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How Things Go Wrong

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify where mutations might occur and examine what effect those mutations will have through class discussion of DNA replication and cell division. Students then differentiate between mutations that affect individuals...
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Karyotype Puzzle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify chromosome pairs based upon band patterns and location of centromere. They order chromosome pairs based upon size. Students differentiate normal karyotypes from abnormal karyotypes. They correctly record karyotype...
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Gene Therapy - Biotechnology

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students complete a unit of study on bioethics. They participate in a discussion about gene therapy and its uses. They review two case studies and discuss the ethical issues focused on in the cases. They develop a patient record based...
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Diseases

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a type of notebook or journal using colored copy paper on which to take notes. They complete research on a certain disease and report on it and then design their own disease causing bacteria or virus. Finally, 6th...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study how things are stored and how information is retrieved.  In this investigative lesson students play a game that helps them to see how things are sorted in a library. 
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What Do You Know About AIDS?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore AIDS. For this AIDS lesson, students discuss their impressions and knowledge of the disease prior to listening to a lecture regarding the attributes of the disease.
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Ecosystem Organization

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars examine the structure of ecosystems. In this ecology lesson, students listen to a lecture on relationships among organisms and biomes. Young scholars use the information to create ecosystem organization pyramids.
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Flatworms

For Students 6th - 9th
In this biology worksheet, learners complete the concept map using the given terms. They fill in 10 blanks with the correct answer.
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Introduction to Animals Crossword Puzzle

For Students 9th - 12th
In this introduction to animals instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle with 47 questions on the types and characteristics of animals.
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The Three Worm Phyla

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the three worm phyla. For this classification lesson, 9th graders observe, compare and contrast the planarian, tapeworm, and fluke.
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Bacteria

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them.  In this investigative lesson students examine harmful bacteria. 
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Virus and Bacteria Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 10th
In this viruses and bacteria worksheet, learners circle all the places that viruses and bacteria can hide in a picture of a classroom. Students do this for 1 picture.
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Exploring Magnification and the Micro-world

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine what magnification is and does. In this microscope and magnification lesson plan, students listen to a reading of Greg's Microscope by Millicent E. Selson which explains what a microscope does. They talk about...
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Wanted: The Infamous Five

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students name the five most common types of foodborne pathogens. They comprehend how bacteria can grow and spread. Students are taught healthy hygiene and food-safety habits. They discuss the crimes of the five most wanted foodborne...
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Hot Off the Grill

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read an article about humans getting sick from eating improperly cooked meat. In groups, they cook a hamburger patty and when they believe it is done, they check the temperature with thermometers. They record their temperatures...
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Mitosis vs. Meiosis

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cell division worksheet, students compare and contrast the processes of mitosis and meiosis. Students complete 9 questions in a chart.
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Lung Limit

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students determine their lung capacity by completing a science experiment with a bottle of water. For this lung science lesson, students discuss the lungs' purpose. Students complete an experiment to determine their lung capacity using a...
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Anthrax Attacks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop an understanding about the disease Anthrax, how it is transmitted, and its effects on the body. By the end of the instructional activity, students have gained the knowledge that bacterial diseases may invade and damage...
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What's That Brown Fuzzy Stuff On My Plum?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine Koch's Postulates by actually using them. They perform each of the required four steps to show that the brown fuzzy fungus they see growing on stone fruit (plums, peaches, nectarines, cherries) is what causes them...
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It's All About Me!

For Teachers 1st
Students study the five major body system in this unit. They examine how to keep themselves healthy.
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CULTURING PLANTS FROM EMBRYONIC PLANT TISSUE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use this laboratory exercise as a growth medium that contains the macronutrient and micronutrient needs of plants. They observe the effects of different hormones on tissue cultures and must use variations of the basic growth...
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Culturing Plants from Embryonic Plant Tissue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student groups use lima beans to represent dicots and corn to represent monocots, soak the seeds, and separate the embryos from the cotyledons. They then place the seeds in Petri dishes in agar and observe for at least one week recording...
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Read a Tonsil Poem

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine a poster to determine where the tonsils are located and listen as the teacher explains what the tonsils are used for. They read along as the teacher reads a poem about tonsils aloud. They discuss the poem to check for...
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Animal Electronic I.D.

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover ways to keep the animals in our environment safe by examining electronic I.D. tags.  In this animal safety lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which they are monitored by an electronic I.D. tag. ...

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