Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Solar Cars Webquest (Old)

Here are the websites for today's Solar Cars Webquest

First you'll be taking a Solar Car Tour and taking some notes on the information there.

Next, go to the Mercedes-Benz "Cedy's World" to learn about different parts of cars.

Now go try out SEPUP's Car Creation Game to see what makes a car efficient.

Last, you've got a webpage about one of the First Motorcycles to check out.

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Cell Diversity Webquest (Old)

This list of cell pictures is old, but you can look through it again if you're finished with today's webquest.

Animal Cells:

Fat Cell
White Blood Cell
Nerve Cells
Bone Cells
Muscle Cells

Plant Cells:


Gardenia Leaf
Guard Cells

Fungus Cells:

Hair Fungi
Yeast
Mold

Protists:

Amoeba
Mineral Skeletons
Euglena
Plankton
Giardia

Extras:

There are some really interesting pictures to take a look at if you have extra time.
First of all, Invertebrates can look like aliens at this magnification!
Athlete's Foot is another interesting fungus. The blue is spores.
Pollen is made of two cells - a pollen tube cell that digs down through the flower where the pollen lands, and the sperm cell that travels down the tube and fertilizes the egg.
A Dust Mite Egg shell can enclose a single large cell, or a fully developed, very ugly dust mite.
Blood from a Wound contains red blood cells, white blood cells (green and blue), and immune cells (yellow).
Brain Tumor Cells are shown growing here.
House Dust is shown, read the contents to the left.
A Paramecium is pictured here, with its furry cilia and little mouth visible, even though it's only a single celled protist.
Another Paramecium, which contains green algae which live inside it in a symbiotic relationship. It can swim around to eat other cells, and photosynthesize too.
Baker's Yeast (a fungus) is piled up here, the little bumps are "scars" from when these divide.
These Filter Cells help your kidneys keep your blood clean.
Sometimes Algae Produces Fossils, and that's exactly what this protist picture is.
A Cheese Fungus is shown here forming spores.
Some more pictures of Neurons. These are more realistic.