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            <title>The Whole Brain Atlas</title>
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            <description>An excellent brain atlas site, complete with scans associated with disorders.</description>
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            <title>Calvin Cycle - Photosynthetic Carbon Reactions</title>
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            <description>This site is part of a larger site about Molecular Biochemistry.  This section, entitled, &quot;Calvin Cycle - Photosynthetic Dark Reactions,&quot; provides details for each of the steps involved in the dark reactions of photosynthesis.</description>
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            <title>Human Physiology</title>
            <link>http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=335427</link>
            <description>Human Physiology textbook developed with the assistance of pre-nursing students at Utah State University.  Covers topics including Homeostasis, Cell Physiology, Integumentary System, Nervous System, Senses, Muscular System, Blood Physiology, Cardiovascular System, Immune System, Urinary System, Respiratory System, Gastrointestinal System, Nutrition, Endocrine System, Male Reproductive System, Female Reproductive System, Pregnancy and Birth, Genetics and Inheritance, Development: Birth through Death.</description>
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            <title>Acid-Base Physiology</title>
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            <description>Acid-Base Physiology was designed by Dr. Kerry Brandis, a clinical professor of anesthesiology at Gold Coast Hospital in Queensland, Australia.  The learning resources is an open textbook for medical students studying anesthesia. It would be useful to any learner who needs a comprehensive understanding of acid-base balance, for example, pulmonary medicine and nurse anesthetist students. The textbook includes eleven chapters: 1- Introduction 2 - Control of Acid-Base Balance 3 - Acid-Base Disorders 4 - Respiratory Acidosis 5 - Metabolic Acidosis 6 - Respiratory Alkalosis7 - Metabolic Alkalosis 8 - Major Types of Megabolic Acidosis 9 - Assessment of Acid-Base Disorders 10 - Quantitative Acid-Base Analysis 11 - Special Aspects of Acid-Base Physiology.  It includes 30 different case studies, as well as references for each chapter.  The learning resource was recognized in 2006 by the &quot;American Thoracic Best of Web&quot; series.</description>
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            <title>Computing Life</title>
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            <description>Showcases the exciting ways that scientists are using the power of computers to expand our knowledge of biology and medicine. </description>
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            <title>Anatomy and Physiology</title>
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            <description>&#1524;Anatomy and Physiology is a dynamic textbook for the yearlong Human Anatomy and Physiology course taught at most two- and four-year colleges and universities to students majoring in nursing and allied health. A&amp;amp;P is 29 chapters of pedagogically effective learning content, organized by body system, and written at an audience-appropriate level. The lucid text, strategically constructed art, inspiring career features, and links to external learning tools address the critical teaching and learning challenges in the course.Color is used for pedagogical effect in A&amp;amp;P. Most art will consist of elegant black line, with the strongest line illustrating the most important structure(s) and shading used to show dimension and shape. Color (used only when needed) highlights and clarifies the primary anatomical or functional point of the illustration. Student focus is drawn to the most important learning point in each illustration, without distraction from excessive gradients, shadows, and loud highlights. The online book provides students with links to surgical videos, histology, interactive diagrams, and cadaver imagery at critical junctures.&#1524;</description>
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            <title>Sourcebook for Teaching Science</title>
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            <description>The Sourcebook for Teaching Science &#8211; Strategies, Activities, and Instructional Resources, provides new and experienced teachers a wealth of teaching strategies, resources, lessons, activities, and ideas to enhance the teaching and learning of physics, chemistry, biology, and the earth and space sciences. Resources are based on learning theory, and are designed to stimulate student interest and involvement. As students engage in the activities of this book, they develop higher order reasoning skills, and a deeper understanding of scientific concepts and their relevance to their everyday life.&#8232;The Sourcebook for Teaching Science is designed to complement any secondary school science curriculum. Science teachers will find ready-to-use demonstrations, experiments, illustrations, games, puzzles, analogies, lessons, activities, and strategies, as well as explanations of how to adapt these for English learners and diverse student populations. All topics are accompanied by extensive background material, providing teachers with the scientific, organizational, and pedagogical principles necessary for successful classroom implementation.</description>
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