http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/lesson_plans/cougar1.html

This PBS Nature website presents an excellent and extensive lesson plan about cougars for grades 9-12. The site contains an overview of the lesson including learning objectives as well as standards and benchmarks for life sciences, writing, thinking and reasoning, and technology. The website provides a Procedures For Teachers section which details the introductory, learning, and culminating activities that span multiple class periods. This section also lists bookmarked sites for the lesson, materials needed such as computer resources and software, and extension activities. For students, this website provides three organizing sheets that can be printed out for the Cougar Lesson. [NL]

http://biologica.concord.org/webtest1/about_biologica.htm

This well-designed, interactive website features BioLogica, "a hypermodel for teaching high school genetics" that was developed over a four-year period "with support from the National Science Foundation." The site allows the user to try out two Sample Web Labs, and to interact with colorful, artsy 3D models that "show cell structure and function, as well as DNA molecular structure and assembly." Site visitors can download a full version of the Web Lab activities and the BioLogica engine, which are compatible with Macintosh and Windows operating systems. The BioLogica site also contains eesearch results based on studies at six public high schools during the 2000-2001 academic year. [NL]

http://www.anapsid.org/beastly.html

Have you ever encountered a bloat of hippos or a charm of finches? This entertaining website, created by researcher and educator Melissa Kaplan, provides various descriptive terms for an extensive list of animals. Part 1 of the site contains plurals, collective nouns, and words for sounds, gender, and offspring. For example, a female kangaroo is a flyer, and a young swan is cygnet. Part 2 offers Animal Adjectives like apian for a bee and pavonine for peacocks. This Part also includes a short section on herp riddles and jokes. This site connects to a diverse array of other information areas as well with headings such as Amphibians, Parent / Teacher, Veterinarians, Conservation, and For Kids. [NL]

http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/%7Ebarrylab/classes/animal_behavior/BEHAVIOR.HTM

This website presents a Behavioral Ecology course developed by Dr. Barry Sinervo, Professor of Biology at UC-Santa Cruz. This site is well-organized and contains a Syllabus with links to a semester's worth of Lectures on subjects such as Genes and Behavior, Natural and Sexual Selection, and Learning and Cognition. The Syllabus also includes links to corresponding Study Questions for each Lecture. This website links to information about related projects and courses such as Lizardland and Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. [NL]

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Laboratory/Biome/

This fun, interactive website was designed by NASA's earth observatory to introduce students to the Earth's Biomes. A biome, as defined by the site, is "a community of plants and animals living together in a certain kind of climate." This website provides links to seven different biomes that students can learn about including coniferous forests, grasslands, and tundras. Each separate biome page contains a brief general description as well as basic information about characteristics such as Temperature, Vegetation, and Location. The biome pages also link to a Vocabulary page, a handy Metric Converter, and a Teacher Resource section that includes Goals, Outcomes, National Standards, and Extension Ideas. This website also offers interactive biome graphing and planting activities. [NL]

http://familyeducation.com/article/0,1120,67-8396,00.html

This familyeducaton.com webpage features a short, simple Aquarium Terrarium activity developed by former high-school teacher Rita Richardson. This Science activity is designed for students eight years of age and up, and provides a list of Materials needed, and Instructions for assembling the Terrarium. Rita recommends about 2 to 3 hours to complete the Terrarium, and offers a couple of short suggestions for Follow up projects. The webpage also provides Related Links to other short activities as well as options to E-mail or print this activity article. [NL]