Biology+EPO+Links

List of links to good biology education and public outreach (EPO) activities


 * Middle School Life Science Curriculum, with models


 * Natural Selection
 * @http://ncisla.wceruw.org/muse/naturalselection/index.html -- entire curriculum, MUSE
 * @http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/natural-selection


 * Biotechnology at the Cutting Edge - youtube video
 * posted by National Museum of American History
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ebSWG1QmxnY


 * Human Genome Project video
 * http://www.teachersdomain.org/ resource/tdc02.sci.life.gen. hgp/


 * GENIQUEST
 * NSF funded project for the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA), The Concord Consortium, and The Jackson Laboratory.
 * Designed to teach students about genetics, but also about computational thinking.
 * http://www.concord.org/ activities/modern-genetics
 * Article about the GENIQUEST project: article

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 * DNA
 * Cool 3D visualizations of how DNA is packaged into the nucleus and replicated
 * http://www.dnalc.org/ resources/3d/08-how-dna-is- packaged-advanced.html
 * http://www.dnalc.org/ resources/3d/03-mechanism-of- replication-basic.html
 * [|Connecting with Computer Science] website for UBC undergraduate course about learning how computational thinking and computational tools inform the way we interact with the world, and learning about computational and computer science through examples in biology, psychology, and the arts. These topics and activities can be modified to fit into high school curriculum. There is a very interesting section of algorithms for DNA sequencing.
 * Protein Folding - contribute to scientific research by solving puzzles
 * [|Foldit]
 * What do communication networks have to do with the way cancer drugs act on our cell chemistry?
 * [|Predicting Cancer Cures]

PhDs in Computational Biology, ex: http://qb3.berkeley.edu/ccb/research-education/courses/