Please pass the beetle dip. Publications on such topics as managing money, pruning raspberries, ag market news, and child rearing are among Extension's variety of online offerings. This site contains wealth of demographic information and other data about Iowa. Here's a good example of how the Web has entered the ISU classroom. Students in a meteorology class scrutinize on-line surface weather maps, satellite pictures and other data and submit forecasts via a daily Web quiz.
Alums are welcome to test their skills.
At username and password, type your e-mail address and any password desired. Biotechnology for the scientifically challenged. ISU's Office of Biotechnology teams with Extension to open the world of biotechnology to non-scientists. School teachers and others will find biotechnology news, resources, and lab experiments that include how to extract DNA from an onion and how to do DNA fingerprinting. Information on ISU's 20 intercollegiate sports is available in this space.