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Miller-Urey Experiment - Simulating the "Recipe of Life" 
  
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Publisher: California Space Institute
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This module offers a simulation of the classic origin of life experiment as originally performed by Stanley Miller and Harold Urey in 1953. The user selects chemicals, "sparks" the…
http://www.millerureyexperiment.com/
Argonne University scientists reveal insect respiratory function with x-rays 
  
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Publisher: The University of Chicago Chronicle
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This article from The University of Chicago Chronicle describes a visualization of airways in a living insect using x-rays produced by a particle accelerator. The focus of the…
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/030206/insects.shtml
PhET HTML5 Simulations 
  
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This is the landing page for the PhET Project's collection of HTML5 interactive simulations. Many of the original PhET Java and Flash simulations have been converted from original,…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?type=html&sort=alpha&vie...
From Soup to Cells - The Origin of Life 
  
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Publisher: University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley
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This site, hosted by the University of California at Berkeley, offers a multiple-page article discussing how the first cells evolved from a "soup" of primordial chemicals. The…
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/origsoflife_01
Does Mars Have Life? 
  
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This NOVA article presents an interview with NASA planetary scientist Christopher McKay concerning the possibility that life has existed on Mars. The interview covers all the…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/does-mars-have-life/
Sizes of Organisms: The Surface Area:Volume Ratio 
  
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M. Beals, L. Gross, and S. Harrell
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This website shows how the surface area to volume ratio limits the size of organisms. The page presents calculations of this ratio for cubes and spheres and contains graphs that help…
http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/bealsmodules/area_volume.html
Precious Bodily Fluids 
  
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Publisher: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
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This webpage presents theoretical biophysics research on a protein called aquaporin, which allows water to travel through cell walls but blocks the flow of protons (ionized…
http://web.archive.org/web/20180810214643/http://www.psc.edu/science/200...
Affairs of the Heart: Exploring Vessel Physics 
  
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Publishers: Public Broadcasting Service and Chedd-Angier-Lewis Production Company
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This PBS site contains hands-on activities that model obstructed blood vessels. Materials are simple--straws, clay, and water--and the experiments are easy to do. You'll model how…
http://web.archive.org/web/20050216095601/http://www.pbs.org/saf/1104/te...
The Baby's First Breath 
  
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C. Nave
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This page of Hyperphysics, from Georgia State University, uses elasticity to explain why a baby needs help to take its first breath, and also why people with emphysema have so much…
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/ptens3.html
Nova: Origins 
  
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Visit this NOVA web site for information about many interesting inquiries into the origins of life, of Earth, and of the universe. Topics include the big bang, the importance of…
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/series/origins-series-overview/