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A university program exposes middle school and high school students to sophisticated DNA research. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students demonstrate the basic principles of taxonomy and the characteristics of the major genera, demonstrate how organisms are classified and named, and explain and apply the concepts of taxonomy as opposed to memorizing names of animals. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students explore the health problems associated with improper diet and analyze their own nutritional habits. Full Review »
This is a unit on biotechnology whose primary goal is todemystify biotechnology and bring it to the level where a literate citizen can understand its principles, general techniques, and potential applications. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students carry out a series of experiments using self-locking plastic baggies. Each experiment demonstrates a phenomenon or principle of biotechnology. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students simulate foraging by searching for and gathering toothpicks. Feeding Facilitation is an attempt to show the relationship between energy costs of foraging and predator avoidance with flocking behavior and their relationship to evolution. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read documentation about microorganisms in agriculture and share what they've read with partners. They taste samples of yogurt and describe the yogurt making process. They experiment with fermenting milk to recreate the yogurt making process. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students take a pre-test to show their prior knowledge of dinosaurs. Using the internet, they reasearch the time period in which they roamed the Earth. Focusing on the area of Connecticut, they compare and contrast the large and small dinosaurs in which bones were found. To end the lesson, they make dinosaur footprints out of clay or plaster. Full Review »
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- 11th - Higher Ed
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Students explore how an oil spill is contained and cleaned up. They investigate an oil absorbing polymer that is hydrophobic, absorbs up to 19 times its own weight in nonpolar liquids, floats on water, and can be reused or disposed of by incineration or burial in accordance with local regulation. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students use a variety of links provided on the page to explore Dimensional analysis. They first read a documents designed to teach new material, then they take a short quiz. Following this review, students use the Internet to find and work problems. Full Review »
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