+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Human Development: The First Trimester & Developmental Malformations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Embryological Development Using Medaka Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and record major events that occur in the development of Medaka fish eggs from fertilization to hatching. In small group, students describe the processes involved, creating a timeline of the major events in the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Experimentation with Teratogens on Zebrafish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare mitosis and meiosis with regard to chromosome number in parent cells versus daughter cells, types of cells produced, total number of cells produced, and the number of divisions. In groups, identify and differentiate the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science Fair Unit

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the scientific method. After choosing an approved science fair project, 8th graders go through the scientific method process. Students gather information to analyze data and evaluate a conclusion. They write a...
+
Organizer
Curated OER

Skeletal Structures

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students relate the location and the function of individual skeletal parts. Students identify and discuss skeletal differences between species. Students identify and define related terminology. Students individually complete a written...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Red Mangroves Of Southern Florida

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a unit plan to examine the ecological background for the Mangroves of southern Florida. They conduct research using print and computer technology sources. They use the information in a number of other extension...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain the difference between dominant and recessive genes, identify what causes differences in the traits of parents and their offspring, and explain how sex is determined. They will also improve their reading and...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classroom Identity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore fingerprints. In this finger prints lesson, students investigate how to classify fingerprints. Students study large pictures of fingerprints and circle the patterns they know how to identify. Students then take their own...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Puffin Patrol

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Bird diversity and the majestic puffin are the topics of today's activity. Children discuss and look at images of puffins, and then they use felt to put a puffin body together. After that they talk about what and how puffins eat. They...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Medical Consultation Role Play

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, with an emphasis on problem solving, students given a patient with some background information and symptoms. It is up to a pair of students to diagnose their patient and then inform the relatives of the patient about the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Behavior of Ants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use the steps of the Scientific Method to develop and test their own ideas through experimentation with ants.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Colorado Animals Newsletter and Directed Web Page

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students select a Colorado animal, develop a Directed Web page, and research their animal. Each member of the group combine their research and develop a Newsletter.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Liver Roulette: Who Gets the Liver?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students complete various exercises and activities as they examine the procedures involved in organ transplants and the ethical issues surrounding organ donations.
+
Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Frog Dissection Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Check out these lesson plans for both actual and virtual frog dissections.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Our Lifeline Pump

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, in groups, the exterior and interior of the human heart.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does Human Respiration Relate to Radon?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the role of human respiration and how it relates to radon. They identify damage to the lung from the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen. They work together to complete a lab activity and worksheet.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prosthetic Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research characteristics of different body parts. Students design and sketch a prosthetic they developed. They share their idea with the class and complete a worksheet.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Viruses and Host Evolution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research viruses and their effects on the evolution of a rabbit population. They complete a teacher created worksheet of questions on their research. They present their research to classmates.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mechanism of Our Eyes

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students study the eye as the organ of vision, They look at a drawing of the eyes and study the names of the parts. While working with a partner, they observe what happens when the lights are turned lower and lower. Finally, they look at...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Microscope

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this microscope instructional activity students explore the compound light microscope. Students discover techniques concerning cleaning, storage and proper use of the microscope. Students discover the working parts of the compound...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Sticks Can Make You Sick

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils study adhesins and their receptors.  In this science inquiry lesson students experiment to find adherence and use agglutination to identify adhesins. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jumpy Dolls

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are challenged to design and construct a jointed figure that moves in a motion something like jumping jacks when a string is pulled.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building a Clay Neuron

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners investigate and then build neurons in this lesson. They are examined as key parts of the brain and nervous system and seen as different from normal cells.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Agarose Gel DNA Quantitation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine agarose gels to compare a known DNA sample to an unknown sample to determine the quantity and size of an unknown DNA sample.

Other popular searches