Help! Someone's trying to take my DNA! An interesting lab experiment has scholars use basic materials to extract DNA. By applying ethanol, cold water, and a protease enzyme, like pineapple juice, they pull strands of DNA from peas,...

Mutation and auxotrophs are discussed. Next, the details of RNA transcription and how enzymes can control splicing and introns are given.

Students compare different DNA and run a gel electrophoresis.  In this DNA lesson students complete a DNA activity that allows them to better understand its structure and function. 

Students examine what amylase is and its history.  For this digestive lesson students study the effect amylase has on starch and how temperature affects the rate of activity.

Students perform a laboratory exercise designed to show how DNA can easily be extracted from onion cells. They conduct an optional test for the presence of DNA using standard lab equipment.

In this chemistry worksheet, students describe an atom, its parts, the charges of these parts, and atoms life functions. Then they explain what the octet rule states for the placements of electrons around the nucleus of an atom. Students...

Learners study why corn is a biodegradable, renewable resource.  In this ethanol lesson students build models and observe a chemical reaction.

Twelfth graders explore the usage of alcohol fuel. In this Current Events activity, 12th graders research the issue of using this type of energy.  Students complete a worksheet on their research. 

Students explain the processes for separating DNA from tissue and separating complex mixtures.  In this exploratory lesson students complete a lab where they extract DNA.  

High schoolers explore the basic process of natural selection and how people can manipulate that process today. The consequences of natural selection on daily life and the implications of evolutionary biology in basic and applied science...

Students compare the different rates of reaction between an apple covered with vitamin C and an apple with no vitamin C. They compare the different rates of reaction between an apple placed in the sun and one not exposed to the sun. ...

In this nutrition worksheets, learners solve 6 word scrambles, 4 riddles, and complete 2 word puzzles about diet and nutrition.

In this chemistry of life learning exercise, students will review key terms of plant cell structure and chemistry by reading 13 clues to complete the puzzle. Word bank is included.

In this biochemistry worksheet, students review amino acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. This worksheet has 29 multiple choice, 8 fill in the blank, and 3 short answer questions.

Learners explain the process of polymerization. In this chemistry lesson plan, students produce carboxylesterase in the lab. They test its effectiveness in removing the by-product odor.

Students examine how carnivorous plants get their nutrients from animals.  In this food web lesson students examine how the plants attract their prey and are given many onilne sources to research.

How do doctors fight a virus that's constantly mutating? Show science scholars how we fight HIV using one of its own most fundamental processes through a thoughtful demonstration. The lesson focuses on how protease inhibitors prevent HIV...

The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation combined logarithmic terms with the application of carbonic acid as a buffer solution. Scholars learn investigate equation and its applications through hands-on experiments. They collect data and...

Use food coloring in electrophoresis. The last segment in a four-part series mimics DNA fingerprinting by using chromatography. Teams conduct chromatography on food coloring to find colors that use similar pigmentation in their makeup.

Does natural light damage or repair DNA? Learn the answer discover the scientists who researched the topic with an online interactive. Scholars read through an online animation presenting the content at their own pace. Then, they read...

Who actually goes looking for a virus? Expose your class to the high-stakes life of an epidemiologist on the trail of the Nipah virus. Pupils engage in a short video, then examine how scientists predict, model, and find the source of...

Can organic molecules come from a pre-biotic environment? Stanley Lloyd Miller proved it is possible when exactly the right conditions exist. Learn about his experiment and the other experiments later building off of it that changed the...

You matter—unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light squared, then you energy! Scholars learn about matter, energy, the elements and so much more using an informative presentation. Completing the included worksheet creates a...

Very few universities still offer a master's degree in the ecology of grasses, but that was the degree that led George Wells Beadle to an interest in genetics and later a Nobel Prize. Scholars learn about the discoveries of Dr. Beadle...