Education and Teaching
- National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Human Genome Project, Glossary of Genetic Terms, Educational Resources, Genetic Variation (teacher guide and student activities), Fact Sheets, Webcasts April 2003 Genome Celebration
- Department of Energy Human Genome Program (DOE), Education, Human Genome Research, Molecular Genetics Primer, Science Behind the Project, Medicine & Genetics, & Chromosome Launchpad, Genomes to Life, Microbial Genome Program, Image Gallery, Student Guide to the Human Genome Project, Human Genome Project Education Resources
- The Human Genome Project: Exploring Our Molecular Selves, Multimedia Education Kit, NHGRI, DOE, Science, Nature, HHMI, Pharma, ASHG
- Genome Gateway, Nature Publishing Company
- Human Genome, National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Human Genome Teacher Networking Project - Univ. Kansas Medical Center
- Human Genome Project Resources - background, goals, developments
- Ethical, Legal, & Social Implications (& Public Policy)
- Resources (curricula · books · videotapes · hands-on materials · computer programs · posters · newsletters)
- Genetic Lesson Plans - from teachers in KUMC and other programs
- Genetic Conditions - support groups, addresses, links
- Cytogenetics Resources
- Genetic Careers - genetic counselor, clinical geneticist, lab technician
- Professional Genetic Societies - NSGC, ASHG, ABGC, ABMG, ACMG, international
- Glossaries of Genetic Terms
- Primer on Molecular Genetics, Dept. Energy (DNA, protein synthesis, gene maps)
- The Human Genome Project: from Maps to Medicine - NHGRI
- Blazing a Genetic Trail - Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Basic Genetics, the Human Genome Project, Glossary, more
- Your Genes, Your Choices, Science+Literacy for Health, American Association for Advancement of Science (incorrect information on albinism)
- Understanding Gene Testing brochure - NIH/National Cancer Institute
- March of Dimes Resource Center, Fact Sheets (birth defects, genetic conditions, genetic counseling, prenatal)
- To Know Ourselves, Exploring the Issues Raised by Genetic Research (.pdf), C Baker, 1996
- Mentorship Program, Human Genome Project and American Society of Human Genetics
- Ask a Geneticist a Question, Greenwood Genetic Center
- Teachers in the Human Genome Teacher Networking Project
- Genetics Education Listserv New 2002
- Geneticists & Ethicists Mentor Network
- Genetic Programs & Workshops for Teachers
- Human Genome Project and American Society of Human Genetics Mentorship Program
- Education Outreach, Center for Science and Engineering Education, Berkley Lab ( Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, DOE) Genome Science Outreach, ELSI in Science (Ethical, Legal, Social Issues)
- Genetic Meetings, professional societies and organizations
- AccessExcellence resources
- Libraries of Genetic Resources
Genetic Programs and Resources
- Cracking the Code of Life, NOVA, April, 2001, segments online, activities, introduction to heredity, explore stretch of code
- Lost Tribes of Israel, DNA activity online, NOVA, PBS program, Feb 2000
- High School Human Genome Program, Genetics Education Partnership, Univ. Washington, Seattle, Cool Tools Sorted by Grade Level
- Genetics Education Unit, Murdoch Institute, Australia
- Centre for Genetics Education, Australia
- Human Genetic Variation, Curriculum Supplements, NIH, free (No. 99-4647), grades 9-12
- A Users Guide to Genetics: The Medicine of the Future, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, and the Smithsonian. Fall 1998, audio of lecture, slides, and links of program and speaker
- Educator Resources, A Question of Genes, PBS, Genetic Testing 9/16/97 (no longer online)
- The DNA Files: Unraveling the Mysteries of Genetic Science, National Public Radio, Genetic Resources, Basic Genetics Resources
- Access Excellence, including genetic activities lesson plans, Genentech
- Holiday Lecture Series on Science, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Clockwork Genes (webcast Dec 2000), Genes and Gender, RNA, Human Disease, Mutations & Maladies (heart) - DEC 98; Genetic and Cardiovascular Conditions, Senses and Sensitivity (97), other
- The Human Genome Project, MCET, Boston, MA, ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic information and dissemination. Student projects, teacher resources, and interactive material (no longer functional)
Activities and resources
- Animation Library (PCR, Southern blot, sequencing, polymorphisms), Cold Spring Harbor Lab DNA Learning Center
- Bacterial Transformation Lab, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Science Education Partnership
- Basics of DNA Fingerprinting, Washington University
- Basic
Principles of Genetics: An Introduction to Mendelian Genetics (Probability
of Inheritance, Exceptions), Athro, Limited
- Beyond Discovery: Human Gene Testing, National Academy of Sciences, Nature of Genes, Telltale Genetic Sequences, Disease Genes, Copying Techniques, Tracking Colon-Cancer Gene, Medicine Transformed, Gene Testing, Social Dilemmas, Genetic Research, Human Gene Testing
-
Biology Project: Human Biology, human genetic problem sets
and tutorials (Blood
Types (en Español) inheritance, Rh factors, Color
Blindness, constructing
pedigrees, mapping chromosomes, genetic disorders, DNA
Forensics)
- BioForum lecture series, California Academy of Sciences, Access Excellence
- Blackett Family DNA Activity, University Arizona
