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Eukaryotic Cell Structure
In this biology worksheet, students complete 20 fill in the blank questions about eukaryotic cells. They identify the parts and functions of cell organelles.
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Integrating Biology: The Elements in Your Body
In this body elements worksheet, students read about the chemical make-up of the human body and answer questions about the elements.
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AP: Chapter 41: Animal Nutrition
Ms. Foglia has created another comprehensive biology worksheet that you can use with your advanced learners. The topic is animal nutrition and the digestive system. Questions address nutrients and deficiencies, stages of food processing,...
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Photosynthesis: Life from Light and Air
All aspects of the photosynthesis process, and the way that plants have adapted with specializations are detailed here. The diagrams and info-graphics will be useful to your AP biology class. It could also be used as a review...
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Water Balance & Nitrogenous Waste Removal
Examine the structures of the kidney and then define the functions of the specialised structures. Every will find this powerpoint engaging, many of the images will present facts such as osmolarity of interstitial fluid and the...
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Regulating the Internal Environment
This presentation begins with the many problems multicellular organisms which rely on diffusion encounter. There are many diagrams of mammalian organ structures, and they are labelled with their relevant functions. This an excellent...
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Elements Found in Living Things
For this elements worksheet, students review the most common elements found in living things. Students color in two pictures with the percentages of the elements found in that living thing.
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Enzyme Lab
Learners examine the effects of specific enzymes on samples of liver tissue, muscle tissue (chicken), apples, and potatoes.
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Energy Extravaganza
Tenth graders study how cells and organisms acquire and release energy through photosynthesis and cellular respiration. They explain that living organisms use matter and energy to synthesize a variety of organic molecules and they will...
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The Chemicals of Living Cells
Designed to be a study guide or self assessment for high school biologists, the worksheet has good questions about cell chemistry, but would need to be reformatted if you want your kids to write their answers on the paper. There are also...
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Enzymes
This multiple-choice and short-answer enzyme quiz would work well as a pre-post test in any biology class. To differentiate, use it as a group quiz with learners paired up to discuss each question.
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Lesson 3: Nutrition, Labeling and Packaging
Students explore basic nutrition concepts to help them select healthy diet, evaluate food intake, discuss major food labeling issues, design labels for food products, examine history of food packaging development and how packaging...
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What's Outside the Cell Membrane ?
Students examine the cell coats (matrix) of chondrocytes and fibroblasts and observe these cells actively exclude particles which are released around them. They observe the function of the cell membrane as a gatekeeper as it prevents...
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Molecular Modeling
Students recognize that the fundamental building block of all organic and inorganic matter is the atom. They construct models of a sugar, fatty acid, amino acid and nucleic acid and describe their roles.
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Moore S Word Search Puzzle 1
For this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Macromolecules of Life: The Overview
Get a tour of the four basic biological macromolecules structure and function in this tutorial. Learn about carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Molecular Level of Genetics
Investigate the four categories of biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids in this resource.
University of Arizona
University of Arizona/biochemistry
Tutorial provides an overview of the structural features of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Organic Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Browsing Biochemistry
Here you can learn about biochemistry, the chemistry of the living world. Content explores carbohydrates, lipids, amino acid structure and proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, and metabolism.
Other
Hypertextbook: Large Molecules
This is a good, in-depth reference for the study of macromolecules in biology - lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. Includes images and links to other sources as well as a quiz for students to check understanding.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Connections Between Cellular Respiration and Other Pathways
Resource examines how non-glucose molecules such as carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids enter the cellular respiration pathway. Also, looks at the use of cellular respiration intermediates for biosynthesis.
Bryn Mawr College
Serendip: Who Took Jerell's I Pod? An Organic Compound Mystery
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Who Took Jerell's iPod? lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students are challenged to solve a mystery by testing for...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Tree of Life's Molecules
An interactive activity where you can zoom in to explore the macromolecules present in organisms. Learn about proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acid as you investigate the molecular structure of these types of macromolecules....