Dr. Nathan Staples
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Science & Technology Division
Cañada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 94061

E-Mail Dr. Staples
Phone:   (650) 306-3251
Office:   Bldg. 16, Room 207
Office Hours:   Mon. & Wed. 12:30 pm-2 pm;   
Tues. & Thurs.. 10-11 am; or by appointment!!

Learn More about Dr. Staples:  http://canadacollege.edu/science/people/staples.html

Access this week's Quiz at SMCCD WebAccess:

http://smccd.mrooms.net/

Enter your student I.D. (G#) as your username, and your initial password will be your birthdate in format, MM/DD/YY.  If you have any problems, email Dr. Staples immediately! 

Remember to take each quiz by that Thurs. evening. 
You may SUBMIT answers only ONCE.

Interactive Learning :

• www.thelifewire.com = your textbook learning website!
• http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/ = the VIRTUAL CELL, interactive learning website!!!
• Interactive Cellular processes: (excellent animations!!)
  http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/

• http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm
• www.cellsalive.com
• http://www.dnalc.org - great info and learning tools

Animations & Images:

• Awesome cell animation  ("Inner life of the Cell"):  http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/tprojects/6850.html
• Harvard site (narrated, full-length) for "Inner LIfe of the Cell":  http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/media.html

• www.johnkyrk.com - awesome animations!  Great learning and visualization tool!  Takes lots of RAM and bandwidth!!

Other Science Information Links:

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books - a great selection of online textbooks available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information.  See especially the Stryer's Biochemistry, Alberts' Molecular Biology of the Cell, and Griffiths' Genetic Analysis .
• http://www.cellbio.com
• http://www.biochemweb.org - virtual library of biochemistryand cell biology
• http://www.asa3.org:16080/ASA/  - Discussions relating science and biblical beliefs.
  -- Note the very thoughtful speech by Francis Collins, Director of the Human Genome Project (audio version).
• http://www.talkorigins.org  - Discussions on evolution.