Animal Information Database
http://www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
The Animal Information Database is an educational Web site from SeaWorld/Busch Gardens. The site contains a wide variety of information about many animals including fun facts, biological classification, habitat, and news about specific animals at the Sea World/Busch Gardens parks. A fun part of the site is the Animal Sounds Library where visitors can listen to the interesting sounds made by a number of animals. [AL]
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Tales from the Hive [QuickTime]
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/bees/
Yet another great site from PBS's NOVA Online. Tales from the Hive offers an up-close look at the interactions and social organizations of honey bees. Lots of vivid photographs and detailed descriptions of behavior help the visitor enjoy learning from the site. After learning how to interpret the dances bees use to tell their hivemates where to find nectar, users can test their understanding through the interactive game entitled You Be the Bee. [AL]
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Phylogeny of Life
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/phylogeny.html
The University of California Museum of Paleontology's Web site includes this section on the phylogenetic relationships that connect diverse life forms. The highlight of the site is the online exhibit The Phylogeny of Life, which contains many great images and photos to enhance the text. Without a specific navigational path, visitors can view the information in what ever pattern and level of detail that they choose. Those unfamiliar with phylogeny will appreciate the short introduction to phylogeny and may also learn from the Journey into Phylogenetic Systematics. [AL]
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The D.C. Herbarium
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/dcflora/dcherbarium.html
The D.C. Herbarium, maintained by the Smithsonian Institution, is a collection of preserved plants found in the Washington, D.C. - Baltimore, MD region. This Web site allows users to query the online database for plants of interest and includes an image and distribution map for most species, and an estimated map location for most specimens. The site also contains an image gallery of D.C. area flora and first-flowering date records since 1970. [AL]
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WhaleNet
http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html
WhaleNet is an educational Web site for students and teachers from Wheelock College in Boston. The sites main features include photos, maps, and data from several satellite tracked marine animals, and lots of information on whales, whale sightings, and whale research. The site includes a teachers resources section with a number of activities and lesson plans to enhance the usefulness of this site in the classroom. The WhaleNet Tour is fairly useful for new site visitors, as is the WhaleNet Index for an overview of all the site has to offer. There are also many links to other whale related Web sites. [AL]
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ScienceMaster's Biology & Life Science Home Page
http://www.sciencemaster.com/life/life.php
ScienceMaster is a company that provides this free Web site as a collection of several high quality educational Web sites. Resources include articles, Web pages, and curriculum guides that focus on a variety of life science subjects aimed specifically at kids. One notable feature is the Learning Galleries which emphasize the use of images to explain a number of scientific topics. In addition to this life science site, ScienceMaster also tackles physical, earth, technology, and space sciences. [AL]
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Bird Watching
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/Birdwatching.html
This brief Web page from Enchanted Learning.com is actually a broader resource than it appears at first glance. By clicking on the highlighted links kids can learn a bit about how to become a knowledgeable bird watcher, and how to attract birds to their yards. The Zoom Birds link takes the user to a more extensive Enchanted Learning.com page about birds in general. [AL]
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Encarta Schoolhouse Encyclopedia Lesson Collection
http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp
This Web collection of lesson plans may be useful to teachers of all disciplines. The site uses frames where teachers can choose their subject of interest, the science category offers many life science lessons from agriculture to botany to histology, and more. Each lesson plan includes the source of the lesson and the targeted grade level, and many include Web links for more information on a specific topic. The search function makes it easier to find a lesson on a specific topic or for a designated grade level. [AL]
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