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Examining Pond Life
Students collect and examine microscopic life from a local pond. In this biology instructional activity, students examine local pond water, searching for protozoa, with the use of a microscope. Students identify the various life forms in...
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Protozoans
In this protozoans activity, students observe pond water using a microscope to identify the four classes of single-celled organisms including sarcodines, ciliates, flagellates and sporozoans.
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The Euglena and Spirogyra
In this Euglena and Spirogyra worksheet, high schoolers read about these two Protozoans and they answer fourteen questions about their specified structures and functions. They color a diagram of Euglena and Spirogyra and label their parts.
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Kingdom Protista
In this kingdom protista worksheet, students conduct an experiment by placing a handful of grass in to a jar and filling the jar with pond water. Then they place the jar in a dark place for 3 days and observe the contents. Students also...
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Microorganism Multiplication
Sixth graders explore biology by viewing video clips in class. For this microorganism identification lesson, 6th graders identify the types of organisms that can feed small animals such as algae and protozoans. Students view video clips...