Vertebrates

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Mr. Manning's Life Science Class</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mr. Mannings Life Science Class"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cell Biology">Cell Biology</A>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mitosis">Mitosis</A>   |   <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Classification">Classification</A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Microbes">Microbes</A>   |   <A HREF="id151.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prostista Kingdom">Prostista Kingdom</A>   |   <A HREF="id62.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fungi">Fungi</A>   |   <A HREF="id63.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Plants">Plants</A>   |   <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Invertebrates">Invertebrates</A>   |   <B>Vertebrates</B>   |   <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genetics">Genetics</A>   |   <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Evolution and Natural Selection">Evolution and Natural Selection</A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Human Body">The Human Body</A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ecology">Ecology</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <I> <img src="HTMLobj-642/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="166" height="125">  </I></div> <div> <I>Wrestling with the subject of vertebrates can be a handful. Try these internet sites for help.</I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Vertebrates</I></div> <div> <B><U>Sites On Vertebrates:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><U> <img src="HTMLobj-643/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="140" height="110">  </U></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I><B>Studying "vertebrates" can be a real pinic if you have a good appetite for learning.</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>"What makes all of the animals in this section special is that they have spinal cords, vertebrae and notochords. It's all about having a series of nerves along the back (DORSAL side)." </B></div> <div> <B>A good place to start learning more is the Biology4Kids web site.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_main.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_m"><I><B>http://www.biology4kids.com/files/vert_main.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="27fdb700.jpg" border=0 width="475" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The EnchantedLearning.com site is always a great place to visit to learn more about this topic.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/Groups.shtml" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subject"><I><B>http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/Groups.shtml</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This next site takes you directly to your "on-line" version of our textbook. There are some good on-line activities that will help you master the fundamentals of "Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles."</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_explorer/Animals/Teacher_Area/SE_B_T_CHAP3_index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science"><I><B>http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_explorer/Animals/Teacher_Area/SE_B_T_CHAP3_index.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This next site takes you directly to your "on-line" version of our textbook. There are some good on-line activities that will help you master the fundamentals of "Birds and Mammals."</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_explorer/Animals/Teacher_Area/SE_B_T_CHAP4_index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science"><I><B>http://www.phschool.com/atschool/science_explorer/Animals/Teacher_Area/SE_B_T_CHAP4_index.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This next page is designed to provide information and links for students on vertebrates for classroom research projects. Project or not, it is a great springboard to about any vertebrate topic you can imagine. Check it out!</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vertebrates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vertebra"><I><B>http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/vertebrates.htm</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Animal Facts</B> </div> <div> <B>Try this exciting Scavenger Hunt </B></div> <div> Search the Internet to find the answers to the following questions about animals.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=2004758035&AP_activityType=13&AP_urlId=2659&AP_continuePlay=true&id=2659" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activi"><I><B>http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=2004758035&AP_activityType=13&AP_urlId=2659&AP_continuePlay=true&id=2659</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <img src="HTMLobj-644/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="79" height="79">  Still hungry for more?</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>"Vertebrates are all the living things that have backbones, just like you and me! Only a small fraction of the world's living things are vertebrates, specifically, just over 45,000 different species." If you want to learn more try this next site.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jiskha.com/science/biology/vertebrates.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jiskha.com/science/biology/ve"><I><B>http://www.jiskha.com/science/biology/vertebrates.html</B></I></A><I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Vertebrates are animals that have skeletons. The name of the group comes from the word </B><B>vertebrae.</B><B> This is the name of a section of the backbone. There are five types of vertebrates alive on Earth. The next site is a great one to learn more details.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.spacesciencegroup.nsula.edu/sotw/newlessons/defaultie.asp?Theme=animals&PageName=vertebrates" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.spacesciencegroup.nsula.edu/s"><I><B>http://www.spacesciencegroup.nsula.edu/sotw/newlessons/defaultie.asp?Theme=animals&PageName=vertebrates</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>The following site provides an excellent "outline" of vertebrate topics from A to Z.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://project.bio.iastate.edu/Articulation/ISU/Freshman/Biol_201/Outlines/chp30.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://project.bio.iastate.edu/Articulat"><I><B>http://project.bio.iastate.edu/Articulation/ISU/Freshman/Biol_201/Outlines/chp30.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Stanford University's site provides a good outline by "Definition", "Structure", and "Function." You can click on </B><B>various words and topics to</B><B> view additional information.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://k-2.stanford.edu/InfoPackets/Vertebrates.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://k-2.stanford.edu/InfoPackets/Vert"><I><B>http://k-2.stanford.edu/InfoPackets/Vertebrates.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <img src="HTMLobj-655/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="225" height="175">  </B></I><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF00BF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><I><B>Want to know more about organ systems? </B></I></FONT><I><B>Check out the Pink Monkey!</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Vertebrates&submit=Search&sp-a=00060bbc-sp00000008" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Ver"><I><B>http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Vertebrates&submit=Search&sp-a=00060bbc-sp00000008</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><U>Frog Dissection Sites</U></B></I><I><B>:</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B> <img src="HTMLobj-645/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="128" height="91">  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>A great site to learn how  to dissect the frog. This is a "virtual" dissection site that walks you through each step in the proper dissection of a frog.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/fr"><I><B><U>http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/</U></B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>This </B><B>award-winning</B><B> interactive program is part of the </B><B>"Whole Frog" project</B><B>.</B><B> </B><B>You can interactively dissect a (digitized) frog named Fluffy, make </B><B>movies</B><B>, and play the </B><B>Virtual Frog Builder Game.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dis"><I><B>http://george.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Computers can't teach everything in anatomy, but they can teach some things better, either by themselves or through synergy with conventional methods. Try out this award-winning virtual frog- as a case in point.</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Whole.Frog/Whole.Frog.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Wh"><I><B>http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/Whole.Frog/Whole.Frog.html</B></I></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>