Chapter 1, Section 1, Science
Online Activity
Club Girl Tech has a page devoted to student inventors. Read their stories to find out about their innovation. What motivated these students to become inventors?
Chapter 2 Internet Activity
Chapter 3 Internet Activity
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/Science600/co/429.php?iRef=429&iChapter=3
Chapter 3 Web Quest
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/cloning.shtml
Chapter 4, Section 3, Science Online
Visit this site to find out more about the roles microorganisms play in fermentation, carbonation, and cheese making. What causes the holes found in Swiss cheese?
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/nanotech.shtml
Chapter 5, Section 1, Science Online
Visit this page of the Shedding Light on Science series to learn about what plants do with the sugars they produce. You'll also read about how sugar and starch are related. What are the elements in a molecule of glucose?
Chapter 5, Section 2, Science Online
Visit
this site to understand more about angiosperms and photoperiodism. Review the
different types of plants that have different photoperiods. What types of plants
are short-day plants and what types of plants are long-day plants?
Chapter 5 Web Quest
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/phytochemicals.shtml
Chapter 6 Web Quest
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/webquest/content/asthma.shtml
Chapter 7 Internet Activity
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/Science600/co/417.php?iRef=417&iChapter=7
Chapter 8, Section 1, Science Online
Neuroscientists
from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are studying the
possibility of nerve cell regeneration. The research reported on this page
describes the transplant of neurons from adult donor rats into the brains of
other adult rats. Where is myelin sheath found in the body?
Chapter 9, Section 1, Science Online
Go
to this Ohio State University Extension Service Sheet to learn more about
dioecious plant species. Scroll down to see photographs of male and female
flowers from several dioecious plant species. What are some common dioecious
species of trees, shrubs, and vines?
Chapter 9, Section 3, Science Online
Visit this site to learn about the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS), a program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You can find out here what germplasm is and where the NPGS gets its germplasm. Why is it important to keep a collection of all known plant germplasm?
Chapter 9 Internet Activity
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/Science600/co/431.php?iRef=431&iChapter=9
Chapter 11 Internet Activity
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/Science600/xw/405.php?iRef=405&iChapter=11
Chapter 11, Section 2, Science Online
Visit
the What are blood transfusions? page, part of the Genes and Blood Type
activity. Complete the table to predict whether or not there will be an
agglutination reaction between blood donors and recipients. What is your blood
type? What blood types can you receive blood from?
Read
the Facts for Life about husbands donating blood to their wives to
understand more about research into blood transfusion. Look at the blood
compatibility chart at the bottom of the page. Which blood type recipient can
receive blood products from the most donors?