Computational Biology for Biology Educators Resources

Workshop Materials

• 2011 Lafayette College workshop - presentations, models, tutorials
• Materials from previous CBBE workshops - Moodle site collecting the instructional materials (presentations and examples) from previous years workshops, including those from other disciplines
• 2010 North Carolina A&T workshop - presentations, models, tutorials

Resource Collections

• At Shodor

  • Computational Biology for Biology Educators: CBBE model matrix
  • Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators: CCCE lesson matrix
  • The Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD) - A pathway portal of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
  • Project Interactivate includes a large number of browser-based interactive applets and lessons on basic mathematical concepts. Eduteka Matematica Interactiva has translated the Project Interactivate resources into Spanish
  • HPC University provides educational resources for high-performane computing (HPC). Sponsored by TeraGrid
  • The website for the Blue Waters Undergraduate Petascale Education Program (BW-UPEP), which includes curriculum modules enabling the incorporation of high performance computing into the undergraduate science and CS curriculum
  • Bob's NCSI talk

• Other Resource Collections

  • Computational or Quantitative Biology Lessons
    • Keck Computational Science Modules at Capital University in Ohio.
    • MSSW - the Molecular Sciences Student Workbench - has a collection of lesson plans and links to a variety of other excellent resources
    • PLoS Computational Biology: Education - open access journal publishes regular articles on education in various aspects of computational biology
    • BioQuest at Beloit College in Wisconsin.
    • Biological ESTEEM Excel based modules for computational biology
    • Bedrock Problem Spaces collaborative online projects to promote innovative undergraduate teaching and learning
    • NIMBios General Biology Modules Modules for many sections of General Biology courses to illustrate new insight from high school level math.
    • iPlant Collaborative Modules that integrate mathematics into high school biology and biology into mathematics and distributed research projects for precollege and higher education levels.
  • Applets, and Simulations
    • PhET - Browser based interactive applets for exploring a number of concepts in science and math. These resources have been translated into a number of different languages.
    • Concord Consortium Collection of resources including software for simulations and probeware useful in teaching biology and other subjects.
  • Best Practice Materials
    • NIH Curriculum Supplements for middle and high school. Extremely high quality modules incorporating the latest best practices as stated in various reports. Each module includes an extensive teaching guide that providing outstanding guidance on how to improve ones teaching genrally.
    • NIGMS Science Education Publications
    • PostCalc - Interactive modules for high school students who have finished calculus
    • Biology-in-a-Box On-line instructional materials to accompany boxes containing many hands-on activities for high-school biology tied into standards for both biology and mathematics.
  • Reports and Standards for Biology Curriculum Reform
    • BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists. National Academies report (2003) encouraging interdisciplinary education
    • Vision and Change Transforming Undergraduate Education in Biology: Mobilizing the Community for Change Reports on conversations to reinvigorate undergraduate biology education.
    • Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians Report on both medical school and undergraduate competencies for educating physicians.
    • AAAS Project 2061 benchmarks for science literacy
    • National Science Education Standards

Topic Resources

• Systems Biology - overview, resources, standards and tools
• Bioinformatics - overview, resources and tools

Tools

• Dynamic modeling tools - software and example models

Software lists

• Statistical packages: list, comparison
• Computer Algebra Systems
• Numerical Analysis Software
• Information Graphics Software