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"Welcome to Extreme Biology! This site is maintained by Ms. Baker and her high school biology students. We live in the Northeast U.S. and blog about anything biology-related."

relevant material from MIT's introductory courses to support students as they study and educators as they teach the AP* Biology curriculum. This section is organized by the topics that you'll see on the biology exam.

"CK-12 Biology Concepts"

"# Science in Society # Salters-Nuffield Biology # Practical Biology # Practical Chemistry # Practical Physics # Applied Science # Teaching about Science # STEM 11-14"

"A group of researchers from Duke Medical School, led by a professor named Dale Purves, did research that showed different types of music has different affects on people. Dissonance (a minor type of sound) leads to unpleasant emotion while consonant music (major, happy music) leads to pleasure."

"Rotational Motion (Physics) Road Runner Pendulum (Physics) Chemical Party (Chem) Chocolate Bunny (Earth Science) Evolution of Homer (Biology) Abbott and Costello 7x13=28 (Math)"

"Photosynthesis: The Beginning of Life Photosynthesis is arguably the most important process on planet Earth. Without photosynthesis life as we know it would not exist. Many people do not realize that photosynthesis is a two-part reaction, the first capturing light and converting it to chemical energy, and the other reaction, which takes the captured chemical energy and converts it to energy in the form of glucose."

"This activity was created by the folks at CellCraftGame.com, and made available to the public. Its great when talented people produce something with educational benefit, but its even better when they make it free to use."

"OpenWetWare is an effort to promote the sharing of information, know-how, and wisdom among researchers and groups who are working in biology & biological engineering. Learn more about us"

not free but the 30 sec demo clips give you an idea about what these are - encourage students to create their own - "Our science songs cover science subjects taught in elementary school, middle school and high school, ranging from earth science and planets to biology and chemistry. "

reaction time - timer - interesting addition for biology lesson, cute game

"Khan Academy, has released an iOS mobile application for the iPhone and iPod Touch, giving users complete access to its collection of over 3,500 videos. Now, students will be able to continue their education on the go, whether they're traveling on vacation, commuting, or sitting around with nothing else to do. The app covers a wide variety of topics, including topics within the K-12 space, such as math, science topics like chemistry, biology, physics, etc., and there's even a focus on the humanities."

"The Consortium for Ocean Leadership, representing leading oceanographic institutions universities and aquaria, manages a national academic competition for high schools on topics related to the study of the oceans - the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB®). The NOSB is a nationally recognized and highly acclaimed high school academic competition that provides a forum for talented students to test their knowledge of the marine sciences including biology, chemistry, physics, and geology. The NOSB was created in 1998 in honor of the International Year of the Ocean and since its inception, the competition has grown to include 25 regional competition locations with 300 schools and over 2,000 students participating annually."

The 100 Year Starship Study aims to stimulate students, academia, industry, researchers and the public to consider possibilities and issues surrounding long-duration, long-distance spaceflight. The 100 YSS public symposium will feature presentations of papers and panel discussion in seven relevant tracks related to interstellar travel: Time-Distance Solutions; Habitats and Environmental Science; Biology and Space Medicine; Education, Social, Economic and Legal Considerations; Destinations; Philosophical and Religious Considerations; and Communication of the Vision.

"Molecular Workbench (MW) provides visual, interactive computational experiments for teaching and learning science. Hundreds of Free Simulations Explore physics, chemistry, biology, biotechnology, and nanotechnology with interactive simulations."

Collaborative learning space for science - a free science library and personal learning tool. Scitable currently concentrates on genetics and cell biology, resources for the budding scientist, with advice about effective science communication and career paths.

High School Science Helpful online resources for educators teaching Physics, Chemistry and Biology

African Virtual University (AVU) www.avu.org is launching an interactive Open Education Resources (OER) portal OER@AVU "# Biology En # Chemistry En # ICT Basic Skills En # ICT Integration in Education En # Mathematics En # Physics En # Teacher Education En"

Tim wasn't supposed to be a comedian. A biologist by training, he graduated magna cum laude from UC San Diego with honors in biology. He went on to complete his PhD at UC Davis. He spent years developing simulation and analytical models of population dynamics

"The National Aeronautic Association has certified the July 13 record for the University of Maryland's human-powered helicopter called Gamera. It achieved liftoff and hovered for 11.4 seconds, setting U.S. records for flight duration and for flight duration by a female pilot. (Watch a video of the flight.). It was designed and built by graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering and piloted by biology student Judy Wexler. "