Resources and Interesting Web Sites

 

Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Science
http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/standards/sciintro.html

National Science Education Standards
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/

 

Resources for specific course topics

Chromosomes and karyotyping

Genetic Disorder Corner, Genetic Science Learning Center
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/

DNA structure and function

Speaking the language of DNA - a primer from Genentech's Access Excellence web site
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AB/IE/Speaking_Language_rDNA.html

Genetics Basics, from the Human Genome Project Info Site
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/project/info.html

The DNA Learning Center at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory - has an animated tutorial called DNA from the Begining
http://vector.cshl.org/

DNA Structure - an animated, online tutorial
http://www.umass.edu/microbio/chime/dna/index.htm

A primer on molecular genetics from the Department of Energy's Human Genome project web site
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/primer/intro.html

Yeast genetics

GENE project at KSU
http://www.phys.ksu.edu/gene/

Shoestring Biotechnology

Biotechnology Institute
http://www.biotechinstitute.org/

Space Education
http://www.spaceed.org/

Bioinformatics and the Human Genome Project

BSCS Onconomics web site
http://www.bscs.org/onco

Dept. of Energy Human Genome Project site
http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis

NIH National Human Genome Research Institute
http://www.genome.gov/ 

Case It! Home page
http://www.uwrf.edu/caseit/caseit.html

Proteins

RasMol Home Page - 3-D protein modeling software
http://www.umass.edu/microbio/rasmol/

Protein Data Bank - source of files for RasMol
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/

Immunology and Antibodies

Resources from Immunology text - animations, graphics, etc.
http://www.whfreeman.com/immunology5e

Virtual Immunology Laboratory
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/immunology/

ELISA tutorial
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/immunology.html

 

Plant Tissue Culture

African Violet Tissue Culture
http://academy.d20.co.edu/kadets/lundberg/violets.html
 
Kitchen Culture Kits
http://www.kitchenculturekit.com/index.htm
 
Plant tissue culture information exchange
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/tisscult/tcintro.html
 
Plant Tissue Culture at the University of Liverpool
http://www.liv.ac.uk/~sd21/tisscult/introduction.htm
 
Photos of and/or instructions for homemade sterile hoods
http://home.neo.rr.com/kuska/tissue_cultureindex.htm
http://users.cwnet.com/three4al/bamboo/Glove-Box.htm
http://www.orchideenvermehrung.at/downloads/laminar%20flow%20hood%20construction%201.pdf

 

General Biotechnology

National Center for Biotechnology Information
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

UW-Madison Biotechnology Center
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Biotechnology Industry Organization
http://www.bio.com

National Agricultural Biotechnology Council
http://www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc/

Genetic Engineering News
http://www.genengnews.com/

 

Biotechnology Education Companies

Edvotek
http://www.edvotek.com

Carolina Biological
http://www.carolina.com

Modern Biology
http://modernbio.com

BioRad
http://www.bio-rad.com

NASCO
http://www.nascofa.com/prod/Home

Sigma Chemical Co.
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com

 

Biology Education

BioNet - sharing network for WI Biology Teachers
http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/bionet

Center for Biology Education, UW-Madison
http://www.wisc.edu/cbe/index.html

Eric Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education
http://www.ericse.org/

Genetics Education Center - Univ. of Kansas Medical Center
http://www.kumc.edu/gec

Genetic Science Learning Center – Univ. of Utah
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

WSST – Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers
http://www.wsst.org/

BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium
http://bioquest.org

National Science Teachers Association
http://www.nsta.org

National Association of Biology Teachers
http://www.nabt.org

The Why Files
http://whyfiles.org

Woodrow Wilson National Leadership Program in Biology - Activities Exchange
http://www.accessexcellence.org/AE/index.html