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good site for demonstrating online Inquiry in a data base

from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web Has * Thousands of species accounts about individual animal species. These may include text, pictures of living animals, photographs and movies of specimens, and/or recordings of sounds. Students write the text of these accounts and we cannot guarantee their accuracy. * Descriptions of levels of organization above the species level, especially phyla, classes, and in some cases, orders and families. Hundreds of hyperlinked pages and images illustrate the traits and general biology of these groups. Professional biologists prepare this part. Animal Diversity Web Is An Online Encyclopedia. ADW is a large searchable encyclopedia of the natural history of animals. Every day, thousands of classroom students and informal visitors use it to answer animal questions. Other sites specialize in local, endangered, or particular kinds of animals. We aim to be as comprehensive as possible. A Science Learning Tool. ADW facilitates inquiry-driven learning, that is, teaching about science by leading students to use the methods of science. Our large database is structured, providing consistent information for all species to foster comparisons. An advanced search tool allows a user to call up species accounts fitting any combination of descriptors. Students can explore for patterns and relationships, learn how to frame and answer scientific questions and, with the help of a good teacher, experience the excitement and satisfaction of doing science. Our long-term goal is to create a database rich enough that students can discover for themselves basic concepts in ecology and conservation biology.

find and download interactive resources for Science investigations. In fact, these resources were developed specifically for Interactive Whiteboards. The site organizes the resources into various categories including Physics, Biology, Technology, and Chemistry.

Welcome to ARKive, a unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species. You can explore and search ARKive's continually expanding multi-media collection via the navigation bar at the top of every page.

Here are some flash animations produced for my own teaching and free for you to download and use as you wish. Most links open the animation in its own window. One or two are links to collections of animation on a similar theme. Click on the picture to open the animation in its own window. Right-click the text link if you want to download and save the animation to your own computer by selecting Save link as...

"Swim" along side a life sized Blue Whale

Be a field biologist in the forest, and discover plant-animal associations as you explore.

drag the slider to the right and zoom in from a coffee bean to a carbon atom. From the Genetic Science Learning Centre, University of Utah,