HIP^® Biology empowers students to think and work like scientists, using digital image processing as a tool for learning. Now your students can visualize processes and understand biological concepts by analyzing images from the fields of medicine, cell biology, and genetics. These extraordinary images represent a wide array of cutting-edge technologies in use today. Each volume of HIP^® Biology contains ten complete lessons. These lessons, developed by teams of teachers and scientists, have been tested extensively in classrooms across the country.

• Powers of Observation: Introduction to form and function
  
• Animal Hands: Different functions of homologous structures
  
• Population Sampling: A simulated field study
  
• Counting and Coverage: A simulated field study over time
  
• Gel Electrophoresis: What is it and how does it work?
  
• Restriction Mapping: Mapping restriction sites on a plasmid
  
• Harris' Hawks: Using DNA profiles to study group behavior
  
• Endangered Species: Using DNA profiles to study populations
  
• Plants -- The Inside Story: Diagramming plant anatomy
  
• The Cell Cycle: How much time is spent in each phase?

• Mitosis Movie: How do cells organize and divide chromosomes?
  
• Anaphase Animation: Modeling chromosome separation
  
• Karyotypes: Diagnosing chromosome abnormalities
  
• The Cell Factory: Creating models of plant and animal cells
  
• Medical Imaging: X-ray versus MRI for making a diagnosis
  
• Digital Dissection: A journey through the human head
  
• Enlarged Heart: Determining heart-to-chest ratios
  
• Enlarged Heart Cells: Describing cardiac pathology
  
• Neurons in 3-D: A close look at a moth brain
  
• Value of Villi: Surface area of intestinal villi

• Real-world images (not drawings)
  
• NIH Image image processing software
  
• Blackline lesson masters
  
• Lessons correlated to national standards
  
• Suggestions for creating your own digital images
  
• Ideas for student research projects
  
• Easy to use installers for transferring
  software and images to separate computers
  
• Classroom management tips for working with one, two, or many computers

CD-ROM

• image processing software
  
• digital images for lessons
  
• additional images to explore

Guidebook

• detailed lesson instructions
  
• extensive teaching notes
  
• student data sheets
  
• sample assessment tools
  
• Technique sheets
  
• Toll-free technical support

System Requirements
Color Macintosh computer
System 7.0 or higher
2.5 MB available RAM
CD-ROM drive

HIP^® Biology was developed by the Image Processing for Teaching Project at the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory with funding from the National Science Foundation.

For more information about HIP^® Biology, e-mail us or call 800/322-9884.

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