Birds
and Their Songs
- This section is full
of bird images, range maps, descriptions, recordings and sonograms of
bird songs of the Southwest. It contains over 220 species of birds
with more than 500 recordings, and it is still growing. A great place to visit and learn about
birds. You can even create your own symphony of birds.
Cell
Division Movie
- In our Building Blocks of Life article. Watch a cell
divide into two cells. This movie will show the process of mitosis.
Color
and latent image test for eyes
- Test to see if you are red-green color blind or have
fun experimenting with latent images.
Dr. Biology
Comic Book Adventure Activity
- The Mysterious World of Dr. Biology is a comic book
activity in search of creative students that like to solve mysteries and
maybe save the world...? A great activity that address the language arts, fine
arts, and technology standards.
Jigsaw
Puzzles
- Download and play one of our jigsaw puzzles. The
images come from our image gallery. Some of them were past mystery
images. Once you put them together, you can try to guess what
they are.
Mystery Image Gallery
- Make a guess of what our current mystery image could
be. While you're in our gallery, see what some of the other mystery
images are and what people had to say about them.
Plants Up Close
- Have fun controlling the magnification on a flower.
There is also a selection that labels all the parts of the flower.
Podcasts
- Tired of just reading about scientists. Now you will be able to hear what has
them so interested in biology. Learn not only about their research, but
also what got them started studying biology and even what they would
like to be if they were not a biologist..
Quizzes
- Each research article is accompanied by an
interactive quiz to test your knowledge.
Ugly Bug Contest
- Every year we have a contest to see who is the
ugliest bug. You can see who won last year and each Fall you can vote
for your favorite ugly bug.
Videos
- Ask A Biologist is branching out to
videos so check them out and see what we have been up to.
Virtual
Pocket Seed Experiment
- Help Dr. Biology analysis data from his seed
experiment. Download the Pocket Seed Guide and use the data sheets and
graph paper to learn how seeds grow in different conditions. Then make
your own pocket seed viewers and design your own experiments.
Wallpaper For Your Computer
- If you like the images in our gallery
why not download some of them for your computer desktop wallpaper.
Zoom Galleries
- Part of our collection of cool images, the Zoom
galleries give you your own virtual microscope.
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Ant Anatomy
- Print this PDF and see if you can label
the parts of an ant.
Ant Head Match
Activity
- So many ants and so many different looking heads. Why
so many and what are their functions?
Build Your Own Ant Farm
- You could call Ask A Biologist ant
central because of all the information we have on ants including
instructions on how to build your own ant farm out of two CD cases.
Coloring Pages
- Fun for the younger students and the kid at heart.
All you need are coloring pencils or crayons to get going.
Create Your Own Herbarium
- Not all science requires expensive equipment. Learn
how to make your own plant press and build your own
herbarium. Best of all, it doesn't require lots of equipment or money!
Dr. Biology
Comic Book Adventure Activity
- The Mysterious World of Dr. Biology is a comic book
activity in search of creative students that like to solve mysteries and
maybe save the world...? A great activity for the language arts, fine
arts, that can be done without any computer technology. Just print out
the PDF files and you are ready to begin.
How
Many Skins Have You Worn?
- From our Building Blocks of Life article. Figure out
how many skins you have worn or will have in your lifetime.
Migrating Monarch Math Problem
- Monarch butterflies can travel amazing distances.
Compare their travel ability with that of our own. This is part of the
Migrating Monarch article.
Pocket
Seed Experiment
- Download the Pocket Seed Guide and make your own
pocket seed viewers and design your own experiments. Use the data
sheets and graph paper to learn how seeds grow in different
conditions. Then visit Dr. Biology's Virtual Experiment to see how
your results compare.
Puzzles
- Based on Ask a Biologist articles, these word search
and crossword puzzles can be a fun challenge.
Road
Trip
- If you live or are visiting the Phoenix area, stop by
and visit our slinky snake collection. You might even see the ghost of
our two headed kingsnake.
The World of Biology Comic Strip
- Comic strips can be fun to read. This one is
waiting for dialogue to be complete. Fun language arts project.
Vitamin
handout and match game
- Companion materials to the article Why British
Sailors are Called Limeys?
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