Bacteria Museum

http://bacteriamuseum.org/cms/

This site contains a variety of information on bacteria. It includes a "Bacterial Species Files" tab at the top of the page, which provides information on 40 different specific bacteria, from Anthrax to Yersinia enterocolitica. The information provided for each bacterium includes photographs, consumer guides, fact sheets, and scientific links. Visitors will find that the "Main Exhibits" tab addresses the basics about bacteria, as well as "Pathogenic Bacteria", "Evolution", "How We Fight Bacteria", and "Food and Water Safety". Visitors will surely enjoy the "Good Bacteria in Food" link found in the Food and Water Safety section, as it explains how some foods benefit from good bacteria, such as Swiss cheese, sausage, sauerkraut, chocolate, and coffee.

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Becoming Human

"Becoming Human brings together interactive multimedia, research and scholarship to promote greater understanding of the course of human evolution"

http://www.becominghuman.org/

Centre for Bioscience ImageBank

"This resource consists of freely available images contributed by academics, researchers, Learned Societies, industry and individuals with rights cleared for educational purposes.

Users are able to search for images based on keywords or browse within a wide range of bioscience subject areas. Images are then 'downloadable' along with informative descriptive text provided by the contributor. All images undergo a validation process by Centre for Bioscience staff with good subject knowledge. ImageBank also offers reviews of, and links to existing bioscience image databases"

http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/imagebank/

Australian National Herbarium

http://www.anbg.gov.au/cpbr/herbarium/

The "About Us" section provides definitions and explains how specimens are used and stored and it is a nice prelude to the rest of the site. Since the Herbarium is not open to the public, the digitization of the Herbarium collections is important, particularly for botanists. Those persons interested in "Photographs of Plants" will find them under the "Botanical Information" category. There, visitors can search for plants by "genus", "species" or "family". It is noted how much of the digitization of each collection is complete. Visitors unfamiliar with botanical names of plants can find photographs using a "common name" database.

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British Geological Survey: Learning

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/education/home.html

This page contains information and resources for anyone interested in geology for educational or leisure purposes. Sections include "Popular geology", which includes "Britain beneath our feet", an interactive atlas of geology, resources, and land quality. This section also contains graphics about climate change and earthquakes. The second section is titled "Educational resources". Here visitors can ask scientists at the BGS specific questions and they can also download several free posters. The third section is called "Educational news and events" and it features upcoming events at the BGS and links to their free magazine, "Earthwise". The fourth section is "From the BGS Archives". Here visitors can view historic geological photographs and also view field sketches and watercolors by Alexander Henry Green, the celebrated Victorian geologist.

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