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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how hormones affect different tissues. In groups, they make their own hormone-receptor model and identify the characteristics of tissues that respone to the different hormones. To end the lesson, they examine the role that leptin plays in one's appetite. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students discuss diabetes, it causes, and old and current technology to control the disease. They discuss biomedical engineering and new technology to control the disease. The examine the various types of insulin delivery systems and demonstrate an understanding of each type of delivery system. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students encounter the use of percentages in the real world. The lesson begins with finding sales tax and discounts on purchases. Using 10 by 10 grids, students represent percent to develop conceptual understanding of the real world applications and relate fractional parts to the percentages. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore ecosystem enigmas. Pretending to be an ecologists, students solve ecosystem enigmas. They discuss human inventions and how they affect the ecosystem. Students participate in an activity to describe the relationship between predator and prey. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students explore biochemical reactions mediated by enzymes in an inquiry approach. They are given two questions about the types of living materials that contain the enzymes that break down hydrogen peroxide, and under what conditions the enzyme works best. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, analyze and discuss cleft lip, cleft palate, anencephaly, spina bifida and septal defects in the heart--well-known malformations that can occur in the first trimester of prenatal devalopment. They play the review game, Fetal Pursuit. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Using an inquiry approach to studying biochemical reactions, cooperative teams of students investigate hypotheses about living materials that contain enzymes which break down in hydrogen peroxide. They perform experiments, practice observational skills and report their findings orally to the class. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students demonstrate the processes of science by posing questions and investigating phenomena through language, methods and instruments of science. They study the body features or systems of several animals. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students trace a piece of food through the alimentary canal and differentiate between mechanical and chemical digestion in several different hands-on activities related to digestion. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the purpose and function of the police uniform. They conduct research using a variety of resources. The information is used in order to focus upon the history and hold relevant class discussions. Students explain why officers must carry an ID card at all times. Full Review »
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