Check out these great education resources.

The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an evolving online research created by the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole. The ultimate goal is to develop a comprehensive resource that covers all the species of the world. Entries exist for multiple reading levels, from elementary to graduate student.

The NASA Astrobiology Institute contains great resources that deal with the origin of life and the search for microbial life on other planets. Central to this effort is the study of microbial life on earth.

Visit the North American Mycological Association (NAMYCO) site to find lesson plans about fungi.

For some marine bio, check out the NOAA Ocean Explorer site and venturedeepocean.org.

The Inner Life of a Cell video is an awesome 3D video on cell processes.

The Access Excellence site has historically been a great site for quality lesson materials.

Check out the What are Microbial Mats? site for some information on these layered microbial communities.

If you are interested in some inquiry-based case studies, take a look at Detectives in the Classroom.

The NCBI site allows you to search for academic publications, DNA sequences, and protein sequences. Students can use a feature called BLAST to enter a particular DNA sequence and the database will retrieve the organisms with the closest matches.

ScienceDaily.com contains up-to-date articles that are hierarchically arranged by subject.

Science4Kids.com contains articles that are a great starting place for kids when starting research projects.

The Camp Science Investigators program at Hampshire College is an innovative summer camp for middle and high school students that involves medical forensic case studies, robotics, and expeditionary learning.  Birdley resources have been used in the Lego Mindstorms component.

The Teacher Education Program (TEP) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education trains students to become innovative teacher-leaders in urban settings.  A recent addition is their new math/science scholarship program.

The Rustle the Leaf website contains humorous Environmental Comics and Lesson Plans, featuring the "Rustle" cast.

The site of Scott McCloud, one of the foremost minds in comics, provides online "inventions," links to other online comics, and information on his work as a cartoonist and author.

For some marine bio, check out the NOAA Ocean Explorer.