- Bringing Genetics to Life: Genes and You, Genetic Interest Group and Wellcome Trust, United Kingdom New
- Children Resemble Their Parents, DNA Learning Center New
- Classic Papers in Genetics, classic papers of Mendel, Sutton, Morgan, others
- DNA From the Beginning, multimedia primer on the basics of genetics and heredity, including Children Resemble their parents and various concepts explained, Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- DNAinteractive
(DNAi) interactive web site, commemorates 50th
anniversary of James Watson and Francis Crick's discovery of the structure
of DNA, Dolan DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, funded by
HHMI, resources, including animations of molecular machinery, video interviews
of scientists involved in unraveling the mysteries of DNA New
- DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Detection of Alu BY PCR, Graphics Gallery
- DNA profiling, Human Genome Project, DNA model kit, Human Genetics Dilemma Debate (English, Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Eesti), European Initiative for Biotechnology Education (EIBE)
- DNA Testing, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Double Talking Helix Blues, book and tape, J Herskowitz , J Cuddihy, DEC, 1993, ISBN: 0879694319, also, YOUnique RAP
- The Genetic Code, Univ. Texas Health Center, Tyler, nucleic acid triplet / amino acid
- Gene CRC (Cooperative Research Centre for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases), Kids only (about genetics, games, what words mean), Learning Centre (fact pages, genethics, understanding genetics, glossary, other), Victoria, Australia New
- Gene Media Forum, audio/video, transcripts. Genes, race, intelligence, cloning, testing, justice, health (under revision)
- Gene Connection™, gel box to study Ohm's Law and relative atomic mass, labs introducing micropipetting and gel electrophoresis, finger printing lab, scenarios
- Gene Map of the Human Genome, NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- Gene Stories, BBC stories and online activities, genetics basics, Clone Zone, albinism, Life is a Lottery
- Gene Therapy Primer (animation, need Shockwave Flash Plug-In), PBS, Cracking the Code, December 1997 (no longer available)
- GeneLink, Washington University
- Genes, Genomes, and Human Genetics, on-line course, Department of Genetics, Rutgers University and the Waksman Institute, introductory college course (register and view free) New link 2004
- The Genetic Code
- Genetic Education Materials (GEM) Database, public health genetics policy documents, clinical genetics educational materials, National Newborn Screening & Genetics Resource Center (NNSGRC), Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal & Child Health Bureau (MCHB) New
- Genetic Literacy: Meeting the Teaching Challenge, American Museum of Natural History
- Genetic Privacy and Legislation, Department of Energy
- Genetic Science Learning Center, DNA, chromosomes, mutations, genetic disorders, genetics in society, thematic units, Eccles Institute, University of Utah, Institute of Human Genetics, and Utah Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, resources for hands-on experiments, classroom activities, making low cost lab equipment, and section for teens about genetic science
- Genetics Home Reference, National Library of Medicine, genetic conditions and genes responsible for conditions New 2003
- Genetics Lesson Plan Ideas, The Green-Eyed Monster Lesson Plan Internet Resources, ClassBrain.com New 2003
- Genetics Movie, DNA, interactive quizzes, other movies, lesson ideas, quizzes, other, very appealing, Brainpop.com
- Genetics and Genomics Timeline, Genome News Network, Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG)
- Genetics Science Education, GenLink
- Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT), Biology Department, Davidson College, NC
- GENSCOPE: Multi-level Science: Genetics from DNA to Populations
- Graphics Gallery, Essential Cell Biology, for introductory biology students
- High School Hub: Biology
- Hispanic Educational Genome Project, California State Univ., Los Angeles, CA
- Human Telomere Atlas & Database and Human Imprinting Map, Department Human Genetics, University of Chicago
- HUM-MOLGEN - Internet Communication Forum in Human Molecular Genetics
- Human Genome Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, map of chromosome 19, FISH images, DNA sequencing, instrumentation, genetic biotechnology
- Inherited Disease Genes Identified by Positional Cloning, NHGRI
- Introduction to Genetics, GlaxoSmithKline New
- Java Genetics, ZeroBio, JavaScript tutorial on Mendelian genetics probability and Punnett Squares, 11 Biology students, Ontario, Canada
- Kids Genetics, information, activities and games, ages 7-12, GlaxoSmithKline New
- Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man, catalog of human genes and genetic disorders, links to Entrez database of MEDLINE articles
- Our Genes / Our Choices, 3-part series, Fred Friendly Seminars, Jan 2003
- Molecular Medicine in Action (MMIA), Indiana Univ. School of Medicine, for secondary /college students, animations: obtaining cells for karyotype (cytogenetics steps), DNA isolation, fluorescence microscopy, gene therapy, electrophoresis, PCR, flow cytometry, viral vectors, sorting cells New A hands-on program for high school students to experience the methods scientists use in unlocking and modifying the genetic code of disease.
