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Curated OER

Missing Links

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars change one animal group into another animal group by changing only a few body characteristics. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. For this session, students the basis of classification.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Diversity Debate

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the importance of dependency and diversity in a rain forest ecosystem. This lesson plan is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Birth Control By Law? - Legislative Hearing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students debate the use of mandatory birth control for pregnant substance users.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Baby Project - Cost Analysis - First Year of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the costs associated with teenage pregnancy and childbirth through the child's first year. They consider prenatal and postnatal care for mother and child, clothing, food, equipment, childcare, etc. They present their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Birth Control Acronym

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an acronym for a method of birth control. The acronym should represent the student's understanding of the form of birth control's use.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drawing Stages

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the different characteristics that a developing infant goes through during the weekly periods of each trimester, by drawing pictures of the fetus during each trimester.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Endocrine System

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, video clips, practice problems, and external assignments, students discover the structure and function of the endocrine system of the human body.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Redwoods at Redwood National Park

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NatureScene describes the characteristics of redwood trees at Redwood National Park. [4:02]
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Activity
University of Oxford (UK)

Oxford University Museum of Natural History: Seven Life Processes

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the seven life processes that describe whether an animal is alive or not. Each characteristic is defined with examples and pictures. Also included is a living animal quiz to test how much you have learned.
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Website
PBS

Nova Online: Windows on the Womb

For Students 9th - 10th
There are descriptions of 8 different prenatal tests that can be used to track the health and development of a baby. The risks of the tests are also included.
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Unit Plan
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Attack of the Killer Cabbage Clones

For Students 3rd - 5th
Do you like to watch outdated science fiction and cheesy horror movies? Many fictional tales of cloned organisms have been created based upon the scientific method for cloning animals or plants. In the real world, the cloning of plants...
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American Association for the Advancement of Science

Aaas: Project 2061: Topic: Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Create a science test that checks for student understanding in science, for common misconceptions, as well as for correct ideas. This is a list of key ideas related to Reproduction, Genes, and Heredity....
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Is Love in Our Dna?

For Students 9th - 10th
Participate in an online poll to discover what features instinctively guide people when choosing a mate. Consider which traits, both physical and social, are "universally" considered attractive to potential mates, and why.
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Handout
Earth Life

Earth Life: The Diplopoda (Millipedes), Reproduction

For Students 9th - 10th
General information on the reproductive processes which occur in the life of the millipede can be found here.
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Handout
San Diego State University

Sdsu: Lesson 2.5: How Do Organisms Reproduce? Meiosis

For Students 9th - 10th
This site will allow students to grasp the complex concept of meiosis by modeling the process with clay.
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Article
DOGO Media

Dogo News: The Ingenious Stork's Bill Seed Plants Itself!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the Erodium cicutarium, a plant also known as the stork's bill, that has a unique way of dispersing its own seeds. Includes video.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Nature: What Females Want, Wildlife and Sexual Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
This two-part video series explores how females and males relate to each other in the animal kingdom. It shows how the strategies that males and females use to attract each other impact on the evolution of a species.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Characteristics of Life

For Students 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about the factors that characterize living things.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Nature of Science

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online course, students look at the big ideas and themes of biology and review how these ideas are used to develop scientific inquiry and research.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Apoptosis

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about programmed cell death and how it is different from necrosis, cell death due to injury.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Functions of Human Life

For Students 9th - 10th
The different organ systems each have different functions and therefore unique roles to perform in physiology. These many functions can be summarized in terms of a few that we might consider definitive of human life. Learn here about the...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Fertilization

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about the fertilization process of an egg and sperm cell during human reproduction.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 4th - 9th
A lesson unit on pollination. Includes background information, lessons and activity pages. One handout is in Spanish.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Organ Systems: Story Time: William Harvey

For Students 9th - 10th
William Harvey, doctor during the Age of Enlightenment, challenged mainstream understanding of the heart and the circulation of blood. Read about his early education and his scientific inquiry.