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Renewable Energy Plants in Your Gas Tank: From Photosynthesis to Ethanol

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the role photosynthesis plays in plant survival.  In this renewable energy instructional activity students document their observations and analyze and interpret their results. 
Interactive
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Higher Cells Incorporate an Ancient Chromosome

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Chromosomes contain keys to history including links from royalty to Neanderthals. Young scientists learn about Ivan Wallin's research into chromosomes with an animation and videos. Then, the concept connects to mysteries related to...
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Heating and Cooling a Really Large Lizard

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Remind your middle school scientists how fox ear size varies depending on the climate they live in; large ears allow heat loss while small ears keep heat in. Discuss how a cold-blooded animal might try to regulate body temperature. Then...
PPT
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Energy and Metabolism - Photosynthesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Although the title slide says that this is a reading check, valuable and applicable information is included in this presentation that you can use in your biology class. Foster an understanding of photosynthesis with the notes, graphs,...
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Cells Vocabulary List and Definitions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this cells worksheet, students learn the important vocabulary pertaining to cell biology. Students read 14 words with their definitions. There are no questions to answer.
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Curated OER

Photocells II: The Photoelectric Effect in Photocells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the principles of atomic structure that underlie the operation of a photovoltaic cell and explains how they apply to a photovoltaic cell's operation. An area of the classroom is staked off to represent a...
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Robot Earth

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils construct a simple robotic energy transformer. In this space science lesson, students explain how energy is transformed from one form to another. They identify the different uses of robotic devices.
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Curated OER

ACTIVE TRANSPORT ACROSS THE PLASMA MEMBRANE

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students comprehend that energy is required to move substances across the cell membrane against the concentration gradient.
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"SMART" Science

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore science topics using a SMART board. In this respiration lesson plan, 7th graders see how and why cells use cellular respiration. They see a cellular respiration recipe on the SMART board and watch as the cells...
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Heat and Electrical Resistance

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover electrical resistance and how it is directly related to thermal energy through a hands-on activity. Working in groups, they wrap a wire around a thermometer and the positive and negative poles of a D cell battery and...
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Heat and electrical resistance (Middle, Science)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work in teams to create electrical resistance when studying heat and thermal energy.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Basic Units of Life

For Students 6th - 12th
In this cells learning exercise, students will review vocabulary words and information relating to the structure and function of plant and animal cells. This learning exercise has 10 crossword puzzle questions, 6 multiple choice, 4 short...
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"What If?" A Jigsaw Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in groups, consider a scenario in which some structure of a cell has been changed. They explore how structural change affects the function of a cell and create a visual aid to illustrate their observations.
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Food Chains

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students create their own food chains on Kidspiration starting from the energy of the sun and what it creates. In this food chains lesson plan, students learn about how insects eat plants and so on.
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Plugged in to CO2

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students use a meter to measure the energy used and carbon produced by electronics and appliances. In this environmental science and technology lesson, students use a Kill-A-Watt meter to determine the electricity used by everyday...
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Build a Simple Ammeter

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Learners build and work with a simple ammeter to test theories on why solar cells connected in parallel produce more current that in series. Students use the ammeter to indicate the presence, direction, and strength of an electric...
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Aerobic vs. Anaerobic Respiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars define aerobic and anaerobic respiration. They compare and contrast the processes of aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Students identify organisms that use the processes of aerobic and anaerobic to synthesize energy from...
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Carnegie Mellon University

Understanding Electricity Mix Tradeoffs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Use the accompanying presentation and colorful technology sheets to introduce your class to the 10 different energy technologies. Connect kids to an interactive computer tool that allows them to combine different types of power...
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Temperature and the Tomato

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You will need a photovoltaic system and monitor at your school in order to obtain all of the data required to thoroughly implement this lesson plan. Your class monitors daily temperature and insolation amounts over a two week span of...
Worksheet
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Science Crossword Puzzles: Life Science

For Students 4th - 7th
Review some simple life science terms using this short and simple crossword puzzle. Young scientists find 6 terms about photosynthesis and other life science topics using provided clues and then plug them into a crossword.
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Energy Extravaganza

For Teachers 10th
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...
Worksheet
Curated OER

How Cells Do Their Jobs

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cells learning exercise, students will review cell characteristics and structure and different types of cells and what role they play in the body. Students will investigate experimental results of the influence of sucrose on the...
Worksheet
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A View of the Cell

For Students 7th - 12th
In this cell worksheet, learners will match 13 vocabulary words relating to cells to the correct definition. The cell vocabulary words cover all the parts of the cell plus eukaryotes, and prokaryotes.
Worksheet
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Control of the Cell Cycle

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cell cycle learning exercise, students will study genetic factors and environmental factors that affect the cell cycle. Students will use this idea map to complete 4 short answer questions.

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