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Sex Education
Seventh graders take a survey to determine their attitudes toward sexuality. In groups, they identify female and male reproductive organs and develop a list of secondary sex traits during puberty. They also discuss the stages of the...
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Taking Care of a Baby
Students are introduced to the basics of human development and the critical role of parents in taking care of a newborn.
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Taking Care of a Baby
Students explore the basics of human development and the critical role of parents in taking care of a newborn.
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Reproductive System
In this biology worksheet, students find the terms that are related to the human reproductive system and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Bioethics And Fetal Tissue Research
Pupils are introduced to the topic of fetal tissue implantation. In groups, they examine a case study and share information with the rest of the class. Then they do a reflective writing assignment to assess understanding of the ethical...
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Human Development: The First Trimester & Developmental Malformations
Pupils, analyze and discuss cleft lip, cleft palate, anencephaly, spina bifida and septal defects in the heart--well-known malformations that can occur in the first trimester of prenatal devalopment. They play the review game, Fetal...
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Genetic Disease Symposium
Students research simple and complex inheritance patterns, fetal development and the potential complications of teratogens, fetal and genetic testing, and the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetic counseling.
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Life Cycle
Seventh graders make a collage of the human life cycle. In this life cycle instructional activity students study the human reproductive system and the general concepts of pregnancy. Students receive detailed information about the human...
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Preventing and Treating Disease
In this disease worksheet, students will review the organs associated with the immune system including their specific functions. This worksheet has 10 matching, 8 true or false, and 5 short answer questions.
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The Effects of Alcohol and other Teratogens: A model using Zebrafish
Young scholars investigate the interference of various drugs on an embryo through experimentation. This is an open-ended lab to allow students to see effects of various chemicals humans choose to put in their bodies and create...
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A Hard Sell on Stem Cells?
Young scholars examine their prior knowledge of cell regeneration and therapeutic use of stem cells. After reading an article, they discover new techniques for deriving embryonic stem cells. In groups, they research on the different...
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Interpreting Medical Data
Students explore human anatomy by graphing scientific data. In this vision lesson, students discuss how ophthalmology works and take their own eye assessment test using the Snellen chart. Students collect vision data from all of their...
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Mammals Crossword
In this mammals worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 37 questions about characteristics, behavior and types of mammals.
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Hereditary Defects: Down Syndrome and Sickle Cell Anemia
Students solve problems like the following examples: 1. If you have 10,000 women, age 30, who have babies and one in 900 of these births will result in a Down syndrome baby, how many will have this disease? 2. 5,000 babies are born;...
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STS Biology - Teaching Controversial Topics
Each of the three activities submitted presents difficult science topics in the context of the human experience. The activities focus on real-world problems, which have science components, from the students' perspectives.
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The Science of HIV
Students research about the characteristics of HIV. In this biology lesson plan, students cite ways to prevent AIDS especially among uninformed teens. They plan a community awareness campaign targeting teens.
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Pregnancy and Differentiation
In this pregnancy worksheet, students review the 5 steps of human development from ovulation to implantation plus embryo development. Students also review the 3 stages of birth. This worksheet has 8 fill in the blank, 4 drawing, and 3...
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Cell Structure and DNA
Sixth graders identify, locate and describe the function of the parts of a cell. In groups, they state the five stages of mitosis and put them in the correct order. They are introduced to the structure of DNA and mRNA and how they...
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The Cell
Students study the basic processes by which cells divide and transfer their genetic information. They recognize and distinguish possible inherited traits and through the discovery method of the facts and principles of inheritance. this...