Undergraduate education

Funding
Teaching resources
Glossaries
Interactive sites
Lab resources
Tutorials and Lectures

Funding

SchoolGrants: http://k12grants.org/; Site identifies general granting agencies, guidelines, and samples of successful grants for K12.
Education World's grant center: http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/archives/grants.shtml; Identifies grant sources and multiple resources for writing a grant.
Research experience for undergraduates: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05592; NSF-funding opportunities for undergraduates.
Faculty & Research: Writing a Grant Proposal: Writing Tips and Application Forms: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/research/writing.htm; Site from Columbia University links to abundant resources for aid in grant writing.

National Science Foundation
          http://www.nsf.gov/funding/index.jsp
          Funding opportunities for education at all levels are available through different
          programs in addition to the Education and Human Resources Program
          (http://www.nsf.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=ehr). Consultation with the program
          officers before preparation of applications is highly recommended.
National Institutes of Health Minority Programs
          http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/
          Research and training programs aimed at increasing the number of minority
          biomedical and behavioral scientists.
National Institutes of Health Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Program
          http://www.ncrrsepa.org/
          SEPA program funds grants for innovative educational programs which create
          partnerships among biomedical and clinical researchers, K-12 teachers and
          schools, museums and science centers, media experts, and other educational
          organizations.

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Teaching resources

Library of Educational Annotated DEvelopmental biology Resources (LEADER)
http://www.sdbonline.org/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=33
SDB’s online, peer-reviewed educational resources website in partnership with
        the BioEdNet (BEN – http://www.biosciednet.org) Collaborative, a pathway of
        the National Science Digital Library (NSDL - http://nsdl.org)
Center for Biology Education
        http://cbe.wisc.edu
        The Center for Biology Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
develops and coordinates activities and programs for the university, for K-12
teachers and students and for the general public with the aim of promoting
excellence in biology education at all levels.
Sea Urchin Embryology
http://www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin
Fertilization and development as explored by laboratory modules using sea urchin
        eggs and a website developed by teachers and Stanford University researchers.
Jeff Hardin’s Dynamics of Development
         http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/embryology_main.html
         Multimedia and computer-based learning materials in undergraduate classroom:
         Frog - http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/frogs/welcome.html and
         Sea urchin - http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/urchins/suwelcome.html
Cell Biology Education
         http://www.lifescied.org/current.dtl
         This online, quarterly journal on pedagogy issuesis owned and published by The
         American Society for Cell Biology.
Microbiology Education Journal
         http://www.microbelibrary.org
         This peer-reviewed online publication of the American Society for Microbiology,
contains resources for undergraduate instruction in microbiology, many of which
         are broadly relevant.
Access Excellence
         http://www.accessexcellence.org
         This national educational program at the National Health Museum puts biology
teachers in touch with their colleagues, scientists and critical sources of new
         scientific information. Hosts a resource center with a visual libraries, biotech
         issues and career guides, archives of ideas, activities, and new science findings.
Biology Online
         http://www.biology-online.org
         This site contains forums, tutorials, diagrams, links and an online dictionary
         covering many sciences
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Glossaries

Biology Online: http://www.biology-online.org/; Forums, tutorials, diagrams, links and an online dictionary. Covers many topics: developmental biology, cell biology, genetics, genetic engineering, homeostasis, selective breeding, ecology
Jeff Hardin 's Amphibian Embryology Tutorial: http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/frogs/glossary.html; Fertilization, grey-crescent formation, cleavage, gastrulation and neurulation. Also experiments such as "frogs in space". Glossary, time lapse movies and animation. Suitable for K-12 and superb for college.
Mary Tyler's Developmental Biology: http://8e.devbio.com/sample/html/vm2.html; Augments the Tyler and Kozlowski's Vade Mecum CD and Tyler laboratory manual. Videos, searchable glossary, recipes, staging series, interactive puzzles, history , lab safety outlines, and art in science pages.
Sea Urchin Embryology: http://www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/glossary.htm; Laboratory modules use sea urchins to demonstrate fertilization and early development. Comprehensive resources including lab exercises, overheads and handouts.
Jeff Hardin’s sea urchin development http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/urchins/SUglossary.html: Fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation and patterning, as well as experiments.
The visual embryo: http://www.visembryo.com/baby/gloss.html; Visuals and information on the human embryo.
Talking glossary of genetic terms: http://www.genome.gov/10002096; The national human genome research Institute created the Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms to help people without scientific backgrounds understand terms and concepts used in genetic research. Each term has a page with a wealth of information, including the term's pronunciation, audio information, images and additional links to related terms.
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Interactive sites

