SELECTED RESOURCES FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

K-12 Curricula, Field Trip Programs & Teacher Workshops/Courses

Access Excellence
http://www.accessexcellence.org

Bay Area Biotechnology Education Consortium (BABEC)
http://www.babec.org

BioEd Online
http://www.bioedonline.org

Biotechnology Institute
http://www.biotechinstitute.org

Institute for Biology Education, UW-Madison
http://biology.wisc.edu/

City Lab at Boston University Medical College
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/citylab/

Colorado State University
transgenic crops -- http://cls.casa.colostate.edu/transgeniccrops

Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor
http://www.dnalc.org/home.html

Frank Potter's Science Gems
http://www.sciencegems.com

The Genetic Education Center of the University of Kansas Medical Center
http://www.kumc.edu/gec/

High School Human Genome Project (University of Washington)
http://hshgp.genome.washington.edu/

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (BioInteractive)
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/

Kinetic City (AAAS - interactive site for kids 8-11)
http://www.kineticcity.com/

Madison Area Technical College: Biotechnology Teaching Resources
http://madisoncollege.edu/plus/biotech/teaching-resources

Mission Biotech: Gaming for Learning
http://www.missionbiotech.com/

Northwest Association for Biomedical Research
http://www.nwabr.org

Online Schools
biology activity lesson plans and games -- http://www.onlineschools.org/resources/biology-lessons-and-games

Partnership for Biotechnology and Genomics Education (PBGE)
http://ceprap.ucdavis.edu/

Promega Corporation
http://www.promega.com/resources/teaching-and-training

University of Utah -- Genetic Science Learning Center
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu

University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center - BioTrek
http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/education/

Virginia Commonwealth University (videos)
http://www.sosq.vcu.edu/

Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery - Town Center Field Trips
http://discovery.wisc.edu/home/town-center/programs--events/field-trips/Field%20Trips.cmsx

Educational Kits for Hands-On Labs

Bio-Rad Laboratories
http://www.bio-rad.com

Carolina Biological Supply
http://www.carolina.com

EDOVOTEK
http://www.edvotek.com

FOTODYNE, Inc.
http://www.fotodyne.com/content/main_epd

Nasco
http://www.enasco.com

Ward's Natural Science
http://www.wardsci.com/

Associate and Advanced Degree Programs

Bio-Link
http://www.bio-link.org

Madison Area Technical College: Biotechnology Technician Program
http://biotech.matcmadison.edu/

List of Masters in Biotechnology Programs
http://mastersinbiotechnology.com/

UW-Madison Masters in Biotechnology Program
http://www.ms-biotech.wisc.edu/

Professional Organizations

American Association for the Advancement of Science
http://www.aaas.org

American Society of Human Genetics
http://ashg.org

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

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

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

Government Agencies

Centers for Disease Control
the EXCITE program -- http://www.cdc.gove/excite

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (now ENC)
http://www.goenc.com

Human Genome Project (Department of Energy)
http://www.doegenomes.org

National Academy of Sciences
http://www.nas.edu

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

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

National Institutes of Health:
http://www.nih.gov
http://science.education.nih.gov

National Institute for Science Education
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/

National Institute of Standards and Technology
short tandem repeats used in forensics -- http://www.cstl.nist.gov/div831/strbase

National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov

Science Blogs

WIRED SCIENCE
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/science-blogs/