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Megasites

Biology Websites Sites for the Science of Life: http://www.macroevolution.net/biology-websites.html

IMany links to sites about animals, anatomy, evolutionary biology, genetics, history of biology and more. Includes a link to a biology dictionary.
Encyclopedia of Life: http://www.eol.org/

Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth....scientists around the world can contribute to this amazing encyclopedia of life.
Introduction to the Eukaryota: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/eukaryota.html

Protists, animals, fungi, plants and more!
Science Prof Online: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/alllife/eukaryota.html

Answers to your science questions in language you can understand. Good for older students, this covers many of the life sciences, like genetics and evolution.
University of Arizona Biology Project: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

For high school and college students, this site covers biochemistry, cells, chemicals and human health, developmental biology, human biology, immunology, Mendelian Genetics, and molecular biology. Each section includes problem sets and tutorials.
The Nanoworld Image Gallery: http://www.xtalent.com.au/gallery/index.php?cat=3

View all kinds of organisms magnified hundreds of times. Choose what to view.
100 Most Dangerous Invaders to Keep Out: http://www.oregon.gov/OISC/most_dangerous.shtml

Oregon Invasive Species Council lists non-native plants and animals that threaten the environment.
Rader's Biology4Kids: http://www.biology4kids.com/index.html

Teaches how to study and classify life forms, ranging from cells to plants and animals. Lots of information and illustrations.

Frog dissection

Virtual Frog Dissection: http://www.mhhe.com/biosci/genbio/virtual_labs/BL_16/BL_16.html

This site lets you do internal and external dissection and see clearly the different systems of a frog.
Net Frog -- The Online Dissection: http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/Frog2/

The interactive frog dissection was designed for use in high school biology classrooms.
Virtual Frog Dissection Kit: http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/

An online tutorial that allows interactive dissection of a frog. Test your knowledge of frog anatomy with the Virtual Frog Builder Game.

Cells

Cell Biology: Problem Sets & Tutorials: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/cell_bio.html

From the University of Arizona, this website breaks cell biology down to cell cycle and mitosis, meiosis, and more.
Cell Biology Lab Manual: http://www.gac.edu/~cellab/

This text index leads you to multimedia lessons about the microscope, photosynthesis and respiration, chromosomes, and cell cycles.
Cells Alive!: http://www.cellsalive.com

All the facts on cells, including pictures!
Virtual Cell: http://www.http://www.life.uiuc.edu/plantbio/cell/

Zoom in and out, turn, and cut into and view a plant cell.
Virtual Stem Cell Laboratory - Children's Hospital in Boston: http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/Site2029/mainpageS2029P23sublevel39.html

How do scientists coax stem cells into becoming different kinds of cells? This virtual lab lets you experiment.

Evolution and Human Anthropology

Northwest Creation Network: http://www.nwcreation.net/

This website supports the "creation science" perspective.
Charles Darwin and Evolution: http://www.christs.cam.ac.uk/darwin200/pages/

Who was Charles Darwin? How did he come up with the idea of evolution and how has that been updated in recent years? Plus lots of illustrations.
Evolution: http://www.trollart.com/evo.html

"Click on the [t.v.] image to witness the evolution of a single cell...into a human being." Then click on the image map to find out more about evolution.
Evolution: Theory and History: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/evolution.html

Learn about the origins of the theory of evolution.
The Genographic Project: https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/index.html

Scientists can now use DNA to track human evolution. This site includes an atlas of the human journey, a global view of our genetics.
BCC Human Beginnings: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/prehistoric_life/human/

Follow the history of how humans evolved. Learn more about cave people, Neanderthals and the human hobbit.
Bering Strait Theory: http://www.native-languages.org/bering.htm

Native Americans disagree with scientists who believe early humans crossed the Bering Strait to populate America. This site explains Native American views. Be sure to check links at the bottom of the page to other good sites.
Paleoamerican Origins: http://www.si.edu/encyclopedia_si/nmnh/origin.htm

Encyclopedia Smithsonian talks about findings in South America that question the theory that early Americans came from Asia across the Bering Strait.

