http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:31:56 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 15:31:56 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=87873 An excellent brain atlas site, complete with scans associated with disorders. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=79569 The goal of this learning resource is to provide a information and a demonstration, through streaming video segments, how each step of the neurologic exam is performed. In addition, the author briefly discusses which neuroanatomic systems are tested by each part of the neurologic exam. The learning resource is best classified as an open interactive textbook. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=76843 This site is being developed by James D. Mauseth at the University of Texas, who is the author of Plant Anatomy. This excellent web site is being created for people who study Plant Anatomy and provides light micrographs of cell types and tissues that are in the textbook. This site contents 21 chapters as the same titles as those in the textbook Plant Anatomy. Some of micrographs can be enlarged by clicking on them. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84318 An excellent online introduction to bacteriology. The site is continually updated and supplies both text and images. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=475097 This free, online textbook is part of a collection of anatomy atlases. The learning objectives for these atlases are: 1)The learner will acquire knowledge of the anatomic discipline; 2) The learner will improve his/her analytical thinking skills; 3) The learner will analyze his/her own learning needs for needed improvement; 4) The learner will use evidence from scientific studies to answer the questions posed; and 5) Some learners will use this information to facilitate the learning of others including patients, families, and health care providers. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=378675 Informal science is a burgeoning field that operates across a broad range of venues and envisages learning outcomes for individuals, schools, families, and society. The evidence base that describes informal science, its promise, and effects is informed by a range of disciplines and perspectives, including field-based research, visitor studies, and psychological and anthropological studies of learning.Learning Science in Informal Environments draws together disparate literatures, synthesizes the state of knowledge, and articulates a common framework for the next generation of research on learning science in informal environments across a life span. Contributors include recognized experts in a range of disciplines--research and evaluation, exhibit designers, program developers, and educators. They also have experience in a range of settings--museums, after-school programs, science and technology centers, media enterprises, aquariums, zoos, state parks, and botanical gardens.Learning Science in Informal Environments is an invaluable guide for program and exhibit designers, evaluators, staff of science-rich informal learning institutions and community-based organizations, scientists interested in educational outreach, federal science agency education staff, and K-12 science educators. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=442571 This is a free, online textbook that covers the following topics: Cells and Viruses - Overview; Protein Structure and Function; Nucleic Acids, Genomes and Proteomics; Gene Transcription; Posttranscriptional Processes; Cell Signaling and Apoptosis; DNA Replication, Mutation and Repair; Cell Division and System Development; Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; and Genes and Diseases. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=442590 According to Textbook Revolution, a student-run site “dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials by teachers and professors,” "This is the classic text on evolution. It is remarkable for its accessibility. Most seminal publications in science are intelligible only to expert readers. Darwin, in contrast, built his argument on simple logic and readily observed facts of nature – no special training is required to understand his work. It is a little wordy by modern standards, but definitely worth a look. All of Darwin’s work is in the public domain, and much of it is provided free for download in .txt format by the good people over at Project Gutenberg. The posted link will take you to a list of available publications by Charles Darwin, including two editions of the Origin of Species.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=434815 This is a free, online textbook/course for a short course in Evolution. According to the authors, "In this unit, we describe the theory of evolution by natural selection as proposed by Charles Darwin in his book, first published in 1859, On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. We will look at natural selection as Darwin did, taking inheritance for granted, but ignoring the mechanisms underlying it.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=481172 This site is part of a larger site about Molecular Biochemistry. This section, entitled, "Calvin Cycle - Photosynthetic Dark Reactions," provides details for each of the steps involved in the dark reactions of photosynthesis.