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Link for Takisha's APES Class -- 3/11/08
http://www.ssfs.org/tech/upper_tech.htm

APES Ghosts of Populations past

For current obits
Divide up (ex: by surnames) to collect 200 total names, 100 female (white index cards) and 100 male (blue index cards

For past obits
Divide up (ex: by year and/or surnames) to collect 200 total names, 100 female (white index cards) and 100 male (blue index cards)

APES Alternative Energy Project

Energy Resources on the Worldwide Web – http://www.webmutations.com/energy/resources.html
US Dept. of Energy Directory of Energy Technology and Topics – http://www.eere.energy.gov/
US Geological Survey Energy Resources Program – http://energy.usgs.gov
Renewable Energy Project – http://www.re-energy.ca
Renewable Energy Policy Project – http://www.crest.org/index.html
Biodiesel Basics – http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/biodiesel_basics/default.shtm
Coal-based Electricity – http://www.ceednet.org/ceed/index.cfm?cid=7530
Fuel Cells - Ballard Power Systems – http://www.ballard.com
Geothermal Resource Information Clearinghouse – http://rredc.nrel.gov/geothermal/
How Hydropower Works – http://www.wvic.com/hydro-works.htm
Photovoltaics Power Resource Site – http://www.pvpower.com
Solar Energy – http://www.solarenergy.com
National Wind Technology Center – http://www.nrel.gov/wind
FAQs about Nuclear Energy – http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/progress/nuclear-faq.html
Nuclear Disasters – http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Environment_and_Nature/Disasters/Nuclear_Disasters/

Photosynthesis Lab for Biology classes - click here

AP Environmental Science - Population Demographics

CIAO Online (on campus) - http://www.ciaonet.org/ ; click on "Maps/Country Data" on left side bar
Lands and Peoples (on campus) - http://go.grolier.com/gol ; scroll down and click on "Lands and People" on the left side bar, then click on "L & P Almanac" and "Facts and Figures"
CIA World Factbook - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook
Country Reports - http://www.countryreports.org
Library of Congress Country Studies - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs
Lonely Planet Travel Guides - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations
U.S. State Dept. Background Notes - http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
World Press Review - http://www.worldpress.org/

Biology WebQuest

Cells Alive - http://www.cellsalive.com/
Cell Size Tutorial - http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cells/cells.html

Laurel's Genetic Disorders Links

HGP Genetic Disease Information - http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/assist.shtml
NOAH Genetic Disorders - http://www.noah-health.org/en/genetic/
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man Database - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=OMIM
What Are Genetic Disorders? - http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/whataregd/

Stacy's Gravity Links

Sir Isaac Newton: The Universal Law of Gravitation -- http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/history/newtongrav.html

Plate Tectonics - Links for Stacy's ESL Homework

Plate Tectonics: The Rocky History of an Idea -- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/techist.html
Continental Drift -- http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/anim1.html
Puzzle Quiz -- http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/activities/radiobuttonquiz/Tectonicspz
Ring of Fire -- http://www.crystalinks.com/rof.html

Click here for Laurel's Photosynthesis Internet Lab

Guidelines for Writing Surveys -- http://www.ryerson.ca/~mjoppe/ResearchProcess/QuestionnaireGuidelines.htm

Federal Environmental Legislation Links - Stacy's AP Environmental Science

Environmental Law Review Game -- http://www.quia.com/cb/110617.html
John Ausema's web page at Gonzaga -- http://www.gonzaga.org/teachers/jausema/web/classroom.html#apes
(click on "Class Overview" to get to the animal cams link)
Envirotools History of Environmental Regulations -- http://www.envirotools.org/regulations/env_reg_history.shtml
EPA Major Environmental Laws -- http://www.epa.gov/epahome/laws.htm
Legal Information Institute US Code Collection -- http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/
NRDC US Law & Policy -- http://www.nrdc.org/legislation/default.asp
Uni. of Washington International Environmental Law Research -- http://lib.law.washington.edu/_archive/intenv.htm
USGS Guide to Federal Environmental Laws -- http://water.usgs.gov/eap/env_guide/

Laurel's Bioethics Class

The President's Council on Bioethics - http://www.bioethics.gov/
Access Excellence - http://www.accessexcellence.org/
Education Planet - http://www.educationplanet.com/search/Science/Biology/Biotechnology/Bioethics
National Health Museum Bioethics Web Resources - http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TE/BE/belink.html
NIH Bioethics Resources on the Web - http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/
NIH Bioethics Academic Centers and Programs - http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/academic.html

Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle - Stacy's AP Environmental Science Class

The Carbon Cycle - http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CarbonCycle.html
Understanding the Global Carbon Cycle - http://www.whrc.org/carbon/
The Earth Institute Energy Initiative - http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/crosscutting/cci/energy.html
The Carbon Cycle - http://www.purchon.com/ecology/carbon.htm
Animation of the Nitrogen Cycle - http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/229sp03/lectures/Ncycleanim.html

Bryophytes - Stacy's AP Environmental Science Class

National Biological Information Infrastructure search page - http://search.nbii.gov/search-nbii/search.jsp
Bryophyte Flora of North America. - http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/bfna/bfnamenu.htm
Common Mosses & Liverworts of southeastern US - http://www2.una.edu/pdavis/mosses_to_know_in_the_field.htm
GardenWeb - http://forums.gardenweb.com
Growing Moss with a moss milkshake - http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/grdcvr/msg080046419954.html
Missouri Botanical Gardens Bryology links - http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/tropicos/most/welcome.shtml
Missouri Botanical Gardens database - http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html (search by botanical name)
New York Botanical Gardens American Bryophyte Catalog - http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/bryo/mossfams.html
Univ. of Cincinnati Primitive Plants - http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio106/mosses.htm
USDA Forest Service DEMO Study - http://www.cfr.washington.edu/Research.demo/research/vegetation/vegetation.htm
US Geological Survey Fact Sheets - http://fresc.usgs.gov/products/factsheets.asp
(scroll down to Bryophytes; this is a .pdf document so you need Adobe to view)