Related Links

Looking for even more teaching tools? You won't want to miss these biotechnology-related Internet resources.

Education Resources — Graphics, Animations, Tutorials, and More

Access Excellence @ The National Health Museum (U.S.)

Advanced Biology and Biotechnology at Tracy High School (U.S.)

Baylor College of Medicine — BioEd Online (biology teacher resources) (U.S.)

Bio-Rad — ELISA animation (view with Macromedia Flash Player) or Windows-only download, 1.15 MB; Flash Player not required

Bio-Rad — Knowitall.com (U.S.)

Bio-Rad — Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) animation (view with Macromedia Flash Player) or Windows-only download, 1.15 MB; Flash Player not required

biochem4schools (U.S.)

Center for BioMolecular Modeling — Using the Green Flourescent Protein (U.S.)

DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) (education resources from the Dept. of Energy) (U.S.)

Nobel Foundation — Nobelprize.org (games and simulations)

North Harris College (biology animations, movies, and interactive tutorial links) (U.S.)

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) (U.S.)

Pearson Prentice Hall — The Biology Place (free access to classic edition) (U.S.)

Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS) (UK)

Science Buddies (science fair projects and experiments) (U.S.)

Science Magazine — ScienceCareers.org (career development site) (U.S.)

The University of Arizona — The Biology Project (U.S.)

FORENSICS

American Paternity Center (U.S.)

Colorado State University — Strengths, Limitations, and Controversies of DNA Testing (U.S.)

Crime Scene Investigations (gateway site to information about crime scene investigation, education, jobs, and more) (U.S.)

Criminologia.org (International Crime Analysis Association Telematic Journal of Clinical Criminology) (Italy)

Federal Bureau of Investigation (forensic resources) (U.S.)

The Forensic Science Service (forensic science service provider to police forces in England and Wales; source for training, consulting, and scientific support) (UK)

National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) (U.S. Dept. of Justice) (U.S.)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — Short Tandem Repeat DNA Internet Database (U.S.)

Netherlands Forensic Institute (Netherlands)

Office of Law Enforcement Standards — Forensic Sciences Project (U.S.)

The Tech Museum of Innovation — The Tech: Understanding Genetics (forensic applications and chimeras) (U.S.)

The University of California, Davis — Virtual DNA Fingerprinting Laboratory (U.S.)

U.S. Dept of Justice — Office of Justice Programs (U.S.)

AGRICULTURE

AGBIOS (database of genetically modified crops)

AgrowKnowledge — National Resource Center for Agriscience and Technology in Education (national partnership of community colleges) (U.S.)

California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (U.S.)

BIOINFORMATICS

NIH National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) (bioinformatics databases) (U.S.)

San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) — Biology Workbench (Web-based tool for searching popular databases) (U.S.)

EVOLUTION

FishBase (searchable database of fish species; resource for Bio-Rad's protein fingerprinting kit)

The University of Arizona — Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) (U.S.)

The University of California, Berkeley — Understanding Evolution (resource for understanding and teaching evolution) (U.S.)

Education Associations, Consortia, and Model Programs

The Association for Science Education (UK)

Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium (BABEC) (U.S.)

BioTech System (regional consortium of Solano, Yolo, and Sacramento counties of Northern California) (U.S.)

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (U.S.)

Boston University School of Medicine — CityLab (U.S.)

California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) (U.S.)

ClassTECH2000 (U.S.)

De Praktijk (Netherlands)

Dialog<>Gentechnik (Austria)

European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) (Italy)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — Science Education Partnership (SEP) (U.S.)

Society of Biology (UK)

Irish Science Teachers Association (ISTA) (Ireland)

Institute of Biology (UK)

Life Learning Center (hands-on life sciences education center) (Italy)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory – Edward Teller Education Center (ETEC) (U.S.)

Los Angeles Educational Partnership — Smart Catalog (science and math advancement and resources for teachers) (U.S.)

Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)

National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education Center — Bio-Link (professional development for biotechnology instructors) (U.S.)

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) (U.S.)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (U.S.)

National Resource Center for Biology and Biotechnology (Sweden)

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) (U.S.)

New York Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

The Royal Society (UK)

Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP) (collaboration between University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Unified School District) (U.S.)

The University of California, Los Angeles — Undergraduate Genomics Research Initiative (UGRI) (U.S.)

Tracy High School — Advanced Biology and Biotechnology (U.S.)

University of North Carolina Destiny Program (U.S.)

UK Biobank (world's largest resource for the study of the role of nature and nurture in health and disease) (UK)

VIB — Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (Belgium)

XLAB — Experimental Laboratory for Young People (Germany)

Portal Sites

Pedro's BioMolecular Research Tools

University of Kansas Medical Center — Genetics Education Center (U.S.)

Other Useful Links

Maxygen, Inc. (U.S.)

North Rockland Biotechnology (U.S.)