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The Human Genome Project
- 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)
Genetic
Education Resources
- 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
Booklets
- 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
Networking
Genetic
Programs and Resources
Programs
- 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
- Children
Resemble Their Parents,
DNA Learning Center
- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Genetics
Lesson Plan Ideas,
The Green-Eyed Monster Lesson Plan Internet Resources, ClassBrain.com
- 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
- 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
- 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
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)
- 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)
- 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
Writing
about Individuals with Genetic Conditions
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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Telling Stories, Understanding Real Life Genetics,
genetics education
for health professionals, launched 2007, Cardiff, real stories from the UK, illustrates impact and utility of genetics on healthcare, support for educators in teaching genetics. new June 2007
- YouTube Examples New 2007
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