http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/index.htm

This innovative educational website was created by Elisabeth Benders-Hyde, a science aide at the West Tisbury School in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. The site was originally inspired by a biome project developed by West Tisbury 6th grade teachers Ann and Karl Nelson, and incorporates information generated from independent student research. The site offers great information about the world's biomes including Tundra, Chaparral, Deciduous Forest, Alpine, Rainforest, and more. Biome profiles include general background information with separate sections for biome-specific plants, animals, and climates. This site has an artful lay-out with colorful maps denoting specific biomes, and images of biome landscapes, animals, and plants. [NL]

http://nic.sav.sk/logos/books/scientific/z.html

This hypertext book was created by professors Viera 'Stvrtinová, Ján Jakubovský, and Ivan Hulín-all members of the Faculty of Medicine at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak Republic. This book was designed to offer basic information about the complex process of inflammation to undergraduate and postgraduate students, pathologists, clinicians, and specialists in the fields of immunology, molecular biology, and medicine. The book contains hyperlinked sections and subsections on Exudation and Swelling, The Phases of Inflammation, Neutrophil Granules, and Acute Inflammation Mediated by Immune Complexes --just to name a few. The site also links to 14 Tables and 6 Figures covering such topics as Predominant Granule Mediators of Mast Cells, Cytokines Involved in Inflammatory Reactions, Acute Phase Reactants, The Kinin Pathway Forming Bradykinin, and more. [NL]

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lesson_plans/tallblondes1.html

This PBS NATURE website presents a nicely organized lesson plan regarding threatened giraffe populations for students in grades 4-6. The site contains an overview of the lesson including Learning Objectives, and Standards and Benchmarks for the subject areas of Life Sciences and Writing. The website provides a Procedures For Teachers section which details lesson activities spanning multiple class periods. The Teachers section also contains: two lists of supplementary websites for the lesson; materials needed such as computer resources; and extension activities. For students, the site provides three printable organization sheets for the lesson including a Giraffe Research Organizer and a Giraffes in Danger question page. [NL]

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Animals/ANM0116.html

Hosted by the Educator's Reference Desk, this website contains a lesson plan titled Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks which was created by educators Kat Plass and Allison Field in affiliation with the University of Montana. The lesson plan was designed for 6th grade students and spans two 45-minute sessions. This hands-on lesson facilitates student exploration of animal adaptations by examining "the shape of a bird's beak in relation to their food source." Beaks are created with everyday materials like chopsticks, slotted spoons, eyedroppers, and a turkey skewer. The concise lesson plan includes a list of objectives, materials needed, and descriptions of lesson activities. [NL]

http://courses.washington.edu/bonephys/

Maintained by Dr. Susan Ott, professor of medicine at the University of Washington, this informative website was developed as an educational resource for both physicians and patients. The website offers sections on Osteoporosis, Bone Density, Osteomalacia, Basic Prevention, Pharmaceutical Treatment, and more. The website provides a list of real cases, references, related links, and an interactive Osteoporosis quiz. The site also includes animations of bone metabolic units, and a gallery of images including photomicrographs, biopsies, and x-rays. [NL]

http://oac.med.jhmi.edu/res_phys/index.HTML

Hosted by John Hopkins School of Medicine, this hypertext on Interactive Respiratory Physiology was developed by Dr. Wilmot C. Ball Jr. of the Physiology Department, and staff at the Office of Medical Informatics Education. The site offers informative Tutorials and Interactive Lab Exercises that include: Static Elastic Properties of the Lung and Chest Wall, The Mechanics of Quiet Breathing, Disease States, and a Gas Exchange Lung Model. After completing the tutorials and lab exercises, site users can test their knowledge by taking a short multiple-choice quiz. The site also contains a Dictionary and an Encyclopedia with information and images for terms like Alveoli, Body Plethysmography, Esophageal Balloon, Pleural Pressure, and more. [NL]