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PBS

Symbiotic Strategies: The Secret Lives of Sharks and Rays

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the interaction in an oceanic ecosystem. For this symbiotic relationship lesson, high schoolers investigate how ecological relationships evolve over long periods of time in order to maintain balance and stability of...
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Missouri University of science & Technology

General Overview History of the Panama Canal

For Students 10th - 12th
Called the Eight Wonder of the World by some and the Big Ditch by others, the Panama Canal is indeed an engineering marvel. The long, complicated, and sometimes controversial history of the canal is captured in a presentation loaded with...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

How Do Fibers Form?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The proteins inside a cell determine the shape of the cell. While most red blood cells have a circular shape, those with sickle cell take the shape of a sickle. This change in shape causes multiple issues in the system. Scholars solve...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Population Genetics, Selection, and Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The Hardy-Weinberg principle states that alleles and genotypes remain constant in the absence of evolutionary influences. Scholars complete a simple hands-on activity applying the Hardy-Weinberg principle to sample data. They observe how...
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Understanding How Diseases Spread

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
To boost disease prevention, high schoolers arm themselves with information about infectious diseases and how they spread. Scholars research the causes, prevention techniques, and identify high-risk groups especially vulnerable to a...
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

A Student Exploration of the Global Impacts of Climate Change on Human HealthVector-Borne Diseases

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Develop an understanding of how climate change affects humans' health. The class lists what they know about climate change and its connection to disease and then read sections of an article providing specific details on how climate...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Malaria? In Canada?

For Students 5th - 7th
For this using verb forms correctly worksheet, students add the correct form of the verb given in parenthesis to complete sentences in a paragraph.
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Curated OER

We Give Together

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners read the story of the Children of Agape. They read excerpts from Hallie Geier's journal, Fierce Wonderings and consider what "we are together" means to them. In addition, they assemble a puzzle.
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Curated OER

Protists: animallike Protists

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are taught that Malaria and African Sleeping sickness are caused by protists. They discuss how animal-like protists harm other living things. Students discuss and listen to the major phyla of animallike protists. They draw...
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Curated OER

Health and Immunization

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research facts about Niger and Madagascar before reading a child's case study and answering questions about malaria prevention. They discuss healthy lifestyle, how bacteria and viruses can affect health and that following...
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Curated OER

Allele Frequencies and Sickle Cell Anemia Lab

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate how selective forces like food, predation and diseases affect evolution. In this genetics instructional activity, students use red and white beans to simulate the effect of malaria on allele frequencies. They analyze...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

A Lesson on the Nature of Science

For Students 7th - 12th
If you are looking for a great way to present natural selection in humans, look no further. This handout is intended to accompany the 14-minute video The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans, which can be found on the...
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Curated OER

Walter Reed's Yellow Fever Studies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Middle schoolers and high schoolers examine the ethics of using human test subjects in scientific research. They do a simulation which focuses on yellow fever and how human subjects were used to develop a treatment/cure for the disease...
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Curated OER

Measuring Evolution of Populations

For Teachers 7th - 10th
The five agents of evolutionary change are reviewed in this slideshow. Definitions of common terms involved with populations and equilibrium are given, and there are some presentations of Hardy Weinberg equations for common examples of...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

A Lesson on the Nature of Science

For Teachers 7th - 12th
If you are looking for a great way to present natural selection in humans, look no further. This handout is intended to accompany the 14-minute video The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans, which can be found on the...
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Curated OER

Antibodies and the Immune Response Lesson Plans - Biology Teaching Thesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to bacteria and their role in biology and finishes with a lab experiment that focuses on antibiotics. They are given an overview of the important concepts involving bacteria and their potential resistance to...
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Curated OER

The Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners analyze the impact of climate variability and change utilizing a broad span of topics over a wide range of grade levels. This three lesson unit is easily adapted for the various instructional levels listed.
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Curated OER

Immune, Lymphatic System

For Teachers 10th - 12th
A fantastic slideshow that has images, details, definitions and trivia to accompany each structure and response involved with the immune system. The slides are very useful for all levels of the immune response. A complete sets of notes...
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Pearson

Articles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Take a trip to Africa with an educational grammar slideshow. Featuring pictures, sentences, and examples with an African safari theme, the presentation guides learners through definite and indefinite articles.
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Curated OER

What Is El Niño?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students access information at remote sites using telecommunications, identify impacts by reviewing past El Ni??o events, make and use scale drawings, maps, and maps symbols to find locations and describe relationships.
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Curated OER

Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the potential impact of climate change to agriculture, coastal areas, forests, water, and human health. They hypothesize what might happen to a sugar maple forest and hold a debate about global warming.
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Curated OER

Migration of the African American Family

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the influence Africa has had on African-American families as they have migrated from Africa to various sections of the United States. They utilize map skills to locate regions in Africa and in the United States.
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Curated OER

Social Problems

For Teachers Higher Ed
An adult ESL class brainstorm what they believe to be the major problems in Namibia. In groups, they use the list of problems and put them into the order of the most critical and the reasons why. They research possible solutions and...
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Curated OER

Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 9th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students decipher the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter "E."

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