Genetics

Basic Genetics: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

From the Genetics Science Learning Center at the University of Utah. Learn about genes, DNA, inheritance, proteins, and more.
DNA From the Beginning: http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

An animated, interactive website which teaches about DNA and heredity.
A Gene Map of the Human Genome: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genome/guide/human/

Identification and descriptions of featured genes.
The Genetics Source: http://library.thinkquest.org/3037/

Mitosis and meiosis, genes, Mendel's Principles and more.
Genes and Disease: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd.preface.91

A "great deal of effort over the past ten years has been put into creating a physical map of the human genome. The physical map has assisted directly in identifying about 100 disease-causing genes. Find out what diseases have been identified and what genes are responsible. From the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Morgan: A Genetics Tutorial: http://morgan.rutgers.edu/MorganWebFrames/htmldocs/contents.html

Lessons on genes and chromosomes, alleles and mutations, probability, linked genes, recombination, and chromosomes and sex determination and includes quizzes at the end of each lesson. Clear and detailed graphics complement the text.
Human Genome Project Information: http://www.ornl.gov/TechResources/Human_Genome/home.html

This international 15-year effort works to discover all the 60,000 to 80,000 human genes (the human genome) and make them accessible for further biological study.
Mutant Fruit Flies: http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/mutant_flies/mutant_flies.html

Look at genetic mutations and how they can effect physical attributes.

Human Megasites

Life's Greatest Miracle: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/miracle/

Lennart Nilsson tracks human development from embryo to newborn. Watch videos online.
Are We Unique?: http://sln.fi.edu/qa97/spotlight5/spotlight5.html

How does the human mind compare? Are human beings, by virtue of their intelligence, unique? James Trefil, noted science author and physics professor at George Mason University, explores these.
The Digital Anatomist Project: http://sig.biostr.washington.edu/projects/da/

Neuroanatomy, a neuroanatomy syllabus, thoracic viscera, and the knee. Atlases for each open and describe the functions with text and graphics.
The Odyssey of Life: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/odyssey/

NOVA Online features how life begins. A human embryo forms and grows using multimedia. Also available: how a pig. chicken and fish forms from an embryo. High graphics may lead this website to low slowly. Text version is available.

Body Systems

Body Systems megasites
Circulatory System System
Digestive System
Endocrine System
Immune System
Muscular System
Nervous System
Reproductive System
Respiratory System
Skeletal System

Body Systems megasites

Gross Anatomy Crossword Puzzles: http://anatomy.med.umich.edu/crosswords/crosssword_index.html

Interactive, online crossword puzzles for the different body systems.
A Guided Tour of the Visible Human: http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/

A multimedia tour of the human body and its functions.
Human Anatomy Online: http://www.InnerBody.com/htm.body.html

The place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body and its systems.
Human Physiology in Space: http://www.nsbri.org/HumanPhysSpace/

What happens to the body when it is in space? What happens to it over time? Learn about this here.
My Body: http://www.kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_noSW.html

This website for elementary school children presents information about lungs, muscles, digestive system, teeth, skin, tongue, hair, heart and more.
Your Gross & Cool Body: http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/body/pg000008.html

Part of the Yuckiest website on the Internet, this website gives straightforward and fun facts about your body and its systems, how it works, and answers frequently asked questions like "What is eye gunk?"

Circulatory System

Also see Heart

Circulatory System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3ZDJgFDdk0

This video describes how the heart works, pumping blood to the lungs and circulating oxygen throughout the body.
Blood Vessels: http://biology.about.com/science/biology/library/organs/heart/blblood.htm

This website from about.com explains what blood vessels do, what they are, and the types of blood vessels.
The Blood Vessels: http://biology.about.com/science/biology/library/organs/blcircsystem6.htm

This website from about.com explains the basics of blood vessels in the body and how they make up the circulatory system.
Your Heart & Circulatory System: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/heart.html

This website for younger youth explains how the circulatory system works.
The Heart and the Circulatory System: http://biology.about.com/library/organs/blcircsystem4.htm?once=true&

This website from about.com explains the basics of the heart and its circulation of blood.

Digestive System

Your Digestive System: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/digest_noSW.html

kidshealth.org presents basic information about the digestive system for younger youth.
Digestion: http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/biology/animals/digestion/digestion.htm

How did we evolve such a complicated way to digest food? By Kidipede, history and science for middle school.
Digestive System: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7xKYNz9AS0

This video follows how we digest food, from the first bite until it leaves our body as waste.

