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- Grade Range
- 5th - 6th
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Students recognize that cells cannot easily be seen by the naked eye, and become familiar with the use of microscopes as a tool for investigation. They identify and label the major organelle of the plant and animal cell. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students distinguish the differences betwee the organelle shapes, size, and distinguishing factors. They place the correct organelles in the appropriate cell, plants or animals. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
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Students uncover data about cell division in this three lesson unit. Hands-on activities, labs, technology, and a few "tricks-of- the trade" enhance the concepts being explored. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students analyze sample organisms and write down their characterisitics. They identify the organisms using a dichotomous key. Then they create their own organisms and give them characteristics. They create dichotomous keys which will be used by their classmates to identify the new organisms. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read and discuss an article about genetic ancestry and genetic ancestry testing. They complete a paper and pencil activity that mimics the function of a DNA microarray and consider the ethics of genetic testing in medical research. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students investigate about mitosis, meiosis and cell differentiation and their purposes and implications in the development and functioning of multicellular organisms. Students use individual journaling and a variety of hands-on activities summarized by group discussions. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students work in teams to order events of DNA transcription and translation protein synthesis. In the second lesson, they put the steps of mitosis and meiosis in order using a concept map poster. They use modeling clay to create models of cells undergoing these changes. In the third lesson, students create Punnett squares, and participate in an interactive lecture on genes, alleles, traite and geno/pheno types. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th
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Students investigate specialized structures in both plants and animals. They relate structure to function, as they determine why the specialization is necessary and useful to the living organisms involved. They use microscopes to look at cells and they investigate the differences between different types of cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students are put in groups of 6 to 8, and they are given 20-30 minutes to write, design, direct, and block out (determine location and movement) a skit that illustrates the function of a sarcomere, and all the steps involved in its contraction and relaxation. Each students must have a speaking part, with no one person dominating the performance. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
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Students discuss anomalies in nature and science. They discuss times that anomalies led to the collection of data that explained the phenomena and contributed to changing scientific understandings. Students work in groups to research different aspects of evolutionary theory. Full Review »
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