Code Blue and You

DNA decoding becomes a detective activity using this activity that has scientists color-coding Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine, and Thymine and using a decoder sheet to unveil a DNA riddle through the amino acids. 

Do you get all of your knowledge about lemurs from cartoon movies? A fun biology lesson focuses on DNA and genetics with a fun lemur connection. Young geneticists create a DNA bracelet and extract the DNA from a strawberry. Connections...

Give this summary of 16 pages of a text to your class to deepen understanding of cell permeability, diffusion, ions, and more. The handout portion includes vocabulary clarifications, detailed color diagrams, and important information;...

Students examine the three primary colors of light and design a numerical code to represent those colors. They tell how satellites use numbers to create satellite images after completing a number of experimental activities.

In this recycling worksheet, students search for as many types of plastics categorized with the resin identification codes and fill in a chart for each plastic type. They identify the product name, the category the plastic is in, the...

Oxygen keeps us alive, but did you ever consider how Earth found the right balance? Eons produced this video as part of a larger series that explores when Earth contained very little oxygen and green oceans ruled the planet. Viewers see...

Humans can only see visible light, but some insects can see ultraviolet light. Through a simulation, pupils explore how we see colors using one bulb. It moves on to demonstrate how we see colors by mixing three different bulbs (red,...

What is the largest electric field in the world? The world itself! This explains why you use a magnetic compass to determine direction. During the simulation, scholars add charges to their electric field to see how the field reacts. An...

Clarify and color code the anatomy of a bone with this resource. This learning exercise lists 7 parts of a bone along with a definition for each part. Learners read through this information and color in each part of the bone a listed...

Don't be resistant to physics! A simulation shows classes how a resistor works. Change the battery voltage and resistance to show how this affects the flow of electrons. Temperature and amps measurements are shown for the system as well.