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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Nature of Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online course, students look at the big ideas and themes of biology and review how these ideas are used to develop scientific inquiry and research.
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Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biology: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover what evolution is through a case study of a Hawaiian snail species' survival. [7:20]
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: The Nature of Science: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer five comprehension check questions about the nature of science in this interactive quiz.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Evolution and the Nature of Science Institutes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of classroom lessons to help high school biology teachers teach evolution and the nature of science. This highly lab-oriented module is a very useful evolution and deep-time teaching site.
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Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biology and the Scientific Method Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review your knowledge of the nature of science as it relates to biology.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Evolutionary Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students investigate evolutionary biology.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, online lab activities, virtual simulations, and video clips, students study the concepts of biological evolution.
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Indiana University

Indiana U./ensi Sensi/better Biology Teaching

For Students 9th - 10th
The paper "Better Biology Teaching by EmphasizingEvolution & the Nature of Science" includes Modern Science & Uncertainty as one of the four major themes the authors advocate in the teaching of biology.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Around the World With Dna

For Students 3rd - 8th
Pack your bags and go around the world with scientists from the American Museum of Natural History whose research into the DNA of different animal species takes them into the field.
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PBS

Kqed Quest: A Different Kind of Science and Nature Adventure

For Students 9th - 10th
A multimedia offering for teachers and learners to explore the latest science, nature, and environment stories.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Science Technicians

For Students 9th - 10th
Review information about what it's like to be a science technician. Includes details about expected salary and working conditions.
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Natural Selection in Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
How natural selection works at the level of genes, alleles, genotypes, & phenotypes.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Basics of Science Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the key terms and basic concepts needed for an intro to science unit.
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US Department of Energy

U.s. Department of Energy: Office of Science

For Students 9th - 10th
The Office of Energy Research, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, conducts energy research in various subjects from biological and environmental issues to nuclear physics, and results are published here.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Course Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to Environmental Science, an interdisciplinary field of study that integrates the biological and physical sciences in an effort to understand environmental systems, and the solutions to both man-made and natural...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Many Seeds Do Different Types of Fruit Produce?

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you like your strawberry jelly with or without the seeds? Are you glad to have a seed-free watermelon, or do you enjoy spitting the seeds into the garden? You might not like to find seeds in your fruit, but fruit is nature's way of...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Making Species Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
Conservation biologists know which places are important to protect. How nature guides know which animals can be found in which places, are made possible partly by conservation biology. This experiment allows you to discover how maps can...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete, interactive course where students analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Biology: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice exercise on natural selection. This is new content.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Natural Selection

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The theory of evolution by natural selection means that the inherited traits of a population change over time. Inherited traits are features that are passed from one...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do you ever wonder why some birds are big like ostriches and some birds are small like robins? Or why a lion has a mane while a leopard has spots? In the 19th...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Mass Extinctions

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An organism goes extinct when all of the members of a species die out and no more members remain. Extinctions are part of natural selection. Species often go extinct...
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Other

Science Oxford Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Make connections between science, enterprise, and society here in this collection of articles and current science topics in the news. Find out how science makes connections with the daily life of human beings.