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- 6th - 12th
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Students identify parts of the eye and their functions through participating in a cow's eye dissection lab. They investigate vision problems and diseases, focusing on their causes, and how abnormal vision can be aided with technology. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine if brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop more readily in an environment which has an acid or a basic pH. They evaluate the pH level which is optimal for the hatching and development of brine shrimp. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students determine the optimal temperature at which brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop. They evaluate the changes, if any, which occur in a brine shrimp culture at various temperatures. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain why dissolved oxygen is important in aquatic ecosystems. They evaluate the optimal dissolved oxygen levels for living organisms. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students investigate the world of bees and describe their characteristics. by identifying the bees' parts, they demonstrate how these parts function. In the lab, students dissect bees and view the various parts under microscopes. Interdisciplinary activities include: constructing bee hive models, measuring and weighing bees, recording bee sounds, and writing bee stories and poems. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct an experiment to control the breeding of Japanese Medaka fish. They collect the fertilized eggs, and daily view and record the fish's embryological development to compare the stages to human development. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students witness various stages of mitosis through preparing onion root tip slides. With teacher guidance, they learn a great deal through the hands-on process of preparing the slides themselves. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students gather mosquito eggs to record the mosquito life cycle using drawings, descriptions, and any other appropriate means. In small groups, they analyze and describe the process of complete metamorphosis. They classify mosquitoes from Kingdom through subfamilies. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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The students will design a lab to test the mechanism that triggers spore dispersal. They should have some clues after making observations of the life cycle. Part of the fun here is to let the students devise a method for testing this mechanism and be able to repeat the protocol with similar results. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the spherical protoplasts of plants. Students observe that plant cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall. Students plasma membranes, solutes and organelles. Full Review »

