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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Virus Characteristics

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What are the differences and similarities between viruses and living things? This tuorial covers the characteristics of viruses and viral reproduction.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Virus Structures

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the structure of viruses and variations in virus shapes such as cylindrical, icosahedral, complex, or enveloped.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Virus Replication

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do viruses replicate? In this lesson, students will learn how a virus produces new copies of itself.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Viruses & Human Diseases

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Viruses cause many human diseases. They can range from mild to fatal. This activity explains how viruses cause human disease.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Influenza

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tutorial covers the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic as a vehicle to look at viruses and disease, as well as the use of modern biological tools to improve human health....
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Control of Viruses

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out the details of how scientists have found methods to control the spread of viruses.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Viruses in Research and Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Is it possible for viruses to be useful? Explore and understand the why good things can happen when scientists study these pesky microorganisms.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A breakdown of biologist Gregor Mendel's genetic experiments with pea plants to clarify controlling self and cross pollination.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's First Set of Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand the fundamentals of Gregor Mendel's early genetics experiments. Students will explore the Law of Segregation within genetics and how to cross F1 and F2...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendel's Second Set of Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify the Law of Independent Assortment and dihybrid crossing while studying Mendel's second set of experiments in genetics.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Genetic Variation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How does genetic variation protect species from extinction? Understand sexual reproduction and the importance of both random fertilization and independent assortment.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Probability and Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] While studying genetics explore the Law of Probability. How does probability relate to the formation of gametes? Find out!
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Non Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Take a close look at non-traditional theories stemming from Mendel's genetics research. Explore the details of complex inheritance patterns.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Mendelian Inheritance in Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] While studying genetics, students will investigate sex-linked genes and what inherited diseases are associated with the genes. Students will also explore pedigree...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Biotechnoloy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] While studying the broad expanse of biotechnology students will hone in on specifics about gene cloning and receive an introduction to polymerase chain reaction.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Biotechnology Applications

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do scientists apply biotechnology in human and agricultural research? This module will delve into the applications.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Biotechnology

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize the social and ethical issues which arise when working in the field of biotechnology.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: First Organic Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Take a look at the groundbreaking organic molecules formed millions of years ago. Study the RNA that might have been that first organic molecule. In Earth's early...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Evolution of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Meet Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution and natural selection. Understand why adaptations are important.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: History of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will explore ways to study the past to learn about the history of life. Understand how fossils, DNA analysis, and molecular clock help researchers study...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Fossils

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Researchers studying the history of life on Earth spend hours digging, examining, pouring over fossils. What can fossils reveal about the past? Find out what fossils...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Biogeography

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why connect biology and geography? This module will provide resources for students to understand continental drift theory, human population and its distribution, and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Natural Selection

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understand what natural selection is and how it works and explain how new species originate.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Influences on Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What did other scientists say about evolution? Check out this module to understand how Darwin developed his theory of evolution by natural selection and the ways...