Students make models of protiens using wire and paperclips. They are given step by step instructions with lots of information about proteins throughout the directions. They make the three basic structual elements of proteins;...

Students compare and contrast key skeletal differences between chimpanzees and humans: brain size, teeth, hand and thumb, trunk, pelvis, lower limb, foot and big toe. They then sort and group a set of mixed "fossil bones" of chimpanzee...

Students record their blood types on a class graph and calculate the potential number of blood donors for each group.

Students explore Upham Woods at night and investigate about the special adaptations of nocturnal animals. They identify three nocturnal animals and how they are adapted to the night. Students explain what night vision is and how it works.

Students explore two pathways for information through the nervous system. The pathways for involuntary action or reflex and voluntary responses are built and related to the element of choice.

Young scholars examine the different parts of blood.  In this human blood lesson students work in groups and identify parts of blood and construct a model of human blood. 

In this biology lesson, students complete a crossword puzzle with 35 questions about viruses. They identify the different types of viruses and the diseases they bring.

Students analyze the causes of cancer from a genetic standpoint. They explain the increase in cancer with age and create a hypothesis for cancer development. They use the laws of probability as well.

Young scholars study the immune system. In this biology lesson plan, students explore illustrations that show how viruses can appear as foreign invaders in the blood. Young scholars also role play how the immune system responds to a virus.

Learners create tessellations. In this math lesson, students explore symmetry and patterns through the creation of a tessellation. Learners design and create their own tessellation.

In this botany worksheet, students read a 2 page article on botany, choose the multiple choice answer to 3 questions, determine if 3 statements are true of false and fill in the blanks in 5 facts about botany.

Students discuss the risks and benefits associated with biotechnology. In this biotechnology lesson plan, students discuss the role of genes in the body and brainstorm ethical issues relating to biotechnology. They read about an ethical...

Students study karyotyping, which is a process in which chromosomes are cut out from an enlarged picture and arranged in decreasing order of size. They use a template to arrange and glue chromosomes to data sheet, indicate sample code,...

Students examine the inheritance of ABO blood groups.  In this investigative lesson students perform a lab and show how natural selection can alter the gene frequencies in a population.

Students explain the uses of titration in chemistry and in industry. In this chemistry lesson, students determine the concentration of an unknown solution using titration. They calculate the percent of salt in saline solutions.

Young scholars read an article about how honeybee are sensitive to the electromagnetic fields generated by cellphones. In this ESL lesson, students work as partners to complete a table of information relating to the many bee species...

Students develop a classification scheme based on the structural features of organisms.  In this organism lesson students divide into teams and complete a fun activity. 

Fourth graders explore the kidney, bladder, and function of the excretory (urinary) system.

Students examine how depth perception works through a class experiment. They design and perform their own experiment that investigates visual illusions.

For this animal classification worksheet, students will review the characteristics used in classifying animals including the development of animals. Students will compare the endoderm, ectoderm, and mesoderm. This worksheet has 4 short...

In this DNA: structure and replication worksheet, students fill in the blanks about the structure of DNA and replication of DNA. Students sketch several diagrams of DNA at different stages.

Students make cheese in their classroom! In this cheese lesson plan, students use bacteria and active culture to clot and age cheese that could be edible in the future.

Fifth graders compare technology and the human eye. In this science lesson, 5th graders label the parts of the human eye and trace the path of light as it travels through the eye.

Students study what a plant gall is and the different types that there are.  For this plant lesson students examine what causes galls and how to prevent them.