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BY REBECCAH HAINES

If you know anything about biology, you know about the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. They are involved in a lot of important biological research, and they also make the results of this research available to the public in many ways. One way is through the Biointeractive Virtual Labs.

As the name of the site suggests, you can access five virtual, interactive labs.  The topics of the labs include transgenic fruit flies, immunology, bacterial identification, cardiology, and neurophysiology. I think you’ll agree with me in that I believe this site to be most appropriate for high school biology, and maybe even best for AP biology.  These virtual labs will introduce your students to some very advanced biological techniques.

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