Endocrine System

Immune System

Immune System -- A Body Basics Article: http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/immune.html

Describes the immune response, how white blood cells work, and things that can go wrong with the immune system such as immunodeficiencies.
Immune System : An Explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kskFjm1pKEs

Can a science fiction movie explain how the white blood T cells and our immune systems fight infection? Watch and find out!

Muscular System

Your Muscles: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/muscles_noSW.html

This animated website illustrates how muscles work. Requires Shockwave plugin.
Muscular System: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/body/pg000123.html

From the Yuckiest site on the Internet. Describes what muscles do.

Nervous System

Reproductive System

Female Reproductive System: http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/female_repro.html

This website for teens from KidsHealth uses animated diagrams to demonstrate the parts of the female reproductive system. Includes disorders of the reproductive system.
Male Reproductive System: http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/body_basics/male_repro.html

This website for teens from KidsHealth uses animated diagrams to demonstrate the parts of the male reproductive system. Includes disorders of the reproductive system.
Everything You Wanted to Know about Puberty: http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/changing_body/puberty.html#

When you're a teen, your body goes through some changes to become an adult. Menstruation, body hair, growth spurts are all explained here.
The Visible Embryo: http://www.visembryo.com/baby/

This website presents images and information about the 23 stages of development of an embryo in the first trimester and then every two weeks during the final stages of pregnancy.

Respiratory System

Skeletal System

The Big Story on Bones: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/bones_noSW.html

This website for younger youth explains how the skeletal system works and includes images.
Skeletal System - Hillendale Health: http://hes.ucfsd.org/gclaypo/skelweb/skel01.html

Learn the names of bones, and how bones are made, plus play the bone match game.
Skeletal System Quiz: http://www.purposegames.com/game/1009

How many bones can you name? An easy quiz where you can test your knowledge and speed.

Organs

Brain
Ears
Eyes

Heart
Lungs

Brain

Brain Facts and Figures: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html

Don't be fooled by the title. This website gives quick facts on the brain, seeing, hearing, taste, smell, the spinal cord, neurons and the blood supply.
3D Life of the Brain PBS: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/brain/3d/index.html

Examine this 3D model of the brain and learn the function of all the different parts.
Genes to Cognition Online: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/facts.html

Don't be fooled by the title. This website gives quick facts on the brain, seeing, hearing, taste, smell, the spinal cord, neurons and the blood supply.
Coma: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/coma/

NOVA Online explores head trauma and how it effect the brain. High graphics may lead to slow loading. Text version is available from the site.
Brain Basics: Know Your Brain: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/know_your_brain.htm

Covers the architecture of the brain, the cerebral cortex, inner brain, neurological disorders and more. From the National Institutes of Health.

Ears

Your Ears: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html

Watch the animation and sound explain how your ear works and translates vibrations into sound. This website requires Shockwave plugin.
How Ear Works: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skXQ6PuIc4s&feature=related

This short video describes how the ear and brain work together to understand sound.

Eyes

Heart

Anatomy of the Heart: http://biology.about.com/library/organs/heart/blheart.htm?once=true&

This website from about.com explains the basics of the heart, its chambers, and anatomical terms.
Cut to the Heart: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/heart/

NOVA Online features pioneers of heart surgery and a map of the human heart. High graphics may lead to slow loading. Text version is available from the site.
Home: Where the Heart Is: http://www.fi.edu/learn/heart/index.html

Hear the heart beat and learn how the heart functions. Need plug-ins for sound files.
Map of the Human Heart: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/eheart/human.html

This website from NOVA online illustrates how the heart functions and how blood moves through it at this animated PBS site.

Lungs

Your Lungs: http://www.lungusa.org/your-lungs/

This website from the American Lung Association explains how lungs work. Click on links to learn about protecting your lungs, and lung diseases.

The Senses

Senses megasites
Sight
Smell
Sound

Senses megasites

Neuroscience: The Senses: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chsense.html

This website presents basic facts about the senses and some cool experiments to try.
Seeing, Hearing and Smelling the World: http://www.hhmi.org/senses/

How do we see colors? How do we remember smells? Check this website to find out.

