Biotech and Microbio

Well, it is again Friday and I have another pair of great resources for your use.

issues in biotechnology
This is just part of the Action BioScience website, but it is a very good part. Check out the whole website if you have time. It includes articles, podcasts, videos, educator tools, lesson plans, etc. A great resource for teaching students more about biotechnology or any other of the topics (such as biodiversity or genomics) that are also covered on this site.

Microbial Life
This is a website specifically geared toward educators and provides a lot of great material to use all about microbiology. It has both a search feature and a browse feature for its resources. I think this would be a good additional resource for students learning about microbes.

Have a great weekend!

New Science Fun for Friday

Another eclectic bunch of resources for this Friday. In the mix, online textbooks, an ocean science journal, and more…

Ocean Sciences
Ocean Sciences is an open access journal, freely accessible on the web and covers the fields of: ocean physics, ocean chemistry, biological oceanography, air-sea interactions, ocean models, coastal/shelf-edge processes and paleooceanography.

Microbial Diversity from Blackwell Publishing
This site offers full-text access to sections of the Microbial Diversity textbook. It also includes a student resources section with many links and exercises to help students with the material.

Basic and Clinical Neurosciences
This site has a serious of lectures on different aspects of neuroscience. Also included on the site is an extensive list of links to neuroscience departments, institutes, programs and organizations.

BirdLife International
This site contains a report on the “state of the world’s birds.” Concerned about the loss of biodiversity, this site outlines what is happening, what pressures birds face and what can be done to prevent more loss of bird species. BirdLife International’s homepage can be accessed at www.birdlife.org.

Genetically Engineered Animals
And last, but not least, this site from the FDA on new regulations regarding genetically engineered animals. An interesting read with FAQ’s sections and it is a timely resource to use when talking about genetic engineering in biology courses.

Have a great weekend!