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• - Excellent specialized directory of online tools and resources, "selected by BioScientists for BioScientists".
  
• - A three year project that brought together biology faculty from colleges and universities to select, develop and disseminate a group of field-tested, research-based systems and instructional materials for introductory biology courses. Its major objective
  
• - This project actively supports an extended network of educators interested in the reform of undergraduate biology. Collaborative efforts with other educational groups, links to staff, current activities, library, and projects.
  
• - "The National Science Board (NSB), charged with advising the President and the Congress on national science policy, urges a nation-wide consensus on a core of knowledge and competency in mathematics and science. The Board believes it is both possible
  
• - Full curriculum resources for incorporating insects into elementary classrooms. Includes care instructions, cross-curricular lesson plans, and links.
  
• - Provides lessons and units for using crickets in the classroom to teach basic science concepts.
  
• - Established in 1995 by the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, this site covers many issues of teaching biology at highschools.
  
• - Offers profound resources of tutorials and lesson plans for biology and science teachers. Devoted to the compilation of interactive education sites.
  
• - Topics include: "Studying Our Senses" with jelly beans, "Dragon Genetics," and "Moldy Jell-O." Includes pdf downloads of labs.
  
• - An unmoderated email listserv catering to the needs of biology teachers and professionals from kindergarten to university. Site has searchable archives going back to mid-1991.
  
• - A discussion forum run by an international group of biology-students offering news and discussion about advances in biosciences.
  
• - Repository of line drawings, video clips, and photos to teach biology.
  
• - Describes the remarkable changes taking place in American undergraduate biology education; a report by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
  
• - A national professional development program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for K-14 science and health educators. Most courses are related to biology.
  
• - Devoted to the use of Chlamydomonas in undergraduate teaching and research.
  
• - Develops inquiry-based science curriculum, including textbooks. Includes downloadable curriculum modules, catalog, annual report, and job openings.