High School/Secondary School Resources

ISCB Online Courses

The following may prove useful to secondary school educators and students looking for information on Bioinformatics teaching tools:

European Bioinformatics Institute's "bioinformatics educational resource":
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/home.html
Bioinformatics and the Human Genome Project: A Curriculum Supplement for High School Biology: http://www.bscs.org/curriculumdevelopment/index.html

Go to "Center for Curriculum Development" >> "High School 9-12" >> "Human Genome Project Curriculum Supplements"
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded grants to Rutgers University to provide Genomics training to high school students. For more information see: http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111243&org=EHR&from=news

Direct contacts for additional information are: Julia V. Clark, NSF (703) 292-5119 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and William Sofer, Rutgers University (732) 445-3052 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it * National Center for Biotechnology Information's A Science Primer: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/
AI and Molecular Biology (see Chapter 1: Molecular Biology for Computer Scientists):
http://www.biosino.org/mirror/www.aaai.org/Press/Books/Hunter/hunter-contents.html