Sight

Sight (Vision): http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chvision.html

Learn more about why we have a blind spot when we see and how depth perception works.
Color Blindness: http://www.toledo-bend.com/colorblind/Ishihara.asp

What do people with color blindness see? Also, take the test to identify color blindness.
Glasses and Contact Lenses: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/feel_better/things/glasses.html

Why we sometimes can't see and how glasses or contact lenses change our vision.

Smell

Let's get Nosey!: http://spaceplace.jpl.nasa.gov/en/kids/enose_do1.shtml

Includes a fun way to test your sense of smell, and information about an electrical sniffer astronauts use.
Your Nose: http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/nose.html

Describes all the things your nose does to smell and breath.

Sound

Your Ears: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/body/ear_SW.html

Watch the animation and sound explain how your ear works and translates vibrations into sound. This website requires Shockwave plugin.

Optical Illusions

3d Stereogram Tutorial: http://www.softsource.com/tutorial.html

A tutorial to help you learn to find the 3d object hidden inside a picture.
3d Stereograms: http://www.softsource.com/stereo.html

3d stereograms allow you to see a 3d object hidden inside a picture.
SandlotScience.com: Optical Illusions: http://www.sandlotscience.com/

Experience the wonders of optical illusions, from traditional images to animated applets.

Marine

Aquarius: http://www.uncw.edu/aquarius/

Home of an underwater ocean lab web site. Watch as scientists live and work in a pressurized cylindrical chamber made to withstand the extreme pressure of the ocean. Inside are all the comforts of home: six bunks, a shower and toilet, a microwave, a refrigerator even air conditioning and computers!
Introduction to the Cnidaria: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cnidaria/cnidaria.html

Explore jellyfish, corals, and other stingers.
Marine Biology: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/topic/marinebio.html

University of California-Berkeley provides marine life information and links.
What's It Like Where You Live?: http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/index.htm

Learn about the different freshwater and marine ecosystems, and the creatures that live there.
Oceans Alive: http://www.abc.net.au/oceans/alive.htm

This website explains how people can help save and conserve our oceans.
Ocean Planet: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/ocean_planet.html

The Smithsonian's online exhibit takes you on a tour of the ocean or lets you choose a topic.
Physical Features of the Ocean: http://www.mos.org/oceans/planet/features.html

This website provides facts like how deep the ocean is and explains features on the ocean floor.
Planet Ocean: http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/planetocean/

This website from Discovery Online presents facts about the ocean, whales, tubeworms, and sea stars.
Hypoxia: Dead Zone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh5Ev8VEbZ0

This video explains Oregon State University's findings about the dead zone in ocean waters off the coast of Oregon and Washington.
Explore the Sea: http://www.seasky.org/sea.html

Look here to view pictures of underwater life.
Sea World/Busch Gardens: Animal Resources: http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/

Quick information or fun facts about a terrestrial or aquatic animal.
Wonders of the Seas: http://www.oceanicresearch.org/education/wonders/lesson.html

Highlights different animals with text and images. Follow lessons to learn more about different animals.

Microorganisms

Microorganism megasites
Bacteria
Cells

Microorganism megasites

Infection Detection Protection: http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/

This website from the American Museum of Natural History takes you on a journey to explore microbes, bacteria in the cafeteria, infection, how Lou got the flu, amazing microbe hunters, preventions and a mystery to solve.
The Microbe Zoo: Animal Pavillion: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zamain.html

Animals are hosts for many microbes which are important to animal health. Find out what microbes humans need to stay healthy, how microbes effect cows, termites, and poop.
The Microbe Zoo: Dirtland: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zdmain.html

"Every time you walk on the ground you step on billions of microbes. Microbes live in the soil, on rocks, inside roots, buried under miles of Earth, in compost piles and toxic waste, and all over the Earth's surface." Find out how microbes help grow crops, work in compost piles, and which ones attack other microbes and others that live in plant roots. Also, what microbes live in your house? on your kitchen cutting board? Find out here.
The Microbe Zoo: Snack Bar: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zbmain.html

"Many of our foods, including bread, rootbeer, cheeses and even chocolate are produced with the help of microbes." How do microbes help to create beer, bread, chocolate, wine and yogurt? Find out here.
The Microbe Zoo: Space Adventure: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zsmain.html

"Microbes inhabit the farthest reaches of the biosphere, floating up to six miles into the atmosphere. Microbes may inhabit space beyond our world. If life exists on other planets, it is most probably microbial life." Find out about microbes in the air, on other planets, and the use of microbes to assist astronauts in space.
The Microbe Zoo: Water World: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/dlc-me/zoo/zwmain.html

"Where there is water, there are microbes." Find out what microbes live in a pond and how they function.
Molecular Expressions: Image from the Microscope: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/

"...one of the Web's largest collections of color photographs taken through an optical microscope."
Adopt a Microbe: http://adoptamicrobe.blogspot.com/

This blog features the cutest microbes - ever! You'll learn a lot about who these microbes infect, the symptoms they cause, and what they look like.

