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A web site created by Ken Miller and Joe Levine for users of our "Dragonfly" book (click here for our new "Macaw" book)

Now Ready: 20 Search Targets for our Human Genome Scavenger Hunt.

Full Table of Contents Jump to any Chapter: Chapter Ch 1 Ch 2 Ch 3 Ch 4 Ch 5 Ch 6 Ch 7 Ch 8 Ch 9 Ch 10 Ch 11 Ch 12 Ch 13 Ch 14 Ch 15 Ch 16 Ch 17 Ch 18 Ch 19 Ch 20 Ch 21 Ch 22 Ch 23 Ch 24 Ch 25 Ch 26 Ch 27 Ch 28 Ch 29 Ch 30 Ch 31 Ch 32 Ch 33 Ch 34 Ch 35 Ch 36 Ch 37 Ch 38 Ch 39 Ch 40 State & District Web Pages: State or District Tennessee Racine, WI St. Paul, MN Wichita, KS South Carolina Georgia Kentucky Jackson, MS Texas North Carolina Florida New York State Guided Tour (Take a guided tour of the national edition of the Dragonfly Book) Click Below to Visit the Prentice Hall websites for our BIOLOGY textbooks.   A series of 10 Search Exercises to help explore this web site and the human genome (originally prepared for the Forth Worth ISD)

New: Dragonfly Podcasts from Ken & Joe: Downloadable MP3 files for teachers & students The Miller/Levine Tropical Biology Scholarship Contest About the Book What is the Dragonfly Book? Click here for information about this high school biology book and its authors. Click at Right to enter Web Codes from the Dragonfly Book: Now Available: Web Resources for each of the "Issues" and "Technology & Society" features in our text: Feature Conflicts of Interest Ecology from Space Protecting Wolves Creatine & Sports Stem Cells GM Foods Privacy of Your DNA Antibiotics in Feed Finding New Species Protecting Water Smallpox Vaccination Designing Flowers Herbal Drugs? Sunscreen from Sea Zebra Mussels? Keeping Marine Mammals Remote Sensing of Behavior Artificial Skin AIDS Epidemic NEW: "What Discoveries Lie Ahead?" A unit-by-unit update on recent advances in biology, written by Ken Miller and Joe Levine, with links to pertinent articles.   To Students - "You've got mail!" Letters addressed to you from the authors: Letter from Ken Miller Letter from Joe Levine About the Authors (Who are these guys?) Ken Miller's Web Page (with e-mail link) Mad Cow Disease A web page with teaching resources on BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Featuring essays by author Joe Levine: "When Science Faces the Unknown," "20-20 Hindsight", and "The Brain Eaters." Virtual Textbook pages (PDF) What's with the Flu? A multipart resource on bird flu, vaccination, and this year's outbreak. Questions and Answers Ken Miller and Joe Levine answer questions about Biology submitted by students (read their answers to the questions of other students, or submit one of your own!) Special Resource Pages: • Teaching from Controversy • Teaching Evolution • Teaching about Stem Cells Now On-Line - Virtual Dissections: Owl Pellet Dissection Virtual Pig Dissection Cat Dissection Virtual Frog Dissection SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Click here for the the latest information. Gateway to the Human Genome A special web site that we've prepared for teachers and students to learn about and explore the Human Genome Project.  Top 10 Facts about the Human Genome Ten facts, drawn from the human genome sequence, that we'll bet you didn't know. (With apologies to David Letterman! West Nile Virus Information on The Chapter 40 web page   Science News: Cloning News The latest news on human cloning and cloning research - Including Idaho Gem, the first cloned mule. Anthrax! Some of the biology behind today's headlines (including a promising new treatment for anthrax). Science News: Dolly the sheep dies (see cloning page) Controversy over the Food Pyramid: (see Chapter 38) Promising New Anthrax Treatment Prehuman Skull found in Central Africa DNA studies suggest that dogs originated in Asia

Be sure to visit the Sensational web site of the PBS evolution series:

Also: Ten Answers about Evolution
A Response to Jonathan Wells' "Ten Questions about Evolution for your Biology Teacher."

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