Resources

Web Sites

here is  a site to do the virtual dissection of a Pig http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html

NOVA's site provides some great video and print material http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archive/int_heal.html

Here is a great resource with lots of science tutorials http://www.biochem.uwo.ca/oso/oso912/index.html

Grade 10 Science

3U Biology

4U Biology

Miscellaneous Links:

A good general source of information: An On-Line Biology Book

http://schmidel.com/bionet.cfm

(Biology and chemistry educational resources online.)

www.unb.ca/web/forestry/centers/cwru/soe/title.htm
(Includes case study sites, as well as excellent overview of biodiversity)

www.schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/learning
(Learning for a Sustainable Future – has a variety of online curriculum resources focusing on a variety of sustainability issues, as well as information on workshops they offer.)

http://199.212.18.79/~ind/English/Home/default1.htm
(National Environmental Indicator Series – includes a variety of links, including a listing of a variety of environmental issues.)

http://gbr.org
(The Green Brick Road-links to environmental issues as well as an excellent catalogue of environmental education materials)

www.ontarionature.org/
(Includes a bookshop as well as connections for opportunities for involvement in environmental projects across the province)

www.cciw.ca/eman-temp/intro.html
(Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network – part of Environment Canada - this site includes good links, and excellent background information on the holistic framework being used to study ecosystems, including explanation of ecozones. Case study sites may provide opportunities for students being involved in data-gathering activities.)

www.cciw.ca/eman-temp/research/biodiversity.html
(Provides a good introduction to the three components of biodiversity – species, structural, genetic.)

www.unb.ca/web/forestry/centers/cwru/soe/title.htm

(This is the Greater Fundy Research Project, which deals with great ecology issues in New Brunswick)

www.schoolnet.ca/vp-pv/learning

(This Canadian nonprofit organization works with Canadian educators to integrate concepts and principles of sustainable development into the curricula in all grades.)