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Amphipods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify organisms that live at the bottom of the body of water. In this biology lesson, students evaluate the effects of pollution to amphipods population. They examine collected data and create a bar graph comparing them.
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Curated OER

Leaving Home

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explain the importance of larval dispersal and retention to populations. They collect data on organisms and examine it.
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Curated OER

Build A "Bug"

For Teachers K - 6th
Students brainstorm different adaptations that bug would need to live in aquatic environment, and watch presentation where classmate is dressed up in costume to represent adaptations necessary for macroinvertebrate to survive in water.
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Curated OER

Water Quality and Temperature

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students are led through three activities to explore the effect of temperature fluctuations on the growth and survival of aquatic plants, clams, and shrimp eggs.
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Curated OER

Chesapeake Bay Population Studies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners determine how to use a quarter meter quadrant to find population density, relative density, frequency and how to calculate a diversity index while participating in a virtual field trip. They study how to establish a Correlation...
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Curated OER

Termite Lab

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine insect behavior in a lab activity. Students explore the idea of chemical specificity and the reactions of termites to a chemical found in their trail pheromone. Students watch a demonstration with termites before...
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Curated OER

Molecular Evolution in Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils are using a paper chromatography study that is suitable for introductory biology. The absorption spectra studies and gel electrophoresis studies are appropriate for students who have complete both introductory biology and...
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Curated OER

Molecular Evolution in Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine chlorophylls. They explore the absorbing pigments in a variety of plants. Through activities, students determine spectrophotometrically. They compare plant proteins from the family Brassicace to assess the level...
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Curated OER

Kraut Lab

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the process of fermentation through the process of making Sauerkraut. Students use their observational skills and their five senses to create an articulate description of their lab created sauerkraut. They discuss the...
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Curated OER

Protein Exploration

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine protein shapes through a computer program that can be downloaded off the Internet. The program allows students to see how proteins look when viewed with X-ray crystallography.
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Curated OER

Macroinvertebrate Simon Says

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils study the four groups of macroinvertebrates. In groups, they explore the characteristics of macroinvertebrates. Through playing a "Macroinvertebrate Simon Says" game, students discover the adaptations of the animals and their...
Worksheet
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RP Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this literacy worksheet, students find the words that are related to the concepts that are the theme of the word search. New vocabulary is the focus of the puzzle.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sound Pictures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the components of a sonar system. In this physical science lesson plan students explain how multibeam and sidescan sonar systems are useful to ocean explorers.  Students simulate sonar operations in an activity...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Enzyme Substrate Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the properties of enzymes and the concept of enzyme-substrate specificity, and how a substrate molecule binds to an enzyme to form an enzyme-substrate complex. An overview of enzyme-substrate reactions is also presented.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Enzyme Substrate Docking

For Students 9th - 10th
View this simulation to observe the docking process for a substrate and an enzyme.
Handout
Other

Watercolor painting.com: Watercolor Paper: Your Substrate of Choice

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the history behind paper and how it came to be used for painting. Specifications for finding the perfect watercolor paper are revealed.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Enzymes Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology lab, students use pineapple juice as an enzyme, and jello as a substrate to illustrate an enzyme/substrate complex.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Active Site: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson shows that an active site is the space on an enzyme where a substrate would attach. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Active Site."
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Enxymes

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on enzyme-catalysed reactions and the effect of temperature, substrate concentration, and pH on the reaction rate. It provides a link to an assessment.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: What Factors Influence How Efficiently the Work of a Cell Is Carried Out?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology simulation, students discover what factors influence the action of enzymes on cellular work. Students will first explore the action of enzymes through a simulation in which their hands are the enzyme "toothpickase" and...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Enzyme Function: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will describe how an enzyme is used to turn substrate into product. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Enzyme Function."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Active Site: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson shows that an active site is the space on an enzyme where a substrate would attach. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Active Site."
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Important Factors That Influence Enzyme Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by enzyme activity and the factors that impact on their ability to function. Looks at temperature, pH value, substrate concentration, enzyme concentration, the presence of inhibitors, and allosteric factors that...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Amino Acids and Proteins

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students investigate amino acids, peptide bonds, and proteins. They also have the opportnity to discover the effect of an enzyme on a biochemical...

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