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World Builders™
World Builders™
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Session Four -- Links
Session Four -- Links
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Life Begins on Your Planet
Life Begins on Your Planet
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Tables
of the Chronology of Life on Earth
Geologic
Time Scale
by Dr Stephen J Wolf. Beautifully
organized. Print this out and
keep it handy!
http://klbproductions.com/yogi/geo-time.html
Geologic
Time Scale: neatly presented
time scale: good for printout
http://www.dispatch.com/dino/time.htmlpap
Good
comments on life form development.
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Cell
Structure and Processes
- Visit
the Microbe Zoo at the Digital Learning
Center for Microbial Biology. Images
and descriptions of microscopic organisms
and the habitats in which they live.
Don't miss this one! It is very
user-friendly, and explains useful information
in a very accessible way. Useful for
teachers at all levels.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/Norriemicrobes.html
USGS
site about microorganisms,
what they are and how to collect them.
Haven't you always wanted to collect
slimy flocculates? Don't miss this one!
Good graphics, simple explanations,
easy navigation.
http://cellbio.utmb.edu/cellbio/nucleus.htm
The
Cell Nucleus: a pictorial guide
to chromatin organization by Gwen Childs
@ U of Texas Medical Branch. Excellent
science program, accessible to general
reader who is willing to go slowly.
Vocabulary words are linked to images
and definitions. Graphics are very helpful.
http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/chem/midden/MITBCT/cb/cbdir.html
Cell Biology Student
Handbook from MIT: Clear
explanations, good
information.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/cytokinesis.html
Cellupedia: An excellent
ThinkQuest project about cells and
how they are constructed.
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Cell
Division
http://www.csuchico.edu/~jbell/Biol207/animations/meiosis.html
An animation of Meiosis, the way
that eukaryotes divide for
reproduction.
http://www.biologyinmotion.com/cell_division/
Move
the chromosomes to see if you can do
mitosis (asexual division) and/or
meiosis (sexual division). Try
it! It's fun!
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Microbiology
and Biology Courses
http://personal.tmlp.com/Jimr57/textbook/chapter3/chapter3.htm
The
Virtual Cell Web Page:
Outstanding diagrams and explanations.
http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/biology/Weblinks2.html
California
State University Biological Sciences
World Wide Web Server. Excellent
menu with links for all sorts of science
areas helpful to world builders. Many
have good entry level information and
graphics.
http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/pages/101hmpg.html
An
excellent introductory microbiology
course by Dr. R. E. Hurlbert with
very helpful graphics and images, and
information that is accessible and useful
for world builders.
http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/
The
Microbe Zoo: Delightful place to
learn about microbiology! Attractive,
informative, and amazing! A Must See
Site!
Teachers, this site is available
on CD-ROM for $35.00 on line or by phone
orders.
http://www.microbe.org/
Stalking
the Mysterious Microbe! An excellent
easy to read user friendly site with
a lot of information about microbes.
It has information on bacteria, fungi,
and viruses, and more!
http://web.mit.edu/esgbio/www/
MIT
Biology HyperTextBook, includes
cells, photosynthesis, genetics, and
much more!
http://arnica.csustan.edu/Biol1010/common/lecture_notes.htm
- Lecture
Notes for Biology 1010 Principles
of Biology. Dr. Steven J. Wolf California
State University Stanislaus. Excellent
lecture notes.
http://waynesword.palomar.edu/trfeb98.htm
Wayne's Word: The Five
Kingdoms: Excellent
explanations of how the
classification of all life forms
on earth is laid out. Easy
to understand and navigate.
This is a huge site.
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Images
This
site has links to many pages with many
digital images of unicellular life forms,
diatoms, algae, etc. Check these out:
they are very beautiful! There are also
sites with information for K-12 teachers,
and a history of microscopes.
http://www.cellsalive.com/
Cells
Alive has beautiful photographs
and movies of unicellular life forms
plus lists of web sites with more microphotography.
This one is one of my favorites -- a
must see!
http://www.nettingthebay.org.uk/John%20Angus%201/inform.htm
Plankton:
This page has information and pictures
of many of the tiny organisms that make up the phytoplankton. Be
sure to visit the gallery!
http://www.bgsu.edu/Departments/biology/algae/index.html
- The
Biology Department of the University
of Bowling Green has many more photographic
images of unicellular life forms. An
excellent source of inspiration for
world builders.
http://www.nyu.edu:80/pages/mathmol/library/
Library
of 3D Molecular Structures: these
are available as gifs, or also as three
dimensional models. You will need a
special viewer to see these as 3D images.
Molecules include water and ice, carbon,
molecules of life such as amino acids
and lipids, sugars and photosynthesis.
These are beautiful, and well worth
a look!
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Genes
and Heredity
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/
DNA from the Beginning: Excellent
presentations with animations,
audio, and problems all keyed to
concepts. Easy to understand
and interesting!
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Extremophiles
http://www.astrobiology.com/extreme.html
Life
in Extreme Environments: An annotated
listing of articles about life forms
(mostly unicellular) living in very
challenging environments which are hot,
cold, dry, salty, etc. Excellent. Information
about deep sea vent communities.
http://www.theguardians.com/Microbiology/gm_mbm04.htm#therm
Microbiology-- The
Beginning. Extremophiles Excellent
descriptions and links with
information on extremophiles in
many different environments.
http://www.theguardians.com/Microbiology/gm_mbi01.htm#Eat
What do Microbes Eat? This
interesting page has a lot of
information. Pay particular
attention to this section if your
life forms are in unusual or
extreme environments, as it will
tell you what they need to find in
their environments and what
byproducts they produce by their
metabolisms. For example, do
they produce oxygen?
http://www.astrobiology.com/adastra/extremophiles.html
The
Search for Extremophiles on Earth and
Beyond Read Dr Penelope Boston's
article about the tough little organisms
that live on earth.
http://www.bacteriamuseum.org/niches/evolution/extremophiles.shtml
Extremophiles
The Virtual Museum of Bacteria has a
page here with information and lots
of links. A good place to start thinking
about this topic.
http://www.astrobiology.com/adastra/index.html
Ad
Astra Magazine: Astrobiology EXPANDED
EDITION January/February 1999. Interesting
articles by scientists about their thoughts
on the possibility of finding life forms
on other worlds.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/archaea/archaea.html
Introduction to the Archaea:
An interesting and easy to read
introduction to this amazing group
of life forms.
http://www.etext.org/Zines/Quanta/life.html
Life
on Ice: The Possibility of Life on Europa
and Enceladus. A short paper by
Craig Levin describes the conditions necessary for the development of
life. Non-technical and easy to understand. R ead
this one!
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Viau and her licensors. All
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used by individuals for instructional
purposes but not sold. Please inform the
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