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Curated OER

Classification of Cerealites

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a dichotomous key. In this categorizing lesson, students create a dichotomous key for different types of cereal. Middle schoolers classify the cereal into groups such as flakes and cereal with holes. Students...
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Biology Pages

Kimball's Biology Pages: Self Incompatibility: How Plants Avoid Inbreeding

For Students 9th - 10th
Since evolution favors genetic variability what prevents pollen from fertilizing its own eggs? This effective site presents answers to this question.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Chestnut Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...