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Genetics "Why Do We Have to Learn This Stuff?" « Gas station without pumps - 0 views

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shared by John Burk on 11 Jul 12 - No Cached

John Burk on 11 Jul 12

Very interesting proposal for transforming the way genetics is taught in biology courses.

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shared by Chelsea A Kolff on 30 Aug 11 - Cached

Chelsea A Kolff on 30 Aug 11

Best genetics and biotechnology website - lots of simulations, online labs, activities, etc. Very interactive!

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44 Chromosome man: Understanding Genetics: Human Health and the Genome - 0 views

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genetics chromosomes biology

shared by John Burk on 04 Jul 11 - No Cached

John Burk on 04 Jul 11

Very interesting article about a normal man with 44 chromosomes. Could be used to add some complexity/depth to genetics unit

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Your Genome Structure, Not Genetic Mutations, Makes You Different | Wired Science | Wir... - 0 views

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shared by John Burk on 30 Jul 11 - No Cached

John Burk on 30 Jul 11

Fascinating article that again challenges much of what I thought I knew about genetics.

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Hunting down my son's killer - 0 views

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shared by John Burk on 30 May 12 - No Cached

John Burk on 30 May 12

Incredible must read description of how a unique genetic disorder was diagnosed in a child. Would make an excellent case study for a biology class.

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It's Okay To Be Smart * Playing God - A BBC Documentary About Genetic... - 0 views

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Genetics Education Center - 0 views

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Fighting a Contagious Cancer in Tasmania - 0 views

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Genetics TED

shared by Robert Ryshke on 23 Sep 11 - No Cached

Robert Ryshke on 23 Sep 11

A beautiful, informative, and very interesting genetic study about a contagious cancer in the Tasmania Devil that could lead to extinction.

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shared by Anna Moore on 30 Jun 11 - No Cached

Anna Moore on 30 Jun 11

could be fun to use in genetics discussions. this is a "computational engine" has lots of capacity. go to the home page to see more options with this (can be used to examine relationships among many things).

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Drag and Drop Interactives for biology - 0 views

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Here's a neat idea... Pool floats as chromosomes... on Twitpic - 0 views

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biology genetics chromosomes

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Twins Data Reshaping Nature Versus Nurture Debate : NPR - 0 views

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Literacy Map for Genetics - 0 views

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Literacy Maps

shared by Robert Ryshke on 15 Jan 12 - No Cached

Robert Ryshke on 15 Jan 12

On the NSDL website, they have literacy maps that organize the conceptual understanding of a topic. While a bit cumbersome, they are worth reviewing. You can print them out.

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ESI - Your Inner Fish - 0 views

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shared by Anna Moore on 15 Nov 11 - No Cached

Anna Moore on 15 Nov 11

Your Inner Fish. Amazing book about evolution. comprehensive and multi-faceted. this is a talk given by the author.

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Colleges looking beyond the lecture - The Washington Post - 0 views

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The lecture backlash signals an evolving vision of college as participatory exercise. Gone are the days when the professor could recite a textbook in class. The watchword of today is “active learning.” Students are working experiments, solving problems, answering questions — or at least registering an opinion on an interactive “smartboard” with an electronic clicker.
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A new biology course had 22 freshmen fan out across campus last fall for dirt samples, from which each student culled a new and heretofore unknown virus. Now, the class has picked one virus for genetic mapping.
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Not all the ideas are new. At the University of Maryland College Park, engineering professors eliminated introductory lecture courses in 1991. Since then, students have spent the crucial first year engaged in actual engineering, building swing sets, helicopters and hovercrafts.
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FigTree v1.3.1 - i use this on mac os x - 0 views

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shared by John Burk on 25 Jul 11 - No Cached

John Burk on 25 Jul 11

Fig tree is a free application for creating and viewing phylogenic trees.

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Resnick on the Future of Genomic Study to Map the Human Species - 0 views

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