ActionBioscience.org
A Free Online Education Resource from AIBS
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ActionBioscience.org is a proven resource for K-12 and undergraduate educators as well as students and the general public. Since its creation in 2000, the Web site has attracted recognition for the high quality of its content and its ease of use. Scientific American awarded it a "best biology site" listing in 2003, and the previous year the US Department of Education's Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education gave it an educational quality award.
ActionBioscience.org includes a growing collection of topical, accessible articles by distinguished scientists, educators, and other writers on a wide range of biological subjects. The articles are organized into major subject themes in the biosciences that are of pressing scientific and societal impact. The site's current emphases are biodiversity, the environment, evolution, biotechnology, and genomics; a "new frontiers" section encompasses a variety of other topics at science's growing points, and an education section addresses advances in teaching. All content is peer-reviewed, and many articles are accompanied by lesson plans written by professional educators and keyed to US National Science Education Standards, with vetted links to teaching resources published online elsewhere. Many of the articles are translated into Spanish. E-mail alerts are sent out when new content goes online. Editorial oversight of ActionBioscience.org is provided by AIBS staff and an international editorial board of researchers and educators.
