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Dragon Genetics Lab-Principles of Mendelian Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study genetic traits using popsicle sticks as chromosomes. In this biology instructional activity, students explain how traits are inherited from parents. They differentiate dominant and recessive genes.
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Spermatogenesis versus Oogenesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the processes of spermatogenesis and oogenesis. This lesson plan uses the KWL+ strategy to promote reading. The + used here is the Venn diagram.
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Stem Cell Bioethics

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students study the steps of embryonic development. They distinguish between the advantages/disadvantages of embryonic stem cells vs. adult stem cells and discuss the ethical implications of stem cell research.
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What Are the Most Recent Developments in Animal and Human Cloning?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the developments of animal and human cloning. They report their findings to the class. They write journal entries as well.
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Homologous Shoes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars examine the concept of homology by observing their shoes and those of their classmates. They summarize the observations of everyone's shoes relating it to chromosomes in cells. They share their observations with the class.
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A Spool Of Thread

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe a spool of light colored thread that the teacher holds in his/her hands. They are asked what substances (cotton and wood) are present and what structures (thread and spool) are present. The teacher conclude that the...
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Human Development: The First Trimester & Developmental Malformations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers, 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,...
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Gametogenesis and Fertilization

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how this module focuses on part of the cycle of alternation of generations: meiosis to produce haploid spores and fertilization to produce a diploid zygote which grows into the adult plant.
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Heredity (Mendelian Genetics)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students observe and record observations of whether a person is a taster or nontaster. They test selected individuals from their families and peer groups and chart all findings to determine which trait (e.g. taster or non-taster) is...
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DNA, Genes, and Chromosomes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students review the structure and function of DNA, genes, and chromosomes and are engaged by a demonstration illustrating the relative size of DNA, genes and chromosomes. They also describe through analogy and model the structure and...
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Basic Units of Life

For Students 6th - 12th
In this cells activity, students will review vocabulary words and information relating to the structure and function of plant and animal cells. This activity has 10 crossword puzzle questions, 6 multiple choice, 4 short answer questions,...
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Genetic Changes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic change learning exercise, students will explore the changes that can occur in DNA including point mutations and chromosomal mutations. This learning exercise has 11 multiple choice questions.
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Life Cycles of Mosses, Ferns, and Conifers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this plant life cycle worksheet, students compare the life cycles of mosses, ferns, and conifers. This worksheet has 15 fill in the blank and 10 short answer questions.
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Cell Cycle Duration

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the cell cycle and how its duration can vary.  In this cells lesson students complete a worksheet and answer questions. 
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Excavating the Past

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students discover how palaeontologists conduct a dig for fossils and how they interpret the age of the fossils. In small groups, they prepare a "dig site" consisting of bones, rocks and soil layered in a cardboard box. They switch boxes...
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Moore S Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.
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Drosophila Melanogaster

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological Supply or Wards, for example) in groups from lesson one.
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How Sensitive Are The Lungs to Radon?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the effects of radon on the lungs. They review pictures of the lungs on a large and small scale. They work together to answer questions to complete the activity.
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AN EMBRYOLOGY PLACE MAT

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a place mat to attain the following objectives: determine the important ideas, concepts, and definitions relating to a list of embryological terms. Match the terms with their definitions and create short quizzes for them.
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University of North Carolina

Caps Unc Chapel Hill: Mitosis World Home

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent, concise description of the process of mitosis. There are links to mitosis labs, mitosis movies and other links relating to mitosis.
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Pbs Learning Media: Mitosis and Meiosis Compared

For Students 9th - 10th
Meiosis is used to make sperm and egg cells. During meiosis, a cell's chromosomes are copied once, but the cell divides twice. During mitosis, the chromosomes are copied once, and the cell divides once. For simplicity, cells are...
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Pbs Learning Media: Mitosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment, adapted from the Interactive Secret of Life videodisc, explains the stages of mitosis, the process of dividing equally a cell's massive jumble of DNA just prior to cell division. [1:34]
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Nova Online: How Cells Divide, Mitosis vs. Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow of mitosis and meiosis side-by-side. It is a summation of the two processes and the differences between them are clear.
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University of Arizona

U of a Biology Project: Cell Cycle and Mitosis Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Poses and answers the question, "What is (and is not) mitosis?" An overview with images of the phases of mitosis, plus a mitosis animation.

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