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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Biology: Unit 3: Cell Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
In this third unit of a Biology course, students learn about cells and cell structure. They compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and learn about the specialized structures in a cell and what their functions are. They will also learn...
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cell Cycle Checkpoints

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how cells use checkpoints to regulate the cell cycle. This article provides an overview of cell cycle control, outlining the factors that influence a cell's decision to pause or progress at each checkpoint.
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Calvin Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the three stages of the Calvin Cycle reactions: carbon fixation, reduction, and regeneration of the starting molecule. See how the products of the light reactions, ATP and NADPH, are used to fix carbon into sugars in this cycle.
Lesson Plan
Other

Curriki: Butterfly Life Cycle Lesson Plan

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Project to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly and how the caterpillar becomes to be a butterfly.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Calvin Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The second stage of photosynthesis, the Calvin Cycle, is described. Students will learn how to write the overall photosynthesis equation, explain RuBisCo, describe...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Cell Cycle and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cell division is just one of several stages that a cell goes through during its lifetime. Students will learn about the phases of the cell cycle, specifically the...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Information About Nitrifying and Denitrifying Bacteria

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the important role that nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria play in the nitrogen cycle.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Introductory Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures discussing applications of human biology taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lectures vary in length and cover topics like the cell cycle, stem cells, and cancer.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Fate of Carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine the importance of carbon and learn about two Earth systems, the solubility pump and the biological pump, which cycle carbon from the atmosphere into the oceans and back again.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Ecology Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a series of multi-media learning activities, students will assess the dependence of all organisms on one another and the flow of energy and matter within their ecosystems.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cave Formation: Biogeochemical Cycles

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA chronicles the discoveries that led to a radical new theory in which living organisms, not just geological processes, play an active role in cave formation. [5:42]
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Carbon Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the carbon cycle.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Water Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Water and elements like carbon and nitrogen are constantly being recycled through the environment. This process is called a biogeochemical cycle because it involves...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cell Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of cell division in eukaryotic cells is carefully controlled. The cell cycle is the life cycle of a cell, with cell division at the end of the cycle....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Carbon Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Carbon is one of the most common elements found in living organisms. Chains of carbon molecules form the backbones of many molecules, such as carbohydrates,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Menstrual Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The menstrual cycle is a series of changes in the reproductive system of mature females that repeats every month. Learn more about the menstrual cycle in this...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Reproduction and Life Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The life cycle of a plant is very different from the life cycle of an animal. Humans are made entirely of diploid cells (cells with two sets of chromosomes). Our...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Nitrogen Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Like water and carbon, nitrogen is also repeatedly recycled through the biosphere. This process is called the nitrogen cycle. Learn more about the nitrogen cycle in...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Insect Reproduction and Life Cycle

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Most insects can reproduce quickly within a short period of time, which means they evolve faster and can adjust to environmental changes. Most reproduce by sexual...
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Biology of Zika Virus

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the basic biology, origins, life cycle, and symptoms of Zika virus.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Carbon Cycles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of energy cycles by learning about the carbon cycle. They will learn how carbon atoms travel through the geological (ancient) carbon cycle and the biological/physical carbon cycle. Students will...
Handout
US Geological Survey

Mercury in the Geochemical Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Mercury in the geochemical cycle ultimately affects the food chain. Learn about this and its effect on the Everglades.
Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Photosynthesis Respiration Game!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the chemistry of photosynthesis and respiration as you play this game.
eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Biological Diversity: Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
Through full-color images and concise information, learn about the intracellular parasites, viruses.