- Positionally Cloning Human Disease Genes, genetic maps of all human genetic disorders and diseases, chromosomal abnormalities
- Sequence for Yourself, by Rick Groleau, Cracking the Code of Life, NOVA
- Science Games and Competitions, BBC (Stars in Your Child's Eyes. other) New
- Scientific American Frontiers (Gene Hunters, watch online, NOVA [Passion for DNA, Gene Reader, Fishing for Baby Genes, Island Genes, Clock of Life, Bypass Genes, Gene Therapy, Y Chromosome, other], Oct 2001, PBS Series
- Understanding
Heredity, by Lexi Krock, Watch
The Program (16 Chapters) New
- What the Heck is a Gene? JCBrown, Microbiology, University of Kansas
- What is Gene Testing? Lawrence Berkeley Lab
- Winding Your Way Through DNA, University of California, San Francisco, DNA scientists, interviews
- Woodrow Wilson Biology Collection, activities, Princeton, New Jersey, human ecology, bioethics, biotechnology and genetics
- WebQuest on Genetics (high school biology), LFitzgerald, Apollo High School, Glendale, AZ, 2000
- What Does "Genetic" Mean (Mendelian inheritance, examples), Anthro Limited
- What is a gene? KidsHealth
- You
and Your Genes:
Making it in a Tough Environment,
U.S. Dept Health and Human Services / National Institutes of Health, National
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIEHS/NIH Publication #98-4367,
2000
- Your Genes, Your Health, Dolan DNA Learning Center New
Writing about Individuals with Genetic Conditions
- Guidelines for Reporting and Writing About People with Disabilities, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies Univ. Kansas, endorsed by national associations
- A Way with Words: Guidelines and Appropriate Terminology For the Portrayal of Persons With Disabilities, Secretary of State, Canada
- Understanding Disabilities: Examining Issues of Language & Portrayal, MKTan
Other
- Beyond Bio 101: Transformation of Undergraduate Biology Education, Howard Hughes Medical Institute book
- Bio-Tech
Kids Carnival (.doc), SM Riddle, Stripling Middle School,
Fort Worth, TX, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX,
2003
- Biographies, Genetics And Genetic Engineering, Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2003
- BioChemLinks (discontinued) genetics, biotechnology, careers, labs, resources, redirected to High School Hub: Biology
- Biotechnology Explorer Program, BioRad, protocols use plasmids with transformants that glow
- Cell Biology and Cancer, Teacher Guide and Student materials, NIH New
- Charles Darwin on the Beagle's historic tour, Peregrine Publishers, Access Excellence, The Biology Place
- Computers and Online Resources
- Field of Genes: Making Sense of Biotechnology in Agriculture, National 4-H Council, Activities: Junior Genes, Where's Wanda's Mom?, Isolating DNA, All mixed Up and No Place to Go, New
- Forensic Genetic Resources
- The Gene School, ThinkQuest, Student Internet Challenge 1998, science of genetics, foundation of genetics, RHooks' discovery of cells (1655), G Mendel father of genetics, basics of genetics including DNA replication, cell division, and protein synthesis, why creating dinosaurs (Jurassic Park) not possible. Glossary, experiments, quizzes, games, polls, links for teachers, GeneSchool '99 background on Cloning, Gene Therapy, Agriculture, Testing, Counseling, and Inherited Diseases, Human Genome Project, Forensic DNA, In Depth New
- The Human Genome! by all of the top editorial cartoonists, Daryl Cagle's ProCartoonist Index
- Human
Genome Databases on the Internet Bioinformatics
and Biological Computing Center, Weizmann Institute of Science
Department of Biological Services and Crown Human Genome Center - Human genome project information, Boys Town Nat'l Research Hosp, Omaha, NE
- Information about Biotechnology, Ausbiotech Ltd (formerly Australian Biotechnology Association)
- Invention of the Genetic Code, BHayes,Computing Science, Jan-Feb 1998
- Internet Pathology Laboratory, WebPath, genetic disorders, case studies of inherited metabolic disorders, chromosomal abnormalities, pediatric neoplasia syndromes
- Literature, Arts, & Medicine Database, annotated bibliography of prose, poetry, film, video and art for health/pre-health and liberal arts settings, New York University School of Medicine New
- MendelWeb
- Science Education, Department of Energy (DOE)
- Science for Kids ... and Educators, Helix Helper, University of Utah Health Sciences Center
- Science, Technology, and Society (STS) Science Curricula on the Net
- Stem Cells: A Primer, National Institutes of Health (NIH), May 2000
- The "Universal" Genetic Code, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
- Women Are Scientists Video and Poster Series, NIH Office of Science Education (OSE)
Film, movies in education
- Science in the Cinema, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Teach with Movies, teachwithmovies.com
- Genetics
take starring role on silver screen, USA Today, D Vergano
and S Wloszczyna, 06/17/2002, superheros,etc.