Kathryn Tosney's The Origami Embryo: http://origamiembryo.cba.arizona.edu/; This learning aid helps students tounderstand the four-dimensional changes that characterize a developing embryo, as it transforms with complex three-dimensional changes over time (the fourth dimension). This site gives instructions on how to fold your own complex embryo from colored paper
Tom Brody's The interactive fly: http://www.sdbonline.org/fly/aimain/1aahome.htm; This site is award-winning and comprehensive. It thoroughly discusses genes, tissues, biochemical paths, and developmental processes in the fruit fly, Drosophila. Its gene index identifies genes with their functions, maternal and zygotically transcribed genes, genes important to behavior and genes in conserved pathways. Its tissue and organ development section shows stages and an atlas, as well as genes and processes in gastrulation, histogenesis, morphogenesis, organogenesis, imaginal discs, adult formation, oogenesis and spermatogenesis. Most suitable for college students and career scientists; advanced K12 may find items of interest.
Net Frog: http://frog.edschool.virginia.edu/; Interactive frog dissection online tutorial
Human Developmental Anatomy Center review questions: http://nmhm.washingtondc.museum/collections/hdac/reviewt.htm; These questions complement the images and descriptions of Human Anatomy Development Center of the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Point to the menu on the left to link to the different stages.
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Laboratory resources

Sea Urchin Embryology: http://www.stanford.edu/group/Urchin/; This site presents a set of laboratory modules that use sea urchins to demonstrate fertilization and early development. Developed for use in courses for high school, junior college, or lower division college biology labs, the site presents comprehensive resources including lab exercises, overheads and handout
Laboratory exercise in heart development: http://www.lv.psu.edu/jxm57/chicklab/; This laboratory exercise teaching the Developmental and Physiological Aspects of the Chicken Embryonic Heart. The site includes all the information an instructor will need to set up the laboratory, including a materials list. Developed by Jacqueline McLaughlin's and Elizabeth McCain.
Frog embryo cross sections: http://www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/devobio/34mmfrog/db34fg1.htm; Nicely labeled sections with explanations and reference photographs.
Chick embryo cross sections: http://www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/devobio/24hrchck/24ck1.htm; Nicely labeled sections with explanations and reference photographs.
Cell Biology Laboratory Manual: http://homepages.gac.edu/%7Ecellab/index-1.html; An extensive list of molecular and cellular biology protocols and techniques from Gustavus Adolphus College. Appendixes include: units and measures; statistics; graphs; computers; image analysis; centrifugation; spectrophotometry; radioactive tracers; photography; and chemical preparations. An excellent place to search for any standard molecular/cellular biology protocol.
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Tutorials and lectures

Meiosis tutorial: http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/users/b/bnchorle/www/intro.htm; This tutorial explains each step of meiosis with text, actual cell pictures and 3D animations. Links within the text lead to additional information relating to meiosis.
Jeff Hardin's tutorial for sea urchin development: http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/urchins/SUwelcome.html; Covers fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation and patterning, as well as experiments. Includes glossary and some movies. Suitable for K-12 and college.
Jeff Hardin 's Amphibian Embryology Tutorial: http://worms.zoology.wisc.edu/frogs/welcome.html; Covers fertilization, grey-crescent formation, cleavage, gastrulation and neurulation, as well as experiments such as "frogs in space". A glossary, time lapse movies and animation supplement the helpful figures. Suitable for K-12 and college.
Frog embryology: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/FrogEmbryology.html; This site takes the reader through the major stages of frog embryo development, including fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, differentiation and growth. It simplifies understanding with the use of labeled diagrams and basic terminology, and explains the germ layer origin of various body tissues.
Embryo Images -Normal and Abnormal Mammalian Development: http://www.med.unc.edu/embryo_images/; This site is a tutorial that uses scanning electron micrographs (SEMs) as the primary resource to teach mammalian embryology. Kathleen Sulik and Peter Bream at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill built this tutorial.
John Kimball's Biology Pages: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/W/Welcome.html; This online textbook, by the author of the textbook Biology, is composed of searchable pages, arranged alphabetically by topic. Multiple links, definitions, glossary, and search functions make this site a valuable resource for biology students.
Scott Gilbert's Zygote: http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/; Informative 'nodes' on a variety of developmental topics.
Animal Diversity Web: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html; Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology, from the University of Michigan. It is a searable encyclopedia, science learning tool and virtual museum. It has pages suggesting uses for the site in both undergraduate and K12 education.
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