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Readings & Activities from Class

Genetics (see other links below)

• DNA Workshop by PBS

• DNA Structure

• Human Genome Video

• Norman Bourlaug is the Greatest Living American

• The Norman Bourlaug Rap

• That Spells DNA Song (mp3)

• Interactive Genetics Web Labs

• Cloning from How Stuff Works

• NOVA Science Now on Stem Cells

Cardiovascular System

• The Bloodmobile by They Might Be Giants
     Version 1
     Version 2

• Circulatory System Diagrams:  Simple and Complex

• Blood

• Heart and Circulatory System

• Heart Dissection Page

Digestive System

• Digestive System

• The Real Deal on the Digestive System

• Video of Digestion

• Appendicitis for kids or for teens

Carbohydrates

• Carbohydrates Overview

• How Carbs Work

• Carbohydrates Structures

• Carbohydrates

• Carbohydrates, Sugar, and Your Child

• Lactose Intolerance for kids or for teens

Calories

• How Calories Work

• Figuring Out Fat and Calories

• Learning about Calories

Bones, Muscles, and Skin

• The Big Story on Bones

• Joints

• Bones, Muscles, and Joints

• Your Multi-talented Muscles

• The Whole Story on Skin

Protein

• Protein Digestion--A Trip Through the Gut

• Learning about Proteins

• Amino Acids

Fats and Lipids

• Chewing the Fat

• Fatty Acid Structures

• Good Fats and Bad Fats

• Butter or Margarine--Which is healthier?

• Trans Fat on Food Labels

• The Oreo Case

• The McDonald's Case

• Top 10 Foods with Trans Fats

• Crackdown on Trans Fat Prompts Changes

• Figuring Out Fat and Calories

• Fat Digestion and Bile

• Learning about Fats

• How Fats Work

Vitamins and Minerals

• Vitamins

• Minerals

• Vitamins and Minerals

Other

• How the Body Works Videos

• What's Puke?

• Why Does My Nose Run?

• A Kid's Guide to Fever

• Kidneys and Urinary Tract

Nutrition

• Nutrition Resources

• CalorieKing.com (Fast Food Nutrition etc.)

• USDA Nutrient Data Library

• How to Read Nutritional Food Labels

• Test your Food Label Knowledge

• Food Sources of Selected Nutrients

• New Food Pyramid

• Body Needs

• Scurvy

• Captain Cook and the Scourge of Scurvy

Digestive System

• Inner Body Digestive System

• Your Digestive System and How it Works

• Digestive System Diagram

• Another Digestive System Diagram

• Your Digestive System

• Inside Your Digestive System

Frogs

• Net Frog 2002--Virtual Dissection

Skeletal System 

• Your Skeletal System

• The Big Story on Bones

• Skeletal System--Very Informative!

• Interactive Human Skeleton Puzzle (a little cheesy)

• Tough Human Skeleton Game (a new game each time!)

• Virtual Body

• Skeletal System Online

• Skeletal System Reading I

• Skeletal System Reading II

• Comparative Anatomy
      Compare Human and Primate Skeletons

• X-Rays

• The Facts About Broken Bones

• Animal Skulls

Cardiovascular System 

• The Bloodmobile by They Might Be Giants
     Version 1
     Version 2

• Your Cardiovascular System

• All About the Heart

• Heart Transplant Game

• NOVA's Electric Heart

• Virtual Body

• Cardiovascular System Online

• The Story of Blood

Genetics

• Human Genome Project Video

• My DNA Site--Personalized for You!!

• Journey Into DNA

• DNA Extraction

• DNA Paternity Test

• Online DNA Workshop

• How DNA Replication Works

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Bloody Madness!  (Blood-Type Game)

• Punnet Squares & Pea Crosses

• What are Chromosomes?

• Making a Karyotype

• Engineering a Crop

• Genetic Disorders
      Down Syndrome
      Turner Syndrome
      Klinefelter Syndrome
      Cri du chat Syndrome
      Williams Syndrome
      Reciprocal Translocation: Philadelphia Chromosome
      Robertsonian Translocation

Cells

• Typical Animal Cells

• How Cells Divide:  Mitosis vs. Meiosis

• Cell Cycle Game

Other Human Systems

• How Cancer Grows

• My Body

• Probe the Brain

• Brain Geography

• Interactive Body Games

• Artificial Human

• Virtual Body

• Human Anatomy Online

Environmental Chemistry

• Acid Rain

• Water Science from the USGS  (check out Common Water Measurements)

• pH Scale

• pH of Different Substances

• pH Scale and Fish

• Dissolved Oxygen and Fish

• Environmental Scorecard--get a pollution scorecard for anywhere in the USA.

• The Elements Song

• Periodic Table of the Elements

• Another Periodic Table of the Elements--with pictures!

• Periodic Table of Elements in Fireworks

• Mole

• Atom Builder

• Na + Cl → NaCl

• The EPA's Global Warming Site

Last Updated April 29, 2009.