorial with multiple choice questions to guide the learner. Very well designed site on cell membranes.
How well do you know the relationship between enzymes and activation energy? This resource provides you with short quizzes and tutorials to provide feedback for those topics you don't understand.
Use this resource to discover the basic structure of a eukaryotic cell and some of the organelles it contains.
This explanation of genetic drift is straightforward and easy to understand. Illustrations are provided to help visual learners
A brief overview of the prokaryotes. The resource contains some interesting facts that will help you understand the great contrast that exists in the prokaryotic way of life.
A great site for understanding Amino Acids, the building blocks for protein. Besides a very complete summary, the site includes a complete list of amino acids, a link to basic amino acid structure, a list if atoms in amino acids, and links to test yourself. Very informative!
This in-depth site provides middle and high school science teachers with a wide array of free instructional resources, such as slide sets, streaming video presentations, and laboratory activities. Information is provided that is supported by lessons and web-based materials.
This site is on the book "Bird Watch" by Jane Yolen. It includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
A simple story about the things you do at a birthday party. Includes audio narration in 14 additional languages with text in English.
This set contains statistics questions regarding bivariate data: scatter plots, the least-squares regression line, and their interpretation. The student is asked about the meaning of the various strengths and directions of linear correlation.
In this 1998 FRONTLINE interview, Harvard sociologist Dr. William Julius Wilson explains why, despite an overall increase in the standard of living among African Americans, a segment of the population is falling farther and farther behind.
An excellent resource to celebrate early black American aviators. Students will find thrilling tales of true courage concerning black Americans and the "Quest for Equal Opportunity."
This site on the book "Black and White" by David Macaulay, includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to other resources.
Read about how even as snow covers the land with a beautiful white blanket, signs of spring lurk beneath it. Book includes audio narration in nine additional languages with text in English.
This site provides the full text of Dickens' "Bleak House." A brief summary is also included.
This review of what makes up human blood is easy to read and understand. There are guides to pronunciation and glossary links as well as a self quiz to check your understanding.
This site is a review of one of Phyllis Naylor's more well known books, "Shiloh."
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.