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- 6th - 8th
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Students read charts and compare the environmental impacts of vehicles powered by different fuels, the pollution of different modes of transportation, and different kinds of power plants. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students study why plants are green and how water is transported in them. They examine how plants respond to different amounts of light. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the course of an HIV infection as a transmissible virus. Though HIV/AIDS is an epidenic, the lesson focusses on it as a preventable disease. Both T cell and B cell mediated immune responses are examined. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine DNA replication and how proteins are synthesized from DNA codes and continue to explore the effects of genetics in additional lessons. Among the topics covered are: protein synthesis, cell chemistry, environmental factors, as well as various laboratory experiments. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students study the heart and the circulatory system. They practice taking their pulse. They create a model of blood cells and squeeze tennis balls to demonstrate just how hard the heart muscle works. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research process necessary to add local or state law limiting such driving distractions as cell phones or other technological devices, interview city leaders or legislators, research areas that already have such legislation and whether it is successful, and create chart to show legal process involved in creating new laws. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students identify safe driving practices and discuss new vocabulary to go along with it. They compare and contrast safe driving practices in the U.S. and the students' native countries. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the current legal status of fetal tissue transplantation. Students engage in a role play discussion of a specific case study. Students explore the ethical controversies surrounding this procedure. Students formulate and defend an opinion. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students distinguish between active and passive transport. Students identify key words associated with active and passive transport. They draw and explain the structure f the cellular membrane. They are able to define phospholipid bilayer, hydrophilic, and hydrophobic. Students discuss diffusion which is an example of passive transport. Full Review »

