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STUDENT Websites

The Library has 299 websites and
27 results for the descriptor "student".

Action Bioscience

  • 1. Action Bioscience
  • Provider:American Institute of Biological Sciences
  • Keywords: animal , bioethics , biology , biotechnology , education , genetics , K-12 , kids , life sciences , natural sciences , student , technology , environmental
  • Description: This website covers a host of topics in the life sciences. It "...provides articles by scientists, science educators, and science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, genomics, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers in science, and bioscience education. In addition, the web site provides educators with original lessons and resources to enhance bioscience teaching." Updated links are provided at the end of each article to guide the reader toward greater learning or involvement in the issue at hand. Some articles are also provided in Spanish translation.

AMSA (American Medical Student Association) PharmFree Scorecard

  • 2. AMSA (American Medical Student Association) PharmFree Scorecard
  • Provider:AMSA (American Medical Student Association)
  • Keywords: drugs , medicine , pharmaceutical , pharmacy , student
  • Description: AMSA advocates for "evidence-based rather than marketing-based prescribing practices" and analyzes "...the presence or absence of a policy regulating the interactions between... medical campuses and the pharmaceutical and device industries" with the goal of eliminating conflicts of interest. The scorecard measures policy on gifts, speaking engagements, consulting, purchasing and disclosure, as well as other factors, and gives an overall grade to each campus listed. The current scorecard was developed in association with The Pew Charitable Trusts Prescription Project.

AMSER- Applied Math and Science Education Repository

Bartleby.com

Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy- Project 2061

  • 5. Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy- Project 2061
  • Provider:American Association for the Advancement of Science, Project 2061
  • Keywords: education , science , student , faculty
  • Description: From the website: "Project 2061's benchmarks are statements of what all students should know or be able to do in science, mathematics, and technology by the end of grades 2, 5, 8, and 12... Project 2061 promotes literacy in science, mathematics, and technology in order to help people live interesting, responsible, and productive lives. In a culture increasingly pervaded by science, mathematics, and technology, science literacy requires understandings and habits of mind that enable citizens to grasp what those enterprises are up to, to make some sense of how the natural and designed worlds work, to think critically and independently, to recognize and weigh alternative explanations of events and design trade-offs, and to deal sensibly with problems that involve evidence, numbers, patterns, logical arguments, and uncertainties."

BioEd Online: Biology Teacher Resources from Baylor College of Medicine

  • 6. BioEd Online: Biology Teacher Resources from Baylor College of Medicine
  • Provider:Baylor College of Medicine
  • Keywords: astronaut , biology , biomedical , education , K-12 , kids , student , video
  • Description: A life sciences educational resource for students and teachers from elementary to high school level. Multimedia teaching materials and guides, selected science news items, and more. BioEd Online is edited by a distinguished group of Baylor College of Medicine faculty and staff. Now featuring a new series of video presentations on space life sciences, funded by NASA and sponsored by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute.

Biology Browser

  • 7. Biology Browser
  • Provider:Thomson Scientific
  • Keywords: biology , education , kids , natural sciences , student
  • Description: A free database of links to Web resources in the natural sciences. Sections of links and information tailored for researchers, librarians, educators and students.

Biology Project

  • 8. Biology Project
  • Provider:University of Arizona
  • Keywords: biology , education , student , multilingual
  • Description: The Biology Project is an interactive online resource for learning biology, developed at The University of Arizona, providing information useful for students ranging from secondary education level to medical school. Some materials are available in Spanish and Italian translation.

Cells Alive!

Citing Medicine: the NLM Style Guide for Authors, Editors and Publishers - 2nd ed., 2007

Cleveland Clinic Center for Continuing Education

Connexions

  • 12. Connexions
  • Provider:Connexions Project/Rice University
  • Keywords: courseware , curriculum , e-books , education , multidisciplinary , publishing , student , faculty , mashups , textbooks , modular , repository
  • Description: Connexions is a collaborative repository environment for the archiving, creation and publishing of online educational materials, like textbooks. The course material, using xml, is packaged in stand-alone, modular format, in order to facilitate the compilation of educational materials according to the needs of individual learners. Please see http://cnx.org/aboutus/ for a full description.

Critical Thinking Web

Encyclopedia of Life

  • 14. Encyclopedia of Life
  • Provider:Encyclopedia of Life
  • Keywords: biology , botany , life sciences , nature , scientist , student , taxonomy , zoology , collaborative
  • Description: The Encyclopedia of Life is a work in progress that aims to dynamically synthesize biodiversity knowledge about all known species: taxonomy, geographic distribution, genetics, evolutionary history, morphology, behavior, ecological relationships, and importance for human well being. As it becomes more complete, it may serve as the primary resource for scientists, natural resource managers, conservationists, teachers, and students around the world. The EOL's creators and contributors believe that "...its encompassing scope and innovation will have a major global impact in facilitating biodiversity research, conservation, and education." The EOL is staffed by both scientists and non-scientists working from museums and research institutions around the world.

