Educational Tools and Resources

Here you will find a growing collection of educational teaching materials. The number in brackets reflects our recommended age for the suitability of the resource.

	vidoes and webcasts A Tale of Two Mice  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3411/02-tale-flash.html - Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), USA The Epigenetics of Identical Twins  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV8FM_d1Leo - The Genetic Science Learning Center University of Utah Darwin's finches  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/life/birds/pigeons-versus-finches/ - National History Museum UK The Real Monkey's Uncle  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umeob0DmReM&feature=channel_page - Dolan DNA Learning Center BIG DOG,little dog  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTHiUGs7tGI&feature=channel - Dolan DNA Learning Center what are genes?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOvMNOMRRm8 - 23AndMe - commercial dna testing services - videos "what are SNPs?" and "where do your genes come from?" follow on from part 1
	epigenetics what is epigenetics? (11 - 18) http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/ - University of Utah epigenetics overview (16 +) http://www.personal.leeds.ac.uk/~genpme/epigenetics.htm - University of Leeds epigenetics on wikipedia (11+) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetics
	arabidopsis and other interesting plants Arabidopsis - map makers of the plant kingdom (16+) http://www.nsf.gov/about/history/nsf0050/arabidopsis/arabidopsis.htm PlantGDB - genomics database of green plant (Viridiplantae) sequence data (18+) http://www.plantgdb.org/ The Arabidopsis Book (18+) http://www.aspb.org/publications/arabidopsis/ Arabidopsis on wikipedia (11+) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabidopsis The Great Plant Hunt (5 - 11) http://www.greatplanthunt.org/
	genetics genetics: genes and inheritance, testing, diseases, cloning and stem cells (14 - 16) http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/science/21c/genetics/ - BBC - test your genetics knowledge genetics: DNA and the genetic code (16 - 18) http://www.s-cool.co.uk/alevel/biology/dna-and-the-genetic-code.html - s-cool limited - see printable revision notes then try their test RNA and protein synthesis (16 - 18) http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/biology/cell_biology/rna_rev1.shtml - BBC your genes - who am I? (11 - 18) http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/on-line/genes/ - visit the UK's National Science Museum University of Leicester GENIE (Genetics Education Networking for Innovation and Excellence) (14 - 18) http://www.le.ac.uk/genetics/genie/ - see Genie's Virtual Genetics Education Centre (VGEC) the human genome project poster (pdf) (11 - 18) http://www.abpischools.org.uk/res/coResourceImport/resources/poster-series/genome/genome.pdf - see additional information on this poster from ABPI cell cycle & mitosis tutorial (11-18) http://www.biology.arizona.edu/cell_bio/tutorials/cell_cycle/cells1.html - University of Arizona Biology Project "Cells Alive!" (7-18) http://www.cellsalive.com/ - see puzzles and quizzes Dolan DNA learning center (11+) http://www.dnaftb.org/ and http://www.dnalc.org/home.html - lots of information available in lots of different languages introduction to genetics on wikipedia (11+) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_genetics Genetics Society, UK (11+) http://www.genetics.org.uk/ knockout mice (14+) http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTD021038.html The Wellcome Trust UK genome talking glossary of genetic terms (11+) http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm in English and in Spanish glossary of terms used in molecular genetics (14+) from UCL - University College London
	other engaging links lick your rats (11 +) http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/rats/ The Genetic Science Learning Center University of Utah are humans still evolving? (14 +) http://genome.wellcome.ac.uk/doc_WTX034686.html The Wellcome Trust UK DNA "barcode" identified for plants (14 +) http://www.defra.gov.uk/news/latest/2008/plant-0502.htm defra UK our place in evolution (11 +) http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/green-zone/our-place-in-evolution/ - National History Museum UK