Software Title: Cells Alive
Grade/Age Level: 7 – 12 grades and adults
Subject: Biology and Life Science
Platform: both
Purpose: Cells alive is internet site covering cell biology, microbiology, immunology, microscopy. There are interactive models for students to learn about the cell structure and function, cell cycle and cell cams. There are puzzles and quizzes students can do online or be downloaded. There are also videos some can be viewed online others can be bought and downloaded. Though some of the videos have to be paid for there is still free downloads and interactive. There are also cell and crystal galleries. To use cells alive you need java, shockwave, and a video player like windows media player.
Software Title: Virtual Heart Transplant
Grade/Age Level: 9th grade to adult
Subject Area: Human biology
Platform: both
Purpose: This is a fun activity for students when learning about the human heart. The virtual heart transplant is part of the companion web site of PBS and the NOVA program called the Electric Heart. In the site students will find a map of the human heart, amazing heart facts and Operation: Heart Transplant. It gives students a chance to be a virtual heart surgeon showing them how a simplified version of a heart transplant is done. It allows students to learn the procedure required for a heart transplant in an easy to understand manner. To be a virtual surgeon Adobe Shockwave is required.
Software Title: Get Body Smart
Grade/Age Level: 7th grade – adult
Subject: Anatomy
Platform: both
Purpose: The purpose of Get Body Smart is to teach students the anatomy and physiology of the human body. The sites developer Scott Sheffield wanted to provide an interactive and animated ebook for students to learn about the interactions of the physiological system and imporant anatomical sites in the human body. The site offers tutorials on six human body systems including skeletal, muscular, respiratory, circulatory, urinary, nervous, and histology. The tutorials include flash animations of the different systems and tissues. Each tutorial has a quiz. There are also links to other sites for students. I have used this site when teaching the skeletal system to my students in both middle school and high school. It is a fun way to learn the parts of your body.
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I love sites that have to do with science. The Cells Alive site was a little harder for me to navigate, but once I figured it out I had a blast. Great sites for older students!
Loved your reviews. The Heart Transplant one was cool. My daughter loved it too. I like that you chose to look at the older grades as well, due to so many of us choosing elementary.
I really like the "get body smart" site. A friend of mine is going to school to be a masseuse, and I think she could really use this site while studying the different muscle groups. Like Becca I found the Cells Alive site hard to navigate.
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