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Thursday, August 19, 2010

My fingers + willemite + calcite + short wave UV lamp

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Ecology Misconceptions
Tiktaalik
National Center for Science Education
Understanding Evolution
Tree thinking (phylogenetic trees, that is)
PBS Evolution Library
Modelling for Understanding in Science Education (Natural selection)
Evolution for Teaching
BIRDD, evolution problem space with data sets
Action Bioscience issues-based biology

Genetics Education Links

Genomic Epidemiology Case Studies
Bio-itest Bioinformatics and Genetic Testing modules
Genomics Education Partnership
Teach.Genetics
Scitable - genetics library and learning community
Routes online game/mystery/personal genomics resource
Personal Genomics Education Project
Learn.Genetics
DNAtube (video site)

Physiology Education Links

APS Archive of Teaching Resources

Journals (you may need institutional access)

Evolution: Education and Outreach
American Biology Teacher
Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education
International Journal of the Scholarship of Learning and Teaching
Education Resources Information Center (education literature database)
CBE Life Science Education journal
Bioscene - Journal of College Biology Teaching
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education
Advances in Physiology Education

General Biology Education LInks

BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists
Bioassess - Assessment resources
BioEd online (resources from Baylor)
Bioeducate resources from ASCB
Bioliteracy Biology Concept Inventories
Biology Scholars Center for Undergraduate Education
Bioquest curriculum consortium
Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative
Case study collection
FIRST IV postdoc workshop
High School Bioethics - U Penn
interactive tutorials
Journal of Biological Chemistry Teaching Tools
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MIT courses - lecture materials
National Academies Summer Institute on Education in Biology
Nature EdCast - Science education podcast
Reacting to the Past (Role play case studies)
Resources and ideas for using primary literature in the classroom
The Cutting Edge - Enhacing Your Teaching
The Habitable Planet (environmental science)
Writing Lab Reports

Pedagogy Links

Active learning tutorials (with videos)
Clicker question resources
Enhancing Education
How people learn (online book)
Life Long Learning at Work and at Home (science of learning)
New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education
Pedagogies of engagement resources
Peer Instruction - Eric Lazur video
Rubric Tools and Examples

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biology101: I'm the empty vessel of the title. By day I cook up a dash of cell biology, a dollop of genetics, a pinch of biochemistry, and a fat-armed-school-dinner-lady scoop of speculation. By night I obsess about whether my design is backwards enough, trawl the internet for educational resources and speculate a little more.

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