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1996 Access Excellence Collection An archive of the favorite classroom activities submitted by high school biology and life sciences teachers participating in the Access Excellence program. Agarose Gel DNA Quantitation Students will be looking at agaro Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students determine the limiting factors and carrying capacity in an environment and consider the competition that occurs between living things by playing a game. They act as bears trying to find shelter, food, and water cards then discover what happens when the resources run out. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students select a species of fish and research facts about this species. They illustrate the written report with a picture of their chosen fish. The illustration may be labeled with body parts and background typical of the fish habitat. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students create visual puns. They draw the name of bird from a basket and then create a visual pun illustration based on the bird's name. Students evaluate their drawing using a rubric and then present their work to the class. Full Review »
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- 1st - 9th
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Students discover art that contains composite imagery and visual puns. They create their own picture of composite imagery and explain the visual pun. Students develop skills using the drawing media. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students explore the freshwater ecosystem of Africa's Lake Victoria by creating a freshwater aquarium. They investigate factors affecting the aquarium's ecosystem and conduct lab activities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine some of the different ecosystems that fish live in. While doing this they identify the species of fish and the ecological conditions needed for survival. Students use research resources to make fish cards that have information displayed on them. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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This lesson is designed to be used as part of an introductory biology course. It is formatted to be used in a 1.5 hour block period and should take place during a unit on evolution. Prior to this lesson, students will already have been introduced to Darwin's theory of evolution, along with the ideas of adaptation and natural selection. This lesson will give students the opportunity to review what they know about evolution, natural selection and adaptation. Full Review »