Supplementary Material for Computational Thinking in Biology
Presented at All Students Session at National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference, Denver, November 2009
Some Freely Available Resources:
Biology-in-a-Box (http://www.bio.utk.edu/biologyinbox/) On-line instructional materials to accompany boxes containing many hands-on activities for high-school biology tied into standards for both biology and mathematics.
BioQUEST (http://bioquest.org/) Large collection of resources on simulations in many areas of biology, including the BioQUEST Library Online, a peer-reviewed community publication of software simulations, tools, and datasets, and Biological ESTEEM (Excel Simulations and Tools for Exploratory, Experiential Mathematics), a collection of freely downloadable modules in many areas of biology.
Concord Consortium (http://www.concord.org/) Collection of resources including software for simulations and probeware useful in teaching biology and other subjects.
iPlant Collaborative (http://iplantcollaborative.org/communities/educators) Modules that integrate mathematics into high school biology and biology into mathematics and distributed research projects for precollege and higher education levels.
General Biology Modules (http://www.tiem.utk.edu/~gross/bioed/modulelist.html) Modules for many sections of General Biology courses to illustrate new insight from high school level math.
Netlogo (http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/) Collection of easily used simulation models for many problems in biology, chemistry, physics, etc. all using agent-based approaches. Able to run in a browser, but also available for download and the code to be modified.
Shodor Foundation (http://www.shodor.org/) Includes many resources for computational science education.
Society for Mathematical Biology (http://www.smb.org/) Links to many programs and instructional resources for mathematics in biology.
Reports on Quantitative Biology Education:
BIO2010: Transforming Undergraduate Education for Future Research Biologists. National Academies report (2003) encouraging interdisciplinary education (http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=0309085357)
Vision and Change Transforming Undergraduate Education in Biology: Mobilizing the Community for Change (http://www.visionandchange.org/) Reports on conversations to reinvigorate undergraduate biology education.
Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians (HHMI and AAMC) (http://www.hhmi.org/grants/sffp.html) Report on both medical school and undergraduate competencies for educating physicians.
Transforming Agricultural Education for a Changing World. (http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12602) National Academies Report encouraging move towards broader education for agriculture students.
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