We thank Leena Pranikay, Joan Griswold, MIT, Reitha Weeks, PhD, and Jennifer M. Pang, PhD, for their assistance in program development and implementation and their review of the manuscript components. We also thank Lee Weigt, PhD, and Amy Driskell, PhD, of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, for their assistance in the development of the DNA barcoding laboratory protocols for use with teachers and students. Thanks also to the scientist and student curriculum reviewers: Brian Fox, PhD, a senior scientist of computational biology at Novo Nordisk; Mette Peters, PhD, then a director at the Institute of Translational Health Sciences at the University of Washington; and Carol Farris, PhD, then a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics at the University of Washington. Finally, we also thank the Bio-ITEST Advisory Board for their guidance and feedback and the teachers and students who made this research possible. This research was supported by the NSF ITEST program (DRL 0833779). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.