The Life Science standards emphasizes complex understanding of change, cycles, patterns, and relationships in the living world. Concepts of cellular organization and the classification of organisms; dynamic relationships among organisms, populations, communities and ecosystems; and change as a result of the transmission of genetic information.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Review data and statistics including disease trends and Morbidity and Mortality Weekly reports.

Evergreen Project Adventure

Although geared to elementary grades this well designed site is most useful in explaining the biomes of the world, freshwater and marine ecosystems. The photo images are impressive and eye-catching. There is a wealth of useful information on ecology.

National Geographic.com

Features maps and photography exhibiting relationships among organisms, popluations, communities and ecosystems.

Nanoworld Image Gallery

Photos of insects, plants, and cells as viewed through the lens of an electron microscope.

Rainforest Action Network

Comprehensive information about rainforest including world rainforest report and fact sheets about the rainforests.

School World Internet Education: Endangered Species

Read other students reports on endangered species. Topics include plant/trees, insects, mammals, fish, birds, crustaceans & molluses, amphibians, and reptiles. Students can submit their own reports on the related topics.

The Tree of Life

Contains information about the diversity of organisms on Earth, their history and characteristics.

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Offers valuable information about our environment includes Your Community link that allows you to access envirofacts, create an enviromap and surf your watershed. Also links to Explorer's Club a site linking you to the EPA Student Center.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

Gives on overview of the department's role in Virginia in maintaining environmental quality. Kids Cave provides fact sheets on such topics as drought, hazardous waste, rivers and pollution prevention.

Virginia Naturally 2000: Linking Virginians to the Environment

Provides a gateway to statewide environmental resources including a natural resource education guide, and an environmental education resource directory with topics on air, animals, biosphere, marine and aquatics, trees, plants, forests, and much more.

Virginia: Office of Secertary of Natural Resources

Includes a fact sheet of 25 ways to help Virginia's Environment and a resource gateway of additonal links related to natural resources and biological community.

The Yuckiest Site on the Internet: Worm World and Bug World

Explores the topics of worms and bugs; specifically roaches. Find out information on worm as recyclers, meet mary worm woman, and learn all about earth worms. Examine the roach's anatomy, read his diary, and learn interesting roach facts.