Hi, what do you want to do?
Calvin Crest Outdoor School
Survival
Equip young campers with important survival knowledge with a set of engaging lessons. Teammates work together to complete three outdoor activities, which include building a shelter, starting a campfire, and finding directions in the...
Curated OER
It's My Body
Young scholars research the human body. In this human body activity, students brainstorm the connections between the parts of a bike and a human digestive system. Young scholars work in small groups and research a specific body system....
Curated OER
It All Began With a Bean
Students explore human anatomy by participating in hands-on activities. In this digestive system lesson, students read the book It All Began With a Bean and discuss the process of food digestion in our body. Students utilize soda...
Curated OER
Organs and What They Do - Lecture
Students read information about the internal organs and body systems. In this organs and systems lesson, students read descriptions of the heart, lungs, stomach, small and large intestine, and liver and gall bladder. Students study...
Curated OER
Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
Curated OER
Digestive Processes
For this digestive processes quiz worksheet, high schoolers complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
Curated OER
Digestive Organs Quiz #2
In this digestive organs quiz worksheet, students complete an on-line quiz, clicking on questions and matching answers, scoring 1 point for each correct answer. A printed version is available.
Curated OER
COMPARISON OF FOUR-, SIX-, AND EIGHT-bp CUTS IN CALF THYMUS DNA
High schoolers use this laboratory exercise, restriction enzymes to recognize a four-, six-, and eight-nucleotide sequence. Assuming that the four component nucleotides (A, C, T, G) are distributed randomly within a DNA molecule, then...
Curated OER
Making a Body System Booklet
Students create a body booklet by having their partner trace the outline of their body onto butcher-block paper.
Curated OER
Respiration, Circulation, and Excretion
In this body systems worksheet, students read information about the respiratory, circulatory, and urinary system and then complete 5 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Know your Heart Parts and Functions
Students put together a 3-D interactive "heart" puzzle and learn the names of heart parts.
Curated OER
Noncommunicable Diseases
In this noncommunicable diseases worksheet, students determine which diseases are not caused by pathogens and where a tumor is located. Then they describe a chronic disease that has a faulty immune system. Students also identify what...
Biology Junction
Seed Plants: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
One of the reasons plants found success on land relates to seed development. Scholars learn about many different forms of seeds and how they changed over time. It describes the structure and function of many different types of seeds in...
Curated OER
Body Organization and Structure
In this human body organization and structure worksheet, students complete 21 fill in the blank questions in the format of word scrambles, riddles, and puzzles.
Curated OER
Tissues
In this tissue worksheet, students are given notes on 6 types of epithelial tissues, 10 examples of connective tissue, three types of muscular tissue and the components of nerve tissue.
Curated OER
The Human Organism
Seventh graders examine the basic functions of the human body and see how changing demands affect our bodies. In this human organism lesson students participate in several activities that are about the human body and our digestion,...
Curated OER
BioFax Quiz 3- Respiratory System
In this biofax interactive quiz, students choose the best answer from the drop down menu box. Students answer questions that relate to the respiratory system.
Curated OER
Yeast Power!
Learners examine how not all microorganisms are bad and that some can actually be beneficial. In this yeast lesson students complete an experiment with yeast and answer questions.
Curated OER
Dietary Fiber Introduction
Students research fiber and consider its sources, functions and importance to overall health. They sample high-fiber items, complete worksheets and take a quiz on their fiber research.
Curated OER
Alcohol and Its Impact on the Brain
Students examine water as it changes states. In water and ice lesson students study the water cycle and what happens to it as it changes state.
Curated OER
Biology Wordsearch
In this biology activity, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms found in a biology lesson. There are 39 biology terms located in the word search.
Curated OER
Freshmen Biology Terms
In this biology worksheet, 9th graders identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to ninth grade biology. There are 48 biology terms located in the word search.
Curated OER
Dino Dung!
Young scholars examine how there is more to poop than they think! After reading through material, they answer a series of questions on coprolite, and explore the diet and physical attributes of dinosaurs, as well as their environment.
Curated OER
Food and Food Groups
Eighth graders research the importance of diet and its relationship to disease. They examine their own attitudes about the foods they eat.