Educational Sites – For Kids, Teachers, and Adults

*Access Excellence at the National Health Museum Check out the Access Excellence Resource Center and visit the Visual Library Graphics Gallery to see a series of labeled diagrams with explanations representing important processes of biotechnology. Each diagram is followed by a summary of information, providing a context for the process illustrated. Great for visual learners and contains lots of useful information.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/

Blazing a Genetic Trail-The Howard Hughes Medical Institute Many articles about genes and genetic diseases for older kids.
http://www.hhmi.org/genetictrail/

Designer Genes An entry in the Thinkquest Scholarship competition. Discover genetics with this site; it includes easy-to-understand information and review quizzes for students and teachers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/18258/index2.htm

DNA From the Beginning
http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/index.html

Genetic Science Learning Center
http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/

Kids Only! from geneCRC Games, puzzles, and answers to questions for kids.
http://www.genecrc.org/site/ko/index_ko.htm

The Museum of Science and Industry-Chicago http://www.msichicago.org/ Genetics: Decoding Life
http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/genetics/hp_index.html

*NOVA online: Cracking the Code of Life
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/genome/

This page last updated on January 10, 2003.