Links of Interest
Week Ahead: A list of upcoming events of interest to students at Shoreline. Put out by the SCC Public Information Office.
Freeman text home page. This is the companion website to your text. There is an access code inside the front cover of your book. You can access study materials, animations, and other useful resources
The Writing & Learning Studio . A center on campus that provides free services and resources to students who want to improve their study skills. They offer a number of workshops every quarter--click the link to see a schedule.
Latin and Greek roots index. A page from a zoology class at the University of Alberta, nicely organized and specifically tailored to understanding zoological names.
Medical Etymology. The origins of a vast array of anatomical terms. Very helpful!
WordInfo.com. A comprehensive index of Latin and Greek roots. A bit difficult to navigate, but if you scroll down to the bottom, you'll see links for each letter, and a list of page numbers. For example, the letter A has sixteen pages of roots!
Pronunciation guide for biological Latin. Want to know how to pronounce those long anatomical terms? This site explains the rules.
Merriam Webster dictionary. This online dictionary has a function that allows you to hear the word you look up pronounced correctly. It has many (but not all) zoological terms in it. Just click on the speaker icon next to the word on the definition page.
Histology zoomer. A comprehensive histology site that mimics a real microscope. Check out the "Quizzes" tab to test yourself.
Blue Histology. A site from the School of Anatomy and Human Biology of The University of Western Australia. Really nice images and notes. A lot of detail, but a good site to explore.
JayDoc HistoWeb. Very nice site with labeled images from the University of Kansas.
Self-study unit on basic tissues. An excellent tutorial from the University of Ottawa. Very helpful blend of text and labeled figures.
Zoology tutorials from Oklahoma City Community College. Some nice pictures and descriptions of various phyla.
Online zoology lab from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Nice photos of specimens with associated notes.
Virtual grasshopper. Virtual dissection of a grasshopper. Good for study and supplement to your lab work.
Virtual frog. Virtual dissection of a frog.
Virtual rat. Virtual dissection of a rat.
BIODIDAC. An online resource for biological images and illustrations. Excellent source to look for pictures to make flashcards or study guides from.
Life through time. A link sent to me by a former student. Has wonderful photographs depicting aspects of the evolution of life--plant and animal--throughout earth's history.
The Evolution of Life in 60 Seconds. A "video experiment in scale", using the manageable timescale of one minute to show the viewer the pace of evolution of life on earth.
Pharyngula blog. P.Z. Myers is a biology professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris. He writes a blog that often discusses evolution and development. This link will take you to the entries tagged "Science". His non-science entries are also entertaining, but they express a very definite personal and political stance. Be forewarned.