Web resources for

BIO 1003—Survey of the Living World
BIO 3001—Principles of Biology II

Department of Natural Sciences, Baruch College, CUNY

General references:

• The Internet Public Library
• How to cite electronic resources
• Links to web pages about the science and technology at www.cbel.com
• Virtual ChemBook, Charles E. Ophardt © 2003, Elmhurst College
• Interactive activities, compiled by Rose Marie Chute, North Harris College, Texas
• History of the microscope and lots of pictures of microscopic organisms and parts of organisms at Microscopy-UK
• The Micrographia web site has a superb collection of images of everything microscopic—see the Specimen Galleries
• Jim Conrad's Backyard Nature web site; excellent content about kinds of living organisms, ecology, classification, and much more

Water structure and properties:

all about water—Martin Chaplin's web site, Applied Science, London South Bank University (includes good information about agar)

Monera/Eubacteria:

• Bacterial conjugation, © Martin E. Mulligan, 1996-2002, Notes for Biochemistry 3107—Fall 2002, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Fungi:

• Tom Volk’s Fungus of the Month web pages

Plantae:

• Marchantia life cycle (click on icons for photos of microscopic sections and close ups of plant). Web page is for "Comparative Biology of Plants," a course at Bloomsburg Univ., PA.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison,Department of Botany, Instructional Technology, boasts an excellent collection of images.

Animalia—Invertebrates:

• T. H. Huxley, 1880. The Crayfish.
• Keith A. Crandall & James W. Fetzner Jr. Crayfish Home Page

Evolution:

• Evolution pages at PBS (Public Broadcasting System)

Ecosystems:

• NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Student contributors: Mikhail Vornovitskiy.

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