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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.

Color spectrum experiment

• A quick way to reenact Sir Isaac Newton's famous experiment with light and a prism. This is part of the Seeing Color article.

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, 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.

Podcasts

• Tired of just reading about what researchers are doing at Arizona State University. 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.

• Have fun controlling  the magnification of a flower. There is also a selection that labels all the parts of the flower. 

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. 

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 wordsearch 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? 

Content Corner

Sometimes there is not an obvious path to some of our content. Often these sections are part of our Ask a Biologist articles. Below are direct links to help you locate these items.

• Profile of Dr. Valerie Stout

Color Spectrum Chart

• A chart of visible and non-visible light. Shows how small the visible light range is compared to all light wavelengths. Also shows energy level of light at Earth's surface.

Geography

• Where in the world is Kazakhstan? Learn about other parts of the world where nature needs some protection.
  
• The amazing Monarch butterfly covers an immense range. View a map that shows the vast geographical range of this incredible butterfly.

How to?

• How to Find What You Need on the Internet? Learn about the tools and techniques used to locate information on the ever growing Internet.
  
• How to find the scientific names and classifications for plants and animals on the Internet.

History & People

• People are the root of scientific discovery. Learn about some in history and some from today.
• Aristotle
  Sir Isaac Newton
• ASU Biologist Profiles

Hormones

• Where are hormones made in our body and what do they do? Part of our Mighty Morphing Tree Lizards article.

Vitamins

What vitamins do we need? What do they do? Where do they come from? These questions are answered as part of Why British Sailors are Called Limeys?

X-rays

• Take an inside look at one of our famous friends, the two-headed snake.