Educational Resources Related:

Archive Curricula/Literature from the previous SEPA projects

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Biodiversity curricular materials

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HEADS UP curricular materials

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Positively Aging curricular materials

Curricula/Literature in Educational Resources
Currently Funded Projects

  • Biotechnology / Bioinformatics Discovery! - Phase II

    • Oklahoma City Community College, Oklahoma City, OK
    Grade level: 6-12
    Resource: Constructing Graphs, Multimedia check-out, Lab safety information & contract, How to Keep a Lab Notebook, Lab Report Grading Rubrick, Tips on Making Agarose Gels, Suggested Course Outline with materials
    Cost: free

  • Collaborations to Understand Research and Ethics (CURE)

    • Northwest Association for Biomedical Research, Seattle, WA
    Grade level: 9-12
    Resource: Biomedical Research Ethics, Translational Research, Bioethics, Bioethical Principles, Responsible Conduct of Research, Animal Models in Research, Clinical Trials and Ethics. Also available for download.
    Cost:

  • Educating High School Students and Their Families about Clinical Research

    • University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
    Grade level:
    Resource: What Is Clinical Research, The Ethics of Clinical Research, Topics: Design of Clinical Research Studies, Participation in Clinical Research, The Value of Clinical Research, and Current Clinical Research Projects
    Cost: contact program

  • If a Starfish Can Grow a New Arm, Why Can't I?

    • Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative, Pittsburgh, PA
    Grade level: 6-8
    Resource: standards- and inquiry-based curricula materials targets 6th - 8th grade students and their teachers
    Cost:

  • Impacting K-12 Learning Environments

    • Ohio University, Athens, OH
    Grade level:
    Resource: Food, Math, and Science Teaching Enhancement Resource (FoodMASTER) initiative approach on science learning environments
    Cost: contact program

  • Micromatters

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    Grade level: K-8
    Resource: Educational materials consist of three units, each including a real-life science adventure chapter book, teacher's guide to activities in the classroom, take-home mini-magazine. The units are: Infection & Disease, HIV/AIDS, Diseases in the Global Age.
    Cost: contact program

  • Mind Project's Cutting Edge Health Science Initiative

    • Illinois State University, Normal, IL
    Grade level: 6-12
    Resource: Fields of Study: Biology (esp. neurobiology), psychology (esp. cognitive), physiology (esp. brain), artificial intelligence & robotics, mind-brain enhancements (the science & the moral and social issues), theories of the mind/self. 2) Medical Conditions: Cocaine addiction, Parkinson's Disease, Stroke, neurosurgery, deep brain stimulation
    Cost: contact program

  • Perfect Partnership: Science Enriched Physical Education - Phase II

    • University of Maryland, College Park, MD
    Grade level: 3-5
    Resource: Science-enriched elementary PE curriculum to increase students' knowledge and interest in health-related science with information on cardiovascular and muscular systems and nutrition/obesity. 3 units, 90 lessons
    Cost: sample lessons are free

  • Science Promotion in Rural Middle Schools

    • Texas A&M University System, College Station, TX
    Grade level: 6-8
    Resource: Curriculum units include clinical trials, animal use in research, arthritis, cancer, dental health, diabetes, heart disease, infectious diseases, neutering, nutrition and obesity, parasites, physical exam, vaccinations
    Cost:

  • Smart Program

    • University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
    Grade level: 8-12
    Resource: Curriculum design that utilizes major clinical diseases affecting minority populations to interest and teach minority students about research and health careers
    Cost: contact program

  • UT Pan American's Model Bioscience Education Program - Phase II

    • University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg, TX
    Grade level: 6-12
    Resource: Protein quantification with spectrophotometer, ELISA screen for HIV antibodies, sickle cell anemia & electrophoresis, DNA fingerprinting, electrophoresis and evolution, bacterial transformation, personal DNA isolation, PCR
    Cost: free

  • Youth Take Heart (Phase I & II)

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA
    Grade level: 6-8
    Resource: Topics: Heart physiology, disease prevention, health and fitness choices; bioengineering and biomedical research related to cardiovascular disease
    Cost: contact program for cost