Bacteria

Introduction to Bacteria: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/bacteria/bacteria.html

The life cycle and habitats of bacteria and how they morph.

Plants (botany)

Plants (Botany) Megasites
Endangered Plants
How Plants Grow
Trees and Leaf Identification
Northwest Trees and Plants
Composting

Plants (Botany) Megasites

Plant Evolution: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Plants.html

"From simple celled green algae to flowering plants, this site explains how plants evolved."
Prehistoric Life Plant Fossils: http://museumvictoria.com.au/prehistoric/time/plant.html

What were some of the plants that were around before humans, back in dinosaur times?
Carnivorous Plants Database: http://www.omnisterra.com/bot/cp_home.cgi

"This database includes over 3000 entries giving an exhaustive nomenclatural synopsis of all Carnivorous Plants."
Fun Facts about Fungi: http://www.herbarium.usu.edu/fungi/FunFacts/factindx.htm

Learn what fungi is and where we find it in our world.
Fun with Lichens: http://ocid.nacse.org/lichenland/

From Oregon State University, "discover the world of lichens, learn how to identify these mysterious organisms."
Aggie-Horticulture Just for Kids: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/kindergarden/kinder.htm

From Texas A&M University, "an introduction to the many ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors."
Plants for a Future - Database Search: http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/D_search.html

Formerly Plant Tracker, search this database by name, use, word, or by family for detailed information and photographs.

Endangered Plants

Endangered Species Home Page: http://endangered.fws.gov/wildlife.html#species

From the US Department of Fish & Wildlife, this website provides species information through species lists, state lists, general statistics, listing process and more.
Threatened and Endangered Plant Species: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/databases/ThreatenedEndangeredSpecies/ThreatenedEndangered_Search.cfm

List of threatened and endangered species on the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Threatened and Endangered Species and the Private Land Owner: http://endangered.fws.gov/landowner/"

From the US Department of Fish & Wildlife, this website explains how important private land and its development influences wildlife.
Oregon Endangered Species Plants: http://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/species/Data/Default.asp#Plants

Oregon Fish and Wildlife keeps the official list of endangered plants in Oregon.
Quiz on Plants in Peril: http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/Education/plantsinperil/Quiz.asp

True and false quiz about endangered plants. Answer each question and learn more about the answer.

How Plants Grow

The Great Plant Escape: http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/

Help Detective LePlant and his partners Bud and Sprout unlock the mysteries of plant life by identifying plant parts, structure and life cycle. Also available in Spanish at El Gran Escape de la Planta
Our Flowering World: Flower Parts: hhttp://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/9756-our-flowering-world-flower-parts-video.htm

This video shows you the parts of a flower, pollination and explains how flowering plants make seeds.
Biology of Plants: http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/

The Missouri Botanical Garden provides this great resource to help kids understand how to grown plants, the structure of plants, and how plants make food
Plant Explorer: http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/

Learn about the parts of a plant, what plants need, eating plants, and a glossary of terms.
Meet the Plant Parts!: http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/forkids/

This website describes the different parts of a plant, then one can make a plant part salad! Click on the button by the picture of the salad to begin.

Trees and Leaf Identification

Kids for Trees: http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/chf/pub/tree_kit/

Student and teacher guides. Learn more about trees here!
Why Leaves Change Color: http://www.esf.edu/pubprog/brochure/leaves/leaves.htm

This simple website explains why leaves change color.
What tree is it?: http://www.oplin.org/tree/

This website let's you track down a tree by identifying its leaves, its fruit, or by searching it's name.

