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Interesting site with 175 virtual labs

A provocative piece from a really great biology blogger on how the microscope "e" lab and learning all the parts of the microscope kills interest in biology. Instead, have students start by observing real, live, big things under a dissecting scope or a magnifying glass first. 

interesting idea for lab write ups-have students add cover letters. 

great lab idea-split a lab into experimentalists vs theorists. 

family owned business with lab/ science equipment. worth checking out.

cool site run by two grad students with lots of lab ideas. 

A much smaller version of the diving reflex occurs in humans and is easy to demonstrate in the lab using a few Vernier sensors, a large bowl of cold water, or a cold pack on the face. When cold water (10°C or less) contacts the face, the diving reflex is elicited. Breathing is inhibited and heart rate decreases. This response is not observed during normal breath holding in air or when the face is placed in warm water. Heart rate will actually increase in these two conditions.

simple electrolysis lab with 9v battery. 

In Sponge Lab Biology's Build a Body students construct a human body system-by-system. To build a body students drag and drop into place the organs and bones of a human body. Each organ and bone is accompanied by a description of the purpose of that bone or organ. The systems that students can build in the Build a Body activity are the skeletal, digestive, respiratory, nervous, excretory, and circulatory systems.

Great idea for a lab-build a pinhole theater

dark room in a box--great lab idea for optics. 

very cool story about multicellular yeast evolving in the lab in just 60 days. 

This could be a great inquiry lab when studying flame spectra-figure out what chemicals are on these pine cones. 

Build your own battery from pennies lab. 

great circuits lab--build a foutan board to understand circuits better. 

This might be appropriate. Practice test.

Best genetics and biotechnology website - lots of simulations, online labs, activities, etc. Very interactive!

microorganisms, cell division, biology, lab, envi sci