Table 2.
Mathematical biology education modules
| Series name | # in series | URL | Institution | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ES+EEM | 39 | www.bioquest.org/esteem/index.php | BioQUEST | Basic biology; spreadsheets |
| Microbes Count! | 40+ | www.bioquest.org/microbescount | BioQUEST | Microbiology |
| Bedrock | 170 | http://bioquest.org/bedrock/participant_projects.php | BioQUEST | Bioinformatics; contributions from conference participants–quality may vary |
| Case It! | 12 | http://caseit.uwrf.edu/caseit.html | BioQUEST | Molecular biology; case studies |
| ICBL | 40+ | http://bioquest.org/icbl/cases.php | BioQUEST | Various |
| BIRDD | 1 | http://bioquest.org/birdd/index.php | BioQUEST | Evolution |
| MathBench Biology Modules | 28 | www.mathbench.umd.edu | Univ. of Maryland | Basic biology; 10–20 page html + interactive modules |
| Symbiosis Project | 10 | www.etsu.edu/biology/symbiosis/index.htm | ETSU | Basic biology; each module is 10 lectures + wet lab + dry lab |
| Robert Kosinski | Clemson | Biobytes for sale with textbook | ||
| HHMI Virtual Labs | 5 | www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs | Univ. of Tulsa | Simulated labs |
| ILAPS | www.ilaps.utulsa.edu | Univ. of Tulsa | ||
| PLTL(Peer-led Team Learning) | 12 | www.pltl.org | Univ. of Miami | Various; intended as student workshop material |
| Lou Gross | 40+ | www.tiem.utk.edu/∼gross/bioed/modulelist.html | Univ. of Tennessee | Basic biology; short text + a few problems |
| Connected Calculus | 10 | www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/materials/biology.html | Duke | Population dynamics |
| PostCALC | 7 | www.math.duke.edu/education/postcalc | Duke | Various |
| CCP (Connected Curriculum Project) | 10 | www.math.duke.edu/education/ccp/materials/biology.html | Duke | Various (calculus) |
| Patterns in Nature | 80+ | http://polymer.bu.edu/ogaf | Boston Univ. | Fractals; hands-on or interactive |
| Java for Probability | 10 | www.math.csusb.edu/faculty/stanton/m262/index.html | Probability; interactive online demonstrations | |
| Probability by Surprise! | 10 | www-stat.stanford.edu/∼susan/surprise | Stanford | Probability; interactive online demonstrations |
| Kimball's Biology Pages | http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages | Retired from Harvard | Basic biology; open-source textbook, some nice mathematical examples | |
| Epidemiology Modules | 5 | http://science.kennesaw.edu/∼mburke/modules | Kennesaw State Univ. | Epidemiology; same material at 5 levels of mathematical sophistication |
| Water on the Web | 15 | http://waterontheweb.org/curricula/bs/bs_index.html | Univ. of Minnesota | Water resources; virtual data-gathering and interpretation |