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Life Science

WEB SITES

Glencoe Life Science
A companion to your textbook: chapter resources, Web links, online study tools, and science fair ideas.

Human Body Online
Tour all the major systems of the body.

Diseases
A Fay Library page of great links!

Cell Structure
Interactive animations for three types of cells: prokaryotic, animal, and plant.

Nerve Cells
From the Neuroscience for Kids web page.

Blood Typing Game
In this game you have to blood type three patients and give them blood transfusions. If you don't choose correctly, the results could be fatal!

Immune System Defender Game
In this game, you are a trainee soldier of the Immune System Defense Forces, defending a human against bacterial infection.

The Diabetic Dog Game
Can you take care of a diabetic dog properly?

Science Fair Ideas
A page of great links to help you choose and plan a project.

MyPyramid.gov
One size doesn't fit all. MyPyramid Plan can help you choose the foods and amounts that are right for you. For a quick estimate of what and how much you need to eat, enter your age, sex, and activity level in the MyPyramid Plan box. Check out the animated MyPyramid tour. Take steps to a healthier you!

My Pyramid Tracker
After providing a day's worth of dietary information or physical activities, you will receive a "score" on the overall quality of your diet or physical activity status for that day.

Eating Disorders
Information for girls, boys, teachers, coaches and parents from the National Eating Disorders Association.

The Human Heart
An online exhibit presented by the Franklin Institute.

Cut to the Heart
The companion Web site to the PBS Nova program of the same name. Includes a great map of the human heart!

Operation: Heart Transplant, or How to Transplant a Heart in Nineteen Easy Steps
PBS Nova offers you an opportunity to become a virtual surgeon!

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA

Grolier Online: New Book of Popular Science
Latest in-depth science, health, and technology research, reference, and news.
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SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES

Science Reference Center
This database is designed to meet your science research needs, providing full text for hundreds of science encyclopedias, reference books, periodicals, and other sources.
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A complete reference database containing thousands of entries covering almost every field of science. Categories include: Diagrams, Definitions, Biographies, Essays, and Experiments.
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This Gale database has magazine, journal, and news articles, experiments, images, videos, and links to quality web sites. (Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) FULL SUITE OF GALE DATABASES
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Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center has medical reference materials, journal articles, health videos, pamphlets, and articles from magazines and newspapers. (Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners) FULL SUITE OF GALE DATABASES
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updated 01/26/2011


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