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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Life Sciences Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive, multiple choice quiz over life science careers. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Activity
Other

Clean Sweep u.s.a.: Energy to Burn [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th
This informative and interactive site examines how we can get power from garbage. Topics include: waste to energy plants, only ash remains, a bright idea, and more.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Cats, Dogs,and Dragons. Oh My!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a technology-based, hands-on Biology lesson on Heredity and Traits. Young scholars learn about the basics of Heredity through a virtual tour and then work to create their own dragon based on the inheritance of traits.(Adapted...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Examples of Mutualism

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the role of mutualism in an ecosystem and the different types, and provides examples.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Competitive Exclusion Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
The concept of competitive exclusion, explained here, states that two species cannot co-exist when needing the same, limited resources to survive. The different types are described and examples are provided.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Examples of Parasitism

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what parasitism is and provides a few examples of parasitic relationships.
Activity
University of Arizona

Ua: Large Molecules Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Understandable lessons about numerous aspects about the composition, function, and interactions of proteins. Each starts with an interactive quiz and links to a tutorial.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Translation involves translating the language of nucleotides to the language of amino acids. During this activity, translation in protein synthesis is explored along...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Introduction to Ecology

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explore the interactions animals have with the environment in this resource.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Food Webs

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A close look at how animals and the environment interact with one another and specifically how the feeding relationships in a food web.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Peripheral Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive lesson students will describe the two major divisions of the peripheral nervous system and their functions.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will learn to explain how the heart pumps blood throughout the body. Students will explain the composition of blood and will...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Urinary System

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this interactive tutorial students will explain how the urinary system filters blood and excretes wastes.
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Vision Learning

Vision Learning: Cells: Discovery and Basic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This module focuses on cell structure and how the organelles function together to form the smallest unit of life. The cell theory is also discussed along with the basics features of the cell. Site also includes an interactive practice...
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ligands & Receptors

For Students 9th - 10th
Article looks at different types of receptors and ligands, seeing how they interact to turn information from outside the cell into a change inside the cell.
Interactive
University of Arizona

Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Lung Development Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive activity designed for you understand the scientific method and how to analyze your data. A step-by-step and personalized experiment geared toward the topic of toxicology.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Cell Mitosis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a flipchart that goes through the stages of cell mitosis. The students will have the opportunity to view websites on cell mitosis. Students can also match the stages of mitosis with their...
Interactive
Other

Footprints Science: Cloning

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive demonstrates the cloning of the sheep Dolly.
Interactive
Other

Biology of the Goat: Skeleton

For Students 3rd - 5th
View the skeletal part of the goat and then test your knowledge on this interactive site. Immediate feedback provided.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Food Chains and Food Webs

For Students 4th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about food chains and food webs in an ecosystem.
Unit Plan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Ecology: Communities and Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of courses on communities and ecosystems. Some topics explored are productivity, food webs, and ecology. The courses offer video clips, lecture notes, practice problems, and exam questions. Practice problems and exam...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Competition

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecology is the study of how living organisms interact with each other and with their environment. Organisms interact with each other through various mechanisms, one...
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Clinical Correlates of P H Levels Problem Set

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module, you will learn how metabolic acidosis or alkalosis can arise and how these conditions shift the bicarbonate equilibrium. The body's compensatory mechanisms and treatment options are also discussed.
Unit Plan
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Cytoskeleton Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial you will discover that the cytoskeleton is both a muscle and a skeleton, and is responsible for cell movement, cytokinesis, and the organization of the organelles within the cell.