In this amazing arthropods worksheet, students read for information and assess comprehension. In this true and false, fill in the bank, multiple choice and short answer worksheet, students write answers to ten questions.

Sixth graders explain what a negative feedback system is and they distinguish it from a positive feedback system. They describe examples of how negative feedback is used in both nature and technology. , Students define homeostasis, and...

In this reproduction worksheet, students review the processes involved with sexual reproduction in animals and pollination in plants. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank, 5 true or false, and 9 short answer questions.

Students investigate water in its solid and liquid form. In this states of matter lesson, students experiment to see what happens as water goes from a solid, ice, to a liquid, water, and back again. They write about and illustrate the...

High schoolers comprehend that there are risks involved with using nuclear power. They write persuasive paragraphs for and against nuclear power. Students analyze the environmental issues and risks with nuclear power.

Students examine the health condition of jet lag. Using mealworms, they test the effect of light on the development of them into adults. They answer discussion questions and examine the relationship of age and one's activity level.

Students to rate themselves on a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being the happiest) as to how happy they feel and write their rating on a sheet of paper. They explore gelotology (the science of laughter) and its benefits to our social, mental,...

Students describe the impact of antibiotics on disease. They describe what infections antibiotics are useful for. Students are introduced to the idea of antibiotic resistance as a way to focus on antibiotics and the mechanisms by which...

Young scholars are introduced to the role of the United Nations. Using the internet, they research its history and its influence on politics and peace. In groups, they create a timeline of significant United Nations conventions since...

Students discover how coroners use insect life cycles to estimate the time of death in cases. they describe how forensic entomologists combine environmental factors with insect life cycles to note the changes. Students examine an...

Students construct ratios using the hand as data. They use examples of cortical and trabecular bone found in the long bones to measure circumference, diameter, length, and weight of long bones. They perform computations using growth...

Seventh graders explore the cell cycle. They view pictures of different stages of mitosis and explain why cells reproduce. They identify the five phases of mitosis: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.

Pupils determine a baseline pulse rate then chart the changes in rate with exercise. They describe the changes and develop a rationale for their observations. The task assesses students' abilities to make simple observations, determine...

A collection of transverse and coronal views of the internal anatomy of the human body. The webpage also has a keyword search for specific organs.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How important is your skeleton? Can you imagine your body without it? You would be a wobbly pile of muscle and internal organs, and you would not be able to move....

The Geneva Foundation for Medical Education displays a collection of Leonardo's sketches and studies of the human body, internal organs, bones, and an infant in utero. An excellent site for comparing the characteristics of art and...

Discusses the differences between endothelial and epithelial cells, including where they are found in the human body, their function, and their structure.

In this instructional activity students will understand the concept of circulation beginning at the heart, a complex pump that provides the initial force for blood flow through the body. Students will learn about the internal structures...

Homeostasis is the regulation of internal conditions inside cells or organisms, to create the optimum conditions for biological function, including body temperature. Links to a video and test are provided.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the process in which organ systems work to maintain a stable internal environment.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The kidneys are important organs in maintaining homeostasis, the ability of the body to maintain a stable internal environment despite a changing environment....