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This "learning tool" is called
Knee Surgery
and comes to us from EdHeads.
Your students will love this interactive! We guarantee it! Through
realistic illustrations and clear design this is one of the most clever
learning tools that we have found. Your students will love the knee
operation. All of EdHeads
simulations are conceptually clear, well designed and developmentally
appropriate for students. A clear leader in the development of "learning
tools" for science education! |
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All Systems Are Go! is a
“learning tool” brought to us by
Science NetLinks.
Students are presented with a body system and a variety of organs.
Students drag and drop all the organs that belong in that particular body
system to Arnold's body. Once all four systems are complete, a clothed
Arnold will appear. |
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Astounding! The only way to
describe this project in digital imaging of organisms. The site is called
Digital Morphology. The
library is a dynamic archive of information on digital morphology and
high-resolution X-ray computed tomography of biological specimens. Browse
through the site and see spectacular imagery and animations and details on
the morphology of many representatives of the Earth's biota. |
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The name of this "learning
tool" is called
Seafood Surgery. In this clever interactive lesson students will
dissect either a perch or a crayfish. They become aware of external and
internal structures. This is brought to us by a tremendous site called
TryScience. This site is
a well done combination of home and online experiments, field trips, and
lots of other fun stuff. |
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One of the finest examples of
a virtual dissection that we have seen has been created by Richard Hill.
The name of this learning tool is
froguts.com. After you get to the site just click on the "Next" button
on the left hand side of the page.
Flash is
required. This site cleverly combines anatomy and ecology in a vision of
how strong a tool the web can be for science education. (Tech Hint: You
may have to allow pop ups in your browser to see this.) |
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The eSkeletons Project is a
technical and imaging marvel. It allows students to study human and
primate comparative anatomy. It offers a unique set of digitized versions
of skeletons in 2-D and 3-D in full color, animations, and much
supplemental information.
Quicktime plug-in
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Bones: An Exhibit Inside You is a
“learning tool” brought to us by
The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis. Students learn more about bones while playing
Flash games that cover topics such as: bone tissue, vertebrates vs.
invertebrates, bone density and health, and skeletal structure. |
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Sam's Brainy Adventure is an
animated comic strip all about brain cells and brain structure and
function. Join Sam as he dreams and learns more about his own brain.
This “learning tool” is brought to us by
Neuroscience
for Kids. |
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This "learning tool" is a
complete web site called Tissues of
Life. Here students get to play, explore, meet, and visit all
different ways to learn about the four major types of tissue in the human
body. This cleverly designed site was developed by the
Science Museum of Minnesota. A great
site. |
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One of the best science
museums in the world is the
Exploratorium. The have developed a "learning tool" call the
Sheep Brain Dissection. Clear and clean visuals make this a beautiful
example of how easily the web can engage and inform us. For more on
Memory, just
click the word. |
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PBS continues to be a leader
in the field of science education. The name of this "learning tool" is
called Red Gold: The
Epic Story of Blood. This elegant and dramatic web site offers
learners blood basics, blood history, innovators, pioneers among other
interestingly presented information. This web site was developed for the
PBS series of the same name. |
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The Virtual
Body (Copyright HCA 2004) is brought to us by
MEDtropolis. This
“learning tool” explores the human brain, skeleton, heart and digestive
tract by providing students with facts, pictures, games, and narrated
tours. Just click on your language of choice (English or Spanish) to get
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The web arm of the BBC (British
Broadcasting Corporation) is called BBCi. They have a science page called
BBCi Science. They have
developed some tremendous learning tools for science. This tool is called
the
Organs Game, just choose the gender and you are on your way. Flash is
required. |
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The name of this "learning tool" is called
Micro-organisms. With this interactive students identify 6 places
where micro-organisms are at work in the scene. The students must try to
classify them into useful and harmful types. Only one computer in your
classroom? The make sure to click the Full Screen button in the lower left
to expand the image.
Flash is required. The BBC continues to be a leader in groundbreaking
web based learning. |
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Although this is a challenging site, the visual information
that it presents about the brain is unmatched. The name of this "learning
tool" is called the Columbia Brain
Atlas. This site is designed for neuroscience researchers, but allows
students to see how different imaging tools can allow us to see different
aspects of the brain. Just click the start button when you get here. |
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