Eye Pathologist, The

  • 15. Eye Pathologist, The
  • Provider:Duke University Medical Center
  • Keywords: genetics , open access , student , syndrome , physician , images , glossary of terms , eye , ophthalmology , pathology
  • Description: This website is the product of a felicitous partnership between two professors, a pathologist and an ophthalmologist, at Duke University Medical Center. This is a web-based instructional environment designed as a teaching and reference tool for health professionals from first-year medical students to ophthalmic pathologists. The Eye Pathologist presents more than 5,000 diseases affecting the eye and other tissues, is illustrated with several thousand high-quality images, and also includes dynamic links to a glossary of over 6,000 definitions. Overview pages on all diseases are accessible without registration, but to see all pages and take full advantage of the program's features, free registration is required. The developers encourage user feedback via a form available from the program's menu.

Gene Gateway: Exploring Genes and Genetic Disorders

GetBodySmart: An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology

  • 17. GetBodySmart: An Online Examination of Human Anatomy and Physiology
  • Provider:Scott Sheffield
  • Keywords: anatomy , education , figures , physiology , student , tutorial
  • Description: The intended purpose of this site is to provide "a fully animated and interactive eBook about human anatomy and physiology," appropriate for students as well as lecturers. The site's developer has more than 20 years experience teaching the material at the university level. GetBodySmart is designed "help explain the body's complex physiological interactions and illustrate its important anatomical landmarks." Diagrams and drawings, as well as free quizzes and tutorials are included. General subject divisions include: skeletal system, muscle tissue physiology, muscular system, nervous system, circulatory system, respiratory system, urinary system, and histology.

Introduction to Evidence-Based Medicine

Math.com: The World of Math Online

MedPix Medical Image Database

  • 20. MedPix Medical Image Database
  • Provider:Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
  • Keywords: allied health , education , graduate medical education , health sciences , informatics , medical imaging , nursing , open access , radiology , student , CME , images
  • Description: This is a free medical imaging database from the Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Informatics, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD. Nearly 50,000 captioned images, more than 11,000 peer-reviewed case files approved for teaching and CME credit, and over 6,600 disease topics are provided here. Users who register have personal space to save images and create their own quizzes. A valuable resource for radiology and other allied health staff and trainees, physicians and medical students, nurses and graduate nursing students.

MIT Open Courseware

  • 21. MIT Open Courseware
  • Provider:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Keywords: courseware , engineering , K-12 , multidisciplinary , science , student , video , faculty , free
  • Description: Free lecture notes, exams and videos from MIT. "MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity." (Note: These archived courses, even where complete, cannot be taken for credit.) Materials from most courses taught at MIT are available here, and a special section for High School educators is available.

OER Commons (Open Educational Resources)

  • 22. OER Commons (Open Educational Resources)
  • Provider:Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
  • Keywords: courseware , curriculum , education , K-12 , kids , multidisciplinary , student , faculty
  • Description: An open courseware site containing course content and trainers' resources for courseware ranging from college to K-12. Providers of the content include prestigious educational institutions like University of California Berkeley, Rice University's Connexions project, Carnegie Mellon University and many more.

Research 101

  • 23. Research 101
  • Provider:University of Washington Information Literacy Learning
  • Keywords: education , internet , research , student , tutorial , modular
  • Description: This is an interactive tutorial on the basics of doing research, appropriate for use by secondary school and college undergraduate students. Addresses topic choice, primary and secondary sources, evaluation of information sources, and more.

Scitable

  • 24. Scitable
  • Provider:Nature Education
  • Keywords: blog , courseware , education , genetics , genomics , science , student , faculty
  • Description: Scitable is a free website with international participation; its current focus is on all aspects of genetics. Created for educators and students working at the graduate and undergraduate levels, it may well be accessible enough for some high school students. Includes many free articles within "topic rooms," and offers blogging, the ability to post questions, opportunities to contribute as writer or mentor, and formation of groups for discussion or curriculum. Free registration required for full participation.

Smithsonian Institution

Student's Guide to the Medical Literature

  • 26. Student's Guide to the Medical Literature
  • Provider:University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
  • Keywords: evidence-based medicine , PDA access , student , tutorial , full text
  • Description: This site is designed as an aid for medical students, but may be used by anyone who is researching a medical question or needs help with the critical appraisal of the literature. The site features a tutorial outlining a 4-step approach to reading medical literature and a section on critical appraisal, both written from the evidence-based perspective; search strategies for using the Ovid version of MEDLINE; and a glossary of statistical terms. A link to downloading a free, version-neutral PDA version of the guide is also provided.

WinkingSkull.com