Weblinks for SALI Teachers

Generally Helpful Sites

World of Scientific Biography

Use this site to enrich your knowledge about scientists presented in SALI. Includes Darwin, Lamarck, Mendel and Pasteur. Entries have links to related scientists. Eric Weisstein's World of Science is written and maintained by the author as a public service for scientific knowledge and education.

Unit A: Studying People Scientifically

Clinical Trials

Find out about ongoing clinical trials, protocols and risk analyses. This site has an extensive glossary and is a good resource for student extension activities. Site created by WebMD, a professional organization that provides health information on the Internet.

Unit D: Our Genes, Our Selves

Activity 68: Investigation: Searching for the Lost Children
Activity 69: Evidence from DNA
Activity 70: Finding the Lost children
Activity 71: Should We?

The Innocence Project

This site presents an example of the societal implications of DNA testing. It provides documented cases of post-conviction DNA testing which yield conclusive proof of defendants’ innocence. Good discussion of the limitations of DNA testing. The Innocence Project is an independent non-profit legal clinic and resource center, maintained by Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University.

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Unit E: Ecology

Activity 73: Introduced Species

Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site

This is a good resource which includes a comprehensive collection of research publications and education materials on zebra mussels and other aquatic introduced species. The search engine is friendly with direct links to species discussed in Activity 73. The Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site (SGNIS) is a project of the National Sea Grant College Program and is maintained by the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network.

Activity 74: Observing Organisms
Activity 83: A Suitable Habitat

Invertebrate Biology

Capitalize on student interest in L. variegetus at this site which offers laboratory support including videos of locomotion and blood pulsation. Contains information to guide student extensions in experimental design. E-mail contact available. Site is maintained by Charlie Drewes, Ph.D., Iowa State University.

Activity 75: Classifying Animals
Activity 76: People, Birds and Bats

Discover Life

Discover Life can help you guide your students in classification of living things and in the use of population maps in ecology, as well as to report local findings. Includes an IDnature guide that builds sorting skills.
This site is maintained by the Polistes Foundation which is comprised of scientists whose primary goal is to increase the number of people gathering reliable data on species and their distribution.

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Unit F: Evolution

NSTA Position Statement on the Teaching of Evolution

This document clearly states the importance of teaching evolution in schools as a major unifying scientific concept, provides background information, and appeals to teachers, administrators and local leaders to take informed and active positions on this issue.

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