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Genes, Health and Society

An interactive, web-based course that explores the rapidly evolving world of genetics and genomics. Currently, offered free of charge for professional development credit.

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Short Course Content Modules

Interactive, in depth science content presented to provide learning opportunity on a variety of science topics. A certificate for "contact hours" is available upon completion of each module (range from 6 to 20 hours).

Focus on 15 discoveries that have advanced and shaped our understanding of genetics over the past 150 years.

From Scitable by Nature Education.

Seminal Experiments in Genetics
Bench to Blackboard

Focus on key advances in the field of genetics over the last 20 years including breakthroughs that permitted large-scale genetic analyses of organisms and populations.

From Scitable by Nature Education.

Key Advances in Genetics
Bench to Blackboard

Lesson Demonstration Workshops

Free, web-based, "anytime, anywhere," demonstration workshops detailing how to conduct a variety of science inquiry lessons. A certificate for "contact hours" is available upon completion of each workshop (range from 1 to 6 hours).

Focus on how to teach students about the role of nutrients in our bodies.

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Food and Fitness

Science Content Workshops

Free, web-based, "anytime, anywhere," workshops which help the learner gain deeper content knowledge on a variety of topics. A certificate for "contact hours" is available upon completion of each workshop (range from 1 to 6 hours).

Discover substances found in "normal" indoor air and how the quality of indoor air relates to our health. (Six contact hours of professional development)

Environmental Health: Indoor Air Pollution

Focus on water's unique physical properties make it the most important compound on Earth from several perspectives.

Physical Science of Water

Focus on background information elementary and middle school educators will find helpful when introducing students to genes and inherited traits.

Genes and Inherited Traits

Collections and Lecture Series: Presentations on Related Topics

Sponsored by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute. A series of content presentations by eminent leaders in the field of space life science focusing on solving a variety of health issue for those traveling in space.

Symposium for Space Life Science

From Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. A series offering families, teachers and health care providers the most current information on care, education and research for a variety of genetic conditions

Evenings with Genetics