External Resources
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Education
- A Historical Timeline: Cracking the Code of Life: The history of genomics, from Darwin to the completion of the Human Genome Project.
- Access Excellence: A place in cyberspace for Biology teaching and learning.
- Action Bioscience: Examines bioscience issues. Includes peer-reviewed articles and educator resources.
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: philanthropic nonprofit
- American Scientist: Article on the invention of the genetic code.
- Ask a Scientist: Submit questions in biological disciplines; some answers posted online.
- Assembly Exercise: Make your own genome assembly, and discover reads, contigs, quality scores, and BLAST
- Bad Bug Book: basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins
- Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium: hands-on biotechnology curriculum
- Beginner's Guide to Molecular Biology
- Best of the Web Genetics: Directory of websites
- Bio Link: Educating the Biotechnology Workforce
- Bioenergy at DOE JGI: Converting plant materials into liquid fuels
- BioLogica: hypermodel for teaching high school genetics
- Biological Basis of Heredity: An Introduction to Basic Cell Structures Related to Genetic Inheritance
- Biological Sciences Curriculum Study: A curriculum study group concerned with the teaching and learning of science
- Biology Education Software: reviews of software for teaching college biology.
- Biology Labs Online: Biology Simulations and exercises for college and AP high school students.
- Biology Student Workbench
- Biotechnology Institute: Site dedicated to education and research about the present and future impact of biotechnology. Includes downloadable .pdf files of current and past issues of Your World student magazine and links to FAQs, teacher workshops, and career profiles.
- Bugs in the News!: Microbiology information and a nice collection of images of biological molecules
- Cell Biology Animation: requires Macromedia Flash Player
- Cells Alive!: images (some moving) of different types of cells
- Center for Environmental Education
- Deciphering the Genetic Code: An Exhibit Honoring the Work of Nobel Laureate Marshall Nirenberg: National Institutes of Health
- Desktop Laboratories, Inc.
- DNA Chips from Science NetLinks: lesson plan (grades 9-12) exploring DNA microarray technology
- DNA Files from National Public Radio
- DNA from the Beginning: Online Animated Genetics Primer: Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- DNA Interactive: Dolan DNA Learning Center
- DNA Learning Center: information about genetic education
- DNA Structure Tutorial
- DNA-B-C's; A Primer to Understanding Fundamental Facts about DNA: New York Times one-hour lesson designed for sixth-12th grade students
- Educational and Research Experiences: Lists a number of federal laboratory opportunities all over the country.
- Educational Links from JGI
- Electronic Scholarly Publishing: Classic Papers in Genetics
- European Science Education Media: films on European genomics research
- Folding@home: distributed computing project which studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, and related diseases
- Foundations of Classical Genetics: from Electronic Scholarly Publishing
- GEEE! in Genome exhibit: Canadian Museum of Nature
- Gene School: a large overview of the genetics field and a starting place for finding out more
- Genetic Science Learning Center: teacher resources, activities, and information
- Genetic Science Learning Center En Español: Ayudando a la gente a comprender como la genética afecta sus vidas y a la sociedad.
- Genetics at Merlot: Searchable collection of online learning materials
- Genetics from Google
- Genetics from OpenCourseWare, MIT: a genetics course designed for undergraduates
- Genetics Glossary
- Genetics Glossary in Spanish
- Genetics Societies
- Genetics: Decoding Life Exhibit Guide [PDF]: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
- Genetics-Related Images: images and links to other image galleries
- Genome@home: users lend idle computer time to run calculations for research
- Genomics Course Outline: Outline, syllabus, and student Web pages to accompany the book Discovering Genomics, Proteomics, and Bioinformatics (Cold Spring Harbor Press, 2002), used in a Davidson College course taught by one of the books authors, A. Malcolm Campbell.
- GENSCOPE: Learning environment that uses the computer rather than textbooks.
- Glossary of Genetic Terms
- Glossary of Genetics
- Google Microbiology
- Greenomes: Laboratory and bioinformatics exercises to introduce students to modern plant genetics and genomics.
- HHMI Holiday Lectures on Science
- How Sequencing is Done: Steps in JGI's process of whole-genome shotgun sequencing
- How to Become Certified in the Genetics Field
- HUM-MOLGEN Online Journals of Bioinformatics
- Influenza 1918; The American Experience from PBS: Critical gene from 1918 flu epidemic found
- Microbe Zoo: Digital Learning Center
- MicrobeLibrary: peer reviewed resource collection
- MicrobeWorld: Learn about microbiology, what microbiologists do, how they do it, and current microbiology topics in the news
- Microbiology
- micro-scope: information on the biodiversity of microbes.
- MIT Knowledge Updates: educational briefings on life science topics
- Molecular Biology Notebook: for teaching and learning molecular biology
- National Energy Education Development Project
- National Science Teachers Association: The largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all
- New Genetics: A Resource for Students and Teachers
- NIH Office of Science Education: Online, downloadable, and printed materials are available free
- Online Macromolecular Museum
- PALAEOS: The Trace of Life on Earth
- Proteomics Glossaries and Taxonomies: Evolving terminology for emerging technologies from Cambridge Healthtech Institute.
- Quick Guide to Sequenced Genomes: Sequenced genome projects from the Genome News Network.
- Quiz on Molecular Biology: These pages were designed as part of a basic course in molecular biology at the Department of Medical Biochemistry at the Göteborg University, Sweden
- Science and Mathematics Resources: Includes Frank Potter's Science Gems and Martindale's Health Science Guide. For teachers at all levels.
- Science Lesson Plan database
- ScienCentral: Making Sense of Science: science and technology news and video
- Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center (SWBIC): links to biotechnology sites
- Textbooks in BioSciences: Oxford University Press
- The Genomic Revolution: Interactive 20012002 exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. Simple explanations of genetics basics as well as information on comparative genomics research at the museum.
- The Molecules of Life: Simple interactive introduction to laboratory techniques used to understand the structure of protein molecules. For general audiences.
- Top Science Stories: Science stories from the Los Angeles Times, links to archives since 1990.
- Tree of Life: A distributed Internet project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity
- Why Files: Illustrated explanations of the science behind the news
- Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists: Information on undergraduate internships, Science Bowl competitions, and other programs such as fellowships for teachers. From DOE Office of Science.
- WWW Virtual Library: Instructional Resources in Biology
Links Updated 10-Oct-08
Images
- Access Excellence: Graphics gallery, including labeled diagrams and summaries of information on the important processes of biotechnology.
- Biological Biochemical Image Database: searchable database of images of putative biological pathways, macromolecular structures, gene families, and cellular relationships
- Bugs in the News!: Microbiology information and a nice collection of images of biological molecules
- Cells Alive!: images (some moving) of different types of cells
- DNA Learning Center: information about genetic education
- Entrez Structure (MMDB: Molecular Modelling Database): Three-D macromolecular structure data.
- Genetics-Related Images: images and links to other image galleries
- IMB Jena Image Library of Biological Macromolecules
- micro-scope: information on the biodiversity of microbes.
- Southwest Biotechnology and Informatics Center (SWBIC): links to biotechnology sites
- Visual Molecular Dynamics: molecular visualization program for displaying and animating large biomolecular systems using 3-D graphics
Links Updated 10-Oct-08
