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6th Grade

Biology & Zoology

 

The National Health Museum
Don't miss the Visual Library, with its x-ray views of the human skeleton; and the Graphics Gallery, which contains a series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing important processes of biotechnology. Many other links to excellent resources in health and biology.
The Biology Project
This is "an interactive online resource for learning biology developed at The University of Arizona. The Biology Project is fun, richly illustrated, and tested on 1000s of students. It has been designed for biology students at the college and high school level."
about.com Guide to Biology
about.com guides are great resources.  There are many links here, quizzes, tips on model building, and career information.  The Marine Biology links should be especially helpful to Oceanus students.
Science Niche: Biology Guide
Includes web links for many high school and college level biology topics.
Human Anatomy Online: innerbody.com
Click on an image of the anatomical system you want to explore. From there you'll get a larger image with many points to click on for more information. Includes many images and animations. Fun!
Gray's Anatomy
"The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn."
Animal Diversity Web
Search by typing in the name of an animal or by clicking on one of the images at the home page for a listing of animals in that order.  Reports include classification and information on the physical, behavioral, and adaptive traits. Also links to outside sources. From the University of Michigan.
Nearctica
If it's about the plants, animals, or the physical environment of North America, you'll find it here; conservation, environmental protection, education, home and yard pests, butterflies, birds, weather, dinosaurs, etc. Nearctica is a very large site, but you can navigate easily with the menu bar on the left side of the screen.  There is a complete index (Table of Contents), or you can search the site by keywords.
The Electronic Zoo
This hot list of animal and veterinary links was created by a veterinarian, so the focus of the site is domesticated animals and livestock, but you'll find links to information on all kinds of animals here. 
Audubon Online
You'll find more than just birds at this site. The main focus is on conservation in North America.
Botany.com
This is an encyclopedia of flowers and plants with the focus on gardening.
Biological Resources from the U.S. Geological Survey
Programs, projects, and resources from this federal agency. The (small) photo gallery has some beautiful images.
eNature.com Online Field Guides
Searchable field guides include Amphibians, Birds, Butterflies, Fishes, Insects, Mammals, Reptiles, Seashells, Seashore Creatures, Spiders, Trees, Wildflowers, and Native Plants. A total of 4800 North American plants and animals.