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- 6th - 12th
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Students act as medical researchers and investigate the development of artificial heart, heart assist devices and other advancements in cardiology. They report their findings, both orally and visually, to their 'colleagues' at a conference. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore natural selection. They explore the concepts of adaptations, and the way which random factors affect the survival of individuals and populations. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students use quadrat method to survey and compare plant and animal populations that exist in natural and artificial ecosystems on the school ground or in the local community. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students get a look into the life of dogs-from their origins and basic biology, through selective breeding, and into how dogs have become intricate parts of everyday life for many people worldwide. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine how the movements of bones are dependent on the interaction of pairs of muscles. They design and construct a prototype of an artificial limb using a syringe system, and determine whether water or air makes the appendage more efficient. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students are introduced to the topic of adaptation and discuss how various animals adapt to their environment. In groups, they participate in a simulation in which they are selected based on criteria. They discuss the results and relate it to actual examples. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students brainstorm a list of improvements they might make to a picture of a skinny cow to improve its milk yield. They draw ideas on the board and compare these pictures with the original and ask the students which cow they would use to produce calves if they were a farmer. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students solve the following problem concerning the evolution of seed color in pinto bean plants: "How does natural selection change the frequency of genes or traits over many generations?" They use the constructivist approach to studying as they work in teams to design and conduct an experiment that solves this natural selection "problem." Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students examine the problem concerning the evolution of seed color in pinto bean plants "How does natural selection change the frequency of genes or traits over many generations"? Students work in teams to design an experiment that solves the problem. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are explained that they are going to create a large-scale time line, called "The History of the Science of Evolution." They are explained that the time line should consist of dates and, above or below the dates, which provides details about the people who played major roles in advancing about the evolution of plants and animals. Full Review »