Northwest Plants & Trees (Botany)

Native Plant Society of Oregon: http://www.npsoregon.org/

Great source for times and places to see Oregon native plants. Includes photos.
Oregon Flora: http://www.oregonflora.org/

Direct access to specimen records of mycological and vascular plant type specimens.
Common Trees of the Pacific Northwest: http://oregonstate.edu/trees/

The tree identification page produced by Oregon State University that helps you identify common conifers in the Pacific Northwest.
Washington Native Plant Society: http://www.wnps.org/

Photos of Washington plants and lists of what you'll see where.
Washington State University: Native Plants: http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/nvintro.htm

Includes a native plants identification database which allows you to browse by classification including emergents, shrubs, ferns and trees. Photos.
Northwest Native PlantGuide: http://green.kingcounty.gov/gonative/

This site will let you plan a garden with all native plants. There's lots of information about the plants, and color pictures too.

Seasons

Seasons of the Year: http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Sseason.htm

How does the earth's position in space influence the seasons? Find out here.

Viruses, diseases & disorders

Viruses & Diseases megasites
AIDS
Cancers
Chronic Diseases
Communicable & Infectious Diseases
Genetic Diseases

Mental Health Disorders
Neurological Disorders
Other Diseases
Rare Disorders
Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Viruses & Diseases megasites

The Bad Bug Book: http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodborneIllness/FoodborneIllnessFoodbornePathogensNaturalToxins/BadBugBook/default.htm

This US Food and Drug Administration website offers "basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins."
Bugs in the News!: http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/bugs.html

A website to answer questions about bacteria, anti-bodies, e-coli, DNA "Bugs."
CDC Diseases and Conditions: http://www.cdc.gov/diseasesconditions/

From the Center for Disease Control.
Mayo Clinic Diseases and Conditions: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diseasesindex/diseasesindex

Information from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.
Diseases, Disorders and Related Topics: http://www.mic.stacken.kth.se/Diseases/

Type in a disease or look at an alphabetical list of diseases.
Diseases: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/index.htm

The National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provide information on many infectious diseases, how to prevent them, and other resources.
Genes and Disease: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd.preface.91

Cancer, immune system, metabolism, muscle and bone, nervous system diseases are presented. Includes microscope photos of many of the diseases and how they affect the body. From the National Center for Biotechnology Information.
The Panama Puzzle: http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/Panama/Panama.html

Join Walter Reed, Major, US Army Medical Corps from 1900, in his quest to solve how so many men died from "Yellow Jack."
Faststats, A to Z: National Center for Health Statistics: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/

From the Center for Disease Control, this website provides quick statistics about diseases, such as number of deaths in the US related to the disease each year, have the disease or related problems.
Virus Replication Tutorial: http://www.microbiologybytes.com/tutorials/balti/balti.html

Test your knowledge about virus replication with this quiz. Pick the kind of virus you want to be then begin!

AIDS

AIDS Education Global Information Center: http://www.aegis.org/main/

News briefs from mainstream news reports about HIV and AIDS.
WHO and HIV/AIDS: http://www.who.int/hiv/en

The World Health Organization's Office of HIV/AIDs and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Provides news, documents, and a newsletter.
The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Information Resource: http://www.thebody.com/

Basic AIDS information and prevention, treatment, quality of life, and politics.
HIV and AIDS: http://www.fda.gov/oashi/aids/hiv.html

The US Food and Drug Administration provide HIV milestones, testing, news releases, drug development and more.
HIV/AIDS State Health Facts: http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparecat.jsp?cat=11

Find statistics on AIDS by state at this site. Includes total reported cases, by ethnicity, gender, age. Also allows you to compare states.
HIV & AIDS Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information, facts sheets and brochures about HIV and AIDS.
CHAVI Center for HIV-AIDS Vaccine Immunology: https://chavi.org/

ICHAVI's goal is to solve major problems in HIV vaccine developement and design. Check here for news updates on HIV and AIDS.

Cancers

Cancer Prevention and Control: http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/

This website from the CDC presents information and facts on various types of cancers.
American Cancer Society: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp

News about cancer, and statistics. Click on "Learn about Cancer" for information about symptoms, causes and treatments of different cancers.
An Introduction to Skin Cancer: http://www.maui.net/~southsky/introto.html

This website explains what skin cancer is, what causes it, and what the risks are.

