Resources

  • We will post a variety of resources from this page that can help you to understand our products, UDL, and how to apply for a local grant to get the funding to purchase our products.

    • Web Resources

    • The UDL Center:  This website is excellent for learning more about UDL.  It includes tutorials that step through the theory of UDL.
    • The National Science Foundation website.  There are a lot of really cool resources at the NSF, from wallpaper and screen savers for your computer to videos.
    • Daily science news from Science360.  This is a website put together by the NSF, so it has trusted content.  There's a cool image each day and a radio news program.  You can sign up if you want to receive a daily e-mail from Science360 from this page if you want.  There's usually something good every day.
    • The American Biology Teacher journal.  This peer-reviewed journal supported by the National Association of Biology (NABT) teachers is full of ideas of how to teach biology concepts.  Many articles are free, and all are free to NABT members.  It also published a classroom materials review of our Mitosis Sequencing Kit in May of 2011 and a classroom materials review of our Molecular Puzzles in April of 2012.

    Video Links

    You can find our newest videos embedded in the Cell Zone Videos page that can be found on the left button bar, and you can link to any of our videos within You Tube from here.
    Dynamic Cell Model Videos:
    • How-to video for assembling the chloroplasts of the Dynamic Cell Models.
    • Video that explains the importance of having three plastid types (chloroplasts, chromoplasts, and amyloplasts) in the Dynamic Cell Model Kit.
    • Using the Dynamic Cell Models to model a green plant cell (Elodea).
    • Using the Dynamic Cell Models to model an animal cell (cheek cell).
    • Using the Dynamic Cell Models to model a colored plant cell (red pepper).
    • Using the Dynamic Cell Models to model a starchy plant cell (banana).
    • Video that explains the two sizes of amyloplasts and how the kit components can assemble into a whole organelle or be used as halves.
    • Video introduction to the components of the Dynamic Cell Models.
    Molecular Puzzle Videos:  A quick overview video of the components of the Molecular Puzzle Kit.

    Mitosis Sequencing Kit Videos:  An video introduction to the Mitosis Sequencing Kit

    General How-To Video:  How-to video for making a variety of wet mounts.

    Sample grants

    Many school districts have parent organizations that accept grant applications from teachers for materials they need.  We know that it can be difficult to juggle all the work of teaching along with writing a grant, especially if you have never written a grant before.  Therefore, we will be posting some sample grants that you can use toward your own application.  Certainly, every school district has its own rules, regulations, and formats for grants, but you can always reformat what we provide and add whatever specific requirements your district requires.  The following sample grants will become available soon.  Come back to find active links to the sample grants.

    • Sample grant for a full set of all our products
    • Sample grant for Dynamic Cell Models
      • for your classroom only
      • for multiple classrooms
    • Sample grant for Molecular Puzzles
      • for your classroom only
      • for multiple classrooms
    • Sample grant for Mitosis Sequencing Kits
      • for your classroom only
      • for multiple classrooms

    Other companies & programs that have innovative classroom materials, UD materials and/or support Cell Zone:

    • 3D Molecular Designs:  This company offers many options for students to learn about how biological molecules, especially proteins, fold into their 3-dimensional shapes.  They are also the only source for buying Toobers (like the membranes and cell walls in the Dynamic Cell Models) for your teaching needs.  This company is run by teachers for teachers.
    • Project Lead the Way:  This privately-funded program is working to increase interest in STEM for middle and high school students.  They are currently planning on including our Molecular Puzzles in their curriculum.
    • Science Take-Out:  Science Take-Out science kits provide hands-on science activities that are ready-to-go for the classroom.  This company is run by teachers for teachers.
    • Gibco:  This company supplies excellent products for cell and molecular biology research.  They are planning an educational campaign this winter through their Gibco Giving Forward program that will include our Cell Zone products.
    • Edvotek:  excellent wet lab kits and equipment for biotechnology and molecular biology for high school and college classes.
    • DNA Depot:  wet lab kits for learning about biotechnology and molecular biology for home schoolers.
    • Swift Microscopes:  Swift not only sells a variety of microscopes for the classroom but they also sell a range of affordable digital cameras that attach to the microscopes for use by students or the teacher.
    • Diversified Woodcrafts:  This lab furniture company has developed a Universal Design lab bench add-on.  This UD table, called the ARM (for Adjustable Rotating Mechanism), reconfigures any lab to accommodate students with disabilities or students with a range of heights.