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=Resources for Biotechnology Education=

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General Biotechnology | DNA structure and function | Genetics | Immunology and Antibodies | Plant tissue culture | Biotech lab supplies | Biology education | Standards and assessment

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

UW-Madison Biotechnology Education Outreach http://www.biotech.wisc.edu/education/

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

Biotechnology Industry Organization [|http://www.bio.com]

BioPharmaceutical Technology Center Institute http://www.btci.org Offers teacher workshops, biotechnology field trips, other educational resources National Agrcultural Biotechnology Council http://nabc.cals.cornell.edu/

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

UWRF Biotechnology program http://www.uwrf.edu/biotech

Biotechnology Classroom Activities - developed by teachers in the NSF-sponsored UWRF Biotechnology workshops 1990-1996 http://www.uwrf.edu/biotech/workshop/activity03.htm Note: some of the links are not active and we are working on fixing that - in the meantime contact Karen Klyczek to get activities

DNA structure and function
DNA Structure, interactive tutorial http://molvis.sdsc.edu/dna/index.htm Some animations require Chime plug-in, which doesn't work with all platforms and browsers

The DNA Learning Center at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory http://www.dnalc.org

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

MyDNA - a site set up as a class for those with no background in DNA Science http://www.biochem.umass.edu/mydna/index.html

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

Genetic Disorder Corner, Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/ This site lets you generate a karyotype, and provides good information about genetic diseases involving chromosome abnormalities

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

Applications of DNA technology - annotated links reviewed by the MyDNA team http://www.biochem.umass.edu/mydna/links.html

Genetics teaching resources including sponge bob punnent square activities http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classbio.html

Immunology and Antibodies
Resources from Immunology text - animations, graphics, etc. http://www.whfreeman.com/immunology6e Virtual Immunology Laboratory http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/immunology/ ELISA tutorial http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/immunology.html

Plant Tissue Culture
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]

Biotechnology Education lab kits and supplies
Edvotek [|http://www.edvotek.com] Carolina Biological [|http://www.carolina.com] Modern Biology [|http://www.modernbio.com] BioRad [|http://www.bio-rad.com] Nasco Science http://www.nascofa.com/science Sigma Chemical Co. [|http://www.sigmaaldrich.com]

Biology Education
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/ 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

Standards and assessment
Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for science http://dpi.wi.gov/standards/sciintro.html National Science Education Standards http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/nses/html/