Curated OER
What's the Matter? (Living and Non-Living Things)
Understand how chemical reactions recombine atoms to create the "chemicals of life". An experiment, showing the basic chemical reactions of an iron nail or a match, helps young children start their understanding of permanent changes.
Curated OER
Earth Systems
Ninth graders investigate biological systems. They summarize relationships between systems. Students determine how systems relate within the biosphere. They analyze the carbon cycle.
Curated OER
Sugar Solutions
Seventh graders study biological systems and how they reach equilibrium. In this system balance lesson students divide into groups and complete an osmosis lab activity.
Curated OER
Exploring Structure and Function in Biological Systems
Students examine different levels of organization in biological systems for structure and function relationships. In this biological systems lesson, students use Internet resources to look at structure and function in the eye, the cell,...
Curated OER
Catalase Enzyme
Pupils design and conduct an experiment to test their ideas about how to speed up or slow down the rate of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. They have access to an array of physical and chemical factors that might influence enzyme activity....
Curated OER
Energy Content Of Foods And Fuels
High schoolers engage in a study of food and how it used as fuel for the human body. They research how biological systems require energy and compare them to the physical science systems like machines. They compare and contrast what they...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Nature of Science
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Causes Red Blood Cells to Sickle?
The resource from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. This resource provides questions related to the structure and characteristics of hemoglobin proteins.