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Biology Resources in the Electronic Age

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Description

How can students, teachers, parents, and librarians be certain that the information a Web site provides is accurate and age appropriate? In this unique book, experienced science educator Judith A. Bazler reviews hundreds of the most reliable biology-related Web sites. Each review discusses the most appropriate grade level of the site, analyzes its accuracy and usefulness, and provides helpful hints for getting the most out of the resource.

The Web is the first place many students look for information. Yet the Web is notoriously unreliable. How can students, teachers, parents, and librarians be certain that the information a Web site provides is accurate and age appropriate? In this unique book, experienced science educator Judith A. Bazler reviews hundreds of the most reliable biology-related Web sites. Each review discusses the most appropriate grade level of the site, analyzes its accuracy and usefulness, and provides helpful hints for getting the most out of the resource.

Sites are organized by topic, from Adaptation to Viruses, making it easy to locate the most useful sites. A handy summary presents the best places on the Web to find information on science museums, science centers, careers in biology, and biology supplies.

Product Details

PublisherGreenwood
Publish DateSeptember 30, 2003
Pages304
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781573563802
Dimensions9.7 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches | 1.3 pounds

About the Author

JUDITH A. BAZLER is Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Monmouth University.

Reviews

?[A] very useful reference for building discipline-, course-, or assignment-specific Web pages....will be useful for the public, but librarians can also use to build excellent reference Web pages. Should be especially helpful in libraries serving students from the junior high-school through lower-division undergraduate levels.?-Booklist/RBB
?[A] worthwhile purchase for school and public libraries? I think the answer is yes; many children unfortunately do not have access to good libraries but may have Internet access at school or at home. Since it is no secret that students of all ages use the web for research, having a list for recommended sites can be comfort to their teachers, librarians, and parents even if the students themselves are ready to just google their topic. And somehow, a print book still has an air of authority that most Web sites lack.?-E-STREAMS
?[O]f most interest to school and public libraries. Student teachers would probably find it useful, as a lot of the sites had information about lesson plans and simple experiments that could be done in classroom settings.?-Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
?[T]here is wonderful information to be found, and as a guide to biology material on the open Internet, this book gets the job done. The book would be most useful to elementary, high school, and lower division college students and teachers.?-Collection Management
?Both of the books (Chemistry and Biology) reviewed in this series are tremendous resources becuase of the amount of information that they have in one place for lessons or projects on the Internet....For a classroom or library media center with limited computer access, these print resources will help teachers and students to find electronic resources.?-Library Media Connection
?Excellent reference tool for high school and college science collections, loaded with sites sure to be lasting.?-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
?From amino acids, anatomy and animal behavior to natural selection, reproduction and viruses, this tool will guide students and teachers alinke in selecting meaningful resources from the vast array of siteds confronting them on the web.?-Lawrence Looks at Books
"ÝA¨ very useful reference for building discipline-, course-, or assignment-specific Web pages....will be useful for the public, but librarians can also use to build excellent reference Web pages. Should be especially helpful in libraries serving students from the junior high-school through lower-division undergraduate levels."-Booklist/RBB
"ÝA¨ worthwhile purchase for school and public libraries? I think the answer is yes; many children unfortunately do not have access to good libraries but may have Internet access at school or at home. Since it is no secret that students of all ages use the web for research, having a list for recommended sites can be comfort to their teachers, librarians, and parents even if the students themselves are ready to just google their topic. And somehow, a print book still has an air of authority that most Web sites lack."-E-STREAMS
"ÝO¨f most interest to school and public libraries. Student teachers would probably find it useful, as a lot of the sites had information about lesson plans and simple experiments that could be done in classroom settings."-Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
"ÝT¨here is wonderful information to be found, and as a guide to biology material on the open Internet, this book gets the job done. The book would be most useful to elementary, high school, and lower division college students and teachers."-Collection Management
"[A] very useful reference for building discipline-, course-, or assignment-specific Web pages....will be useful for the public, but librarians can also use to build excellent reference Web pages. Should be especially helpful in libraries serving students from the junior high-school through lower-division undergraduate levels."-Booklist/RBB
"[O]f most interest to school and public libraries. Student teachers would probably find it useful, as a lot of the sites had information about lesson plans and simple experiments that could be done in classroom settings."-Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
"[T]here is wonderful information to be found, and as a guide to biology material on the open Internet, this book gets the job done. The book would be most useful to elementary, high school, and lower division college students and teachers."-Collection Management
"Both of the books (Chemistry and Biology) reviewed in this series are tremendous resources becuase of the amount of information that they have in one place for lessons or projects on the Internet....For a classroom or library media center with limited computer access, these print resources will help teachers and students to find electronic resources."-Library Media Connection
"Excellent reference tool for high school and college science collections, loaded with sites sure to be lasting."-MBR Internet Bookwatch/Library Bookwatch
"From amino acids, anatomy and animal behavior to natural selection, reproduction and viruses, this tool will guide students and teachers alinke in selecting meaningful resources from the vast array of siteds confronting them on the web."-Lawrence Looks at Books
"[A] worthwhile purchase for school and public libraries? I think the answer is yes; many children unfortunately do not have access to good libraries but may have Internet access at school or at home. Since it is no secret that students of all ages use the web for research, having a list for recommended sites can be comfort to their teachers, librarians, and parents even if the students themselves are ready to just google their topic. And somehow, a print book still has an air of authority that most Web sites lack."-E-STREAMS

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