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Animated Educational Site for Kids - Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Arts. Mitosis animation. Triple beam balance practice worksheet - Google Images. USGS Education. GLOBE Alliance Collaborative. Rats With Wings or Beautiful Things? « GLOBE Alliance Collaborative. No other bird, except maybe the dodo, has been so maligned and universally disrespected as the pigeon.

Rats With Wings or Beautiful Things? « GLOBE Alliance Collaborative

Viewed by many as dirty street scavengers, pigeons have been a part of the urban environment for hundreds of years. They are as much a part of the city as the human species or the buildings, steel and concrete cliffs where they now nest. They are our sloppy neighbors. They dirty our sidewalks, our balconies, and occasionally our clothing. Sure, there are people who spend time with pigeons. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology became interested in why feral pigeons have continued to exist in a variety of colors over more than a few generations. When thinking about teaching the urban ecosystem, what more important bird to study than the pigeon? Other interesting sites: Celebrate Urban Birds. GLOBE Alliance Collaborative › Log In. Scientists @ the Smithsonian. New York City Department of Education. Tbbentry.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)

My portaportal. 20 Awesome Web Tools For Teachers and Professors. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Smithsonian Education - Welcome. Calculators, Lessons, and Worksheets. Top 20 Websites No Teacher Should Start the 2010-2011 Year Without. I have to tell you that it was a tough call to make these decisions, especially when we’re talking every teacher no matter what grade level or subject, but I hope that you find a couple of gems to put away in your virtual treasure box.

Top 20 Websites No Teacher Should Start the 2010-2011 Year Without

You may have others you’d like to add to the list. Please post them in the comments for all of us to explore. A great photo editing tool is a must for teachers and I recommend Aviary, LunaPic, Picnik, or BeFunky with some being simpler than others, but all having unique features. Explore all the tools and choose the best option for your skill level. Creaza and Jaycut are answers to the Windows XP Movie Maker and Flipcam problem. Delicious or Diigo are online bookmarking networks teachers need. Doodle is a groovy scheduling tool teachers can use when setting up a collaborative work meeting or building social committee event. Dropbox is one of my absolute favorite tools shared with me by Intel Teach buddies Glen Westbrook and Jill Summers.

Antiviral-0810.html from mit.edu. Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago.

antiviral-0810.html from mit.edu

However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the common cold, and deadly hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola. Now, in a development that could transform how viral infections are treated, a team of researchers at MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory has designed a drug that can identify cells that have been infected by any type of virus, then kill those cells to terminate the infection. The microscope images above show that DRACO successfully treats viral infections. In the left set of four photos, rhinovirus (the common cold virus) kills untreated human cells (lower left), whereas DRACO has no toxicity in uninfected cells (upper right) and cures an infected cell population (lower right). The drug works by targeting a type of RNA produced only in cells that have been infected by viruses. Few antivirals available. Homepage - ReadWriteThink.

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