Science
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- HON Glossary: Female Reproductive System
- Looks in detail at the internal and external organs, plus what happens during puberty.
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- Life Science: Human Body Systems
- A short quiz to test your knowledge of the human reproductive system.
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- TeensHealth: Female Reproductive System
- Tells about the various organs and includes a Flash animation of the menstrual cycle.
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- TeensHealth: Male Reproductive System
- The parts of the male reproductive system and what the organs do. Includes diagrams and information about disorders. In English and Spanish.
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- Wikipedia: Aquatic Plants
- Provides an overview of aquatic plants. Topics include adaptations, human nutrition, and animal nutrition.
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- Doctors Defiant on Cloning
- Italian and US doctors say they intend to push ahead with plans to clone human beings despite widespread condemnation; BBC article from March, 2001.
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- Human Cloning Plans Under Fire
- A prominent Italian cardinal has criticized plans by Italian and US doctors to clone human beings. (March 10, 2001)
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- Ancestral Lines
- Shows the different shapes of skulls from chimpanzees through to modern humans. Photographs of fossils can be compared while reading about the characteristics.
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- BBC: Walking with Cavemen
- Describes the differences between different species of human ancestors, plus cavemen facts.
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- Early Humans
- Guide to the important discoveries and different species. Includes a simple chart for following the development of skills and culture.
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- Human Evolution: You Try It (PBS)
- Explores when humans evolved, who their ancestors were, and why these species adapted. Includes Shockwave game.
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- Flat-faced Man is Puzzle
- BBC News story about the discovery of fossil remains of a human-like creature that researchers say represents an entirely new branch on the human family tree. (March 21, 2001)
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- Wikipedia - Peter Agre
- Brief article about the American biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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- Wikipedia - Kurt Alder
- Brief article about the German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Otto Paul Hermann Diels in 1950.
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- Rainforest Facts
- Explains the problems and solutions of rainforest deforestation. Included are facts and figures, which describe the important uses of this type of ecosystem and the rapid loss of wildlife and plant species, if nothing is done about this situation.