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Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Life Science Concepts for Middle School
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based, multi-media textbook covering a wide variety of Biological science concepts for middle grades.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: teach.genetics: Introduction to Heredity
A three-day unit introduces heredity by helping students identify their own genetic traits and then leading them in an exploration of generational traits and variation. Find printable worksheets, data tables, and graphs, as well as...
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Ck 12: Life Science for Middle School
This digital textbook covers core life science concepts and includes interactive features, real-world examples, and videos.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 13.11 Molecular Genetics Overview
Learn genetics and inheritance works on a molecular level.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.16 Genetic Disorders
Learn about some human genetic disorders.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Curriculum Center: Science
The Discovery Channel provides numerous topics that are the most popular science topics taught in upper elementary and middle school. Content is organized by topics (Bacteria, Oceans, Solar System, etc.); all topics include quick facts,...
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Ck 12: Life Science: 10.25 Primates and Humans
Understand the genetic similarities between humans and primates.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.2 Mendel's Laws
Understand the basics behind Mendelian genetics.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.1 Pea Plants
Understand why Gregor Mendel was the father of the field of genetics, which seeks to explain how traits are passed on from one generation to the next.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Science Ambassador Fellowship: Lesson Plans
This site gives many lesson plans for teaching middle and high school students about current and relevant science topics like autism, ADHD, Diabetes, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, birth defects, genetics, and more. The lessons are based on...
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Ck 12: Life Science: 5.1 Viruses
Understand the genetics and characteristics of viruses.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.21 Agriculture
Learn how biotechnology can alter crops to change many different phenotypes of plants.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.19 Human Genome
See how the human genome project sequenced all 3 billion bases that make up our DNA and identified within this code more than 20,000 human genes.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 4.8 Hardy Weinberg
Understand the conditions required for the Hardy-Weinberg model in evolution.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 13.9 Translation
Understand the process of reading the mRNA code in the ribosome to make a protein during translation.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.3 Punnett Squares
See how a Punnett square is a special tool used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 1.2 Fields in the Life Sciences
Explore some different areas of study in the life sciences.