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Antiseptic Nature of Plants
Students investigate the concepts of homeostasis, competition, pathogens, and antiseptics. They conduct an experiment that compares the antiseptic properties of native plants by growing bacteria on agar plates containing plant extracts,...
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Medic!
Students navigate and analyze information about the presentation of a disease during a class discussion. They document and share their analysis of information in a class discussion in order to describe a variety of disease origins.
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Human Body Regulation
Students investigate how the human body self-regulates to maintain a stable internal environment despite changes in the external environment -- a process called homeostasis.
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Homeostasis and the Human Body
Don't expect much from this presentation. It contains five slides in addition to the title. The first describes homeostasis, the second states that it operates at all levels and lists the biological hierarchy, the third gives three...
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Regulation - Human Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Young scholars explore homeostasis within the nervous and endocrine system with this Smart Board activity. For this biology lesson plan, students will fill in the know and want to know sections of a KWL chart as a class...
Study Stack
Biology Crossword Puzzle
In this online interactive biology crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 7 clues to find the appropriate answers to complete the word puzzle.
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What is Biology?
For this biology worksheet, students review the characteristics of life and the scientific method. This worksheet has 19 fill in the blank, 6 matching, and 2 short answer questions.
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The Urinary System
In this urinary system instructional activity, students review the role the kidneys and nephrons play in the formation of urine. Students order the steps of the filtration of blood. This instructional activity has 3 short answer and 10...
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Fueling the Body
In this nutrition worksheet, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5 short...
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What is Biology?
In this science of biology worksheet, students will review the concepts relating to biology including the characteristics of living things, the process of reproduction, adaptations, and evolution. This worksheet has 5 short answer, 3...
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The Plasma Membrane
In this plasma membrane worksheet, learners will explore how cells are able to maintain homeostasis and the function of the plasma membrane. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank and 7 true or false questions.
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Digestion and Nutrition
In this homeostasis worksheet, students will read about how the food we eat helps our body to maintain homeostasis. Students will complete 1 short answer question and 3 true or false questions.
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Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane
For this homeostasis and the plasma membrane worksheet, students complete a flow chart and 5 questions related to homeostasis and the plasma membrane. They complete a flow chart that illustrates the plasma membrane and cellular...
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Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane
In this homeostasis and plasma membrane worksheet, students use the given diagram to answer 5 questions at the bottom of the sheet. They determine what the outside layers of a plasma membrane are made up of. Then, students explain how...
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Homeostasis and the Plasma Membrane
In this homeostasis and plasma membrane worksheet, students complete 4 different questions related to the diagram shown at the top of the sheet. They draw an arrow across the plasma membrane in the diagram to show which way water...
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Organ System Interactions
Eighth graders who have studied all of the organ systems now discover how they all are related and work together in the human body. They discuss a variety of situations in which more than one system plays a part. They identify the...
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Immunization
young scholars study contents and origin of vaccines. They should understand the relationship of the vaccine to primary and secondary immune responses of the body. They work in pairs and share the responsibility of writing responses to...
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Ecology: Factors Influencing Animal Populations
Students assess the factors affecting animal populations. Working in groups they define specific vocabulary terms and complete several activities from "Project Wild."
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Introduction to Biology
For this biology worksheet, 9th graders identify and locate various vocabulary terms related to an introduction to the study of biology. There are 19 biology terms located in the word search.
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Feedback and Flowcharts
Sixth graders explain what a negative feedback system is and they distinguish it from a positive feedback system. They describe examples of how negative feedback is used in both nature and technology. , Students define homeostasis, and...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Diffusion, Osmosis, and Active Transport
Have you ever wondered how important gases enter and leave cells? Take an up close tour of a pore in a cell membrane. Then explore diffusion, osmosis, and active transport through this collection of interactive models.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Cells
A complete, interactive course where students analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System
Through informational text, video clips, practice problems, and external assignments, students discover the structure and function of the endocrine system of the human body.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Function of Fever
Fevers are a sign of infection, but they may also be part of the cure. This drawing illustrates Matthew Kluger's lizard study, which supports the notion that fever can be beneficial.