Bag of Cool Things
Hands-on science
3D printing ideas
Games and simulations
- VisualPDE: Interactive simulations Link
- Microscopya: Cell adventure game Link
- CellPAINT: Molecular painting Link
- BioNumbers: Biological measurements Link
- Flourish: Interactive charts and maps Link
- Tim Davison: Molecular visualization and VR Link
- Cellscape VR Biology Guided Tour Link
- HIV-1 Nucleoid: Molecular models Link
- Mesoscope@TSRI: Molecular modeling Link
- autoPACK and cellPACK: 3D molecular scenes Link
Art and storytelling
- Matteo Farinella: Science comics and illustrations Link
- Cartoon Science Link
- Kindra Crick: Science-inspired art Link
- PhDcartoon: Ashleigh Neill’s research illustrations Link
- The Objectivity of My Affection, Part 1 Link
- STEMarts Lab: Science-art installations Link
- Tagtool: Live drawing and animation Link
- PSYCHE Archive: Science Gallery Bengaluru Link
- Art of Science Learning Link
- Mind, Matter & Media Lab: Public installations Link
Resources for Science Communication
Reading and inspiration
- Reflections on Papers Past: Ecology and evolution interviews Link
- A Pedagogical Approach to Science Outreach Link
- Curiosity-Based Biophysics Projects Link
- Scientific Outreach: Toward Effective Public Engagement with Biological Science Link
- Fostering Student Engagement Link
- Science Educational Outreach Programs That Benefit Students and Scientists Link
- Temporal signals drive the emergence of multicellular information networks Link
- Doing With Understanding: Lessons From Research on Problem- and Project-Based Learning Link
- How and why do high school teachers use PhET interactive simulations? Link
- The Eighteenth Elephant: Physics, biology, and art blog Link
- Joseph D. Martin: History of science Link
- NPR: Brain cells in a lab dish learn to play Pong Link
Organizations
Funding
- Grants.gov: Federal funding opportunities Link