Chronic Diseases

Arthitis
Asthma and Allergies
Diabetes

Gastroesophageal Reflux
Glaucoma
Hypertension

Osteoporosis
Scoliosis

Arthritis

Arthritis Resources: http://www.arthritis.org/index.php

Scroll down the page and get an overview of Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, or Juvenile Arthritis from the Arthritis Foundation.
Learn More About Arthritis: http://esciencenews.com/dictionary/arthritis

Find recent science news articles about arthritis from Eureka! Science News.

Asthma and Allergies

Asthma: http://www.lungusa.org/lung-disease/asthma/

Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system.This website from the American Lung Association exlains symptoms and treatments.
Asthma and Allergies: http://www.aafa.org/index.cfm

Both these diseases can make breathing difficult.What's the difference? What causes asthma and allergies? Check it out.

Gastroesophageal Reflux

Gastroesophageal Reflux: http://www.gerd.com/intro/noframe/gastro.htm

Read about gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and gastroesophageal reflux (GER). This site tells symptoms, causes and treatment.

Diabetes

Health Topic: Diabetes: http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802723eb

The CDC provides facts, FAQs, and risk factors for the disease.
Diabetes Public Health Resource: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/

Quick facts, current statistics, articles and more about diabetes.

Glaucoma

About Glaucoma: http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/about_glaucoma.htm

Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases which can produce increased pressure within the eye. Over time, it causes damage to the optic nerve. Find out about early detection, diagnosis and treatment.

Hypertension

High Blood Pressure (Hypertension): http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/heart/hypertension.html

Information on hypertension in kids and adults.

Osteoporosis

Osteoperosis: What Is It?: http://www.nof.org/osteoporosis/index.htm

This website from the National Osteoporosis Foundation explains the disease and provides prevention information.

Scoliosis

Scoliosis Research Society: http://www.srs.org/patients/

Learn what it is and how to treat it.

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Communicable & Infectious Diseases megasites
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Hepatitis

Meningitis
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Polio
Smallpox
Tuberculosis

Communicable & Infectious Diseases megasites

Communicable Disease Fact Sheets: http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/control/

Fact sheets for numerous bacterium and viruses can be found here.
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response: http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/

The World Health Organization provides the latest news on reported epidemics around the world. Check here for older reports as well.
Medical Mysteries: http://medmyst.rice.edu/

"As you enter a futuristic world, you will help solve medical mysteries in infectious diseases."

Chicken Pox

Varicella: Chicken Pox: http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/chicken_pox.html

KidsHealth provides detailed information about Chicken Pox.

Colds & Influenza

Flu and the Common Cold: http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/flu/

Nebraska Health and Human Services provides basic information about colds and the flu.
Influenza: The Disease: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluinfo.htm

Microscopic images of the flu and the natural history of the flu. Also includes a diagram of infection cycle of influenza virus.

Ebola

Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/spb/mnpages/dispages/ebola.htm

Learn about what it is, how people believe it is caused, where it's found and how it spreads.

Hepatitis

Viral Hepatitis: http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/index.htm

Online slideshow overview of each of the different strains of Hepatitis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Epidemiology and prevention of viral Hepatitis A to E."
Hepatitis B Foundation: http://www.hepb.org/

Information, advice, literature and frequently asked questions.

Meningitis

Meningitis Foundation of America: http://www.meningitisfoundationofamerica.org

Comprehensive information about the disease.

Mononucleosis

Mononucleosis: http://kidshealth.org/teen/infections/common/mononucleosis.html

Comprehensive information about the disease.

Polio

Polio: http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/polio.html

Learn about what polio is, and how it is treated here.

Smallpox

Smallpox: 30th Anniversary of Global Eradication: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/SmallpoxEradication/

A brief timeline of the eradication of smallpox and more.

Tuberculosis

Division of Tuberculosis Elimination: http://www.cdc.gov/tb/

Frequently asked questions about TB, newsletters, and more.

Genetic Diseases

Cystic Fibrosis
Down Syndrome
Sickle Cell Disease

Cystic Fibrosis

About Cystic Fibrosis: http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/

Learn about what causes the disease, what the symptoms are and how to treat it.
What is Cystic Fibrosis: http://www.healingwell.com/library/cysticfibrosis/info1.asp

This website provides statistics, symptoms, types of treatment and more.

Down Syndrome

Down Syndrome: http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/birth_defect/down_syndrome.html

What Down Syndrome is, what causes it, and more.

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