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Lesson Plan - Appearances are Deceiving

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Herre is a lesson on divergent and convergent evolution. It has links to terrific video clips, an associate worksheet, and more. The analysis questions have been reviewed separately on Lesson Planet if you would like more information....
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How do Hypotonic, Hypertonic, and Isotonic Solutions Affect the Water Movement of a Cell?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
After removing the shell from a raw egg, cell biologists soak the egg in either a hypotonic, hypertonic, or isotonic corn syrup solution. They calculate the percent change in mass and compare it to the strength of the solution in a...
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How Eyes Evolved – Analyzing the Evidence

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Octopodes existed for hundreds of thousands of years before humans, yet our eyes share many similarities. Scholars analyze the evidence to determine if the evolution of eyes best fits a homology or analogy model. They discuss the issue...
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Watch the Screen!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore screening processes for biological activity.  In this deep sea lesson plan students complete a lab activity. 
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A Reef of Your Own

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and study the life and reproductive strategies of reef building corals. They examine how coral reefs can produce high levels of biological material when they are surviving in areas of low nutrition.
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Embryo Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the development of a chicken embryo. In this biology lesson, students compare and contrast the development of human and chick embryo. They make a chart and explain their findings to the class.
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Do you see what I see?

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Students examine the importance of making and recording observations and accurately describing an object.  In this biology lesson students work in groups and report to the class what they learned.
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Some Similarities Between the Spread of an Infectious Disease and Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast the spread of infectious diseases and population growth. In this biology instructional activity, students identify the exponential growth pattern of spreading diseases. They relate this to HIV infection and...
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Review of General Chemisty

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners review aspects of chemistry which is an essential basis for comprehension for biology. They discuss the introduction to the four classes of biomolecules. They listen to a lecture on the four classes of biomolecules on PowerPoint.
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Population Densities

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students explore biological impact by completing a worksheet in class. For this animal population lesson, students utilize river rocks and jars to conduct a coqui frog population role play activity. Students define a list of amphibian...
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Plant Power

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the role of plants on Earth's biological system. In this life science instructional activity, 7th graders explain the process of transpiration and its importance in establishing Earth's climate patterns.
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Biotechnology

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore biotechnology through various activities. For this biology lesson, students analyze its pros and cons. They study and read informative articles about biotechnology.
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Dragon Genetics Lab-Principles of Mendelian Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study genetic traits using popsicle sticks as chromosomes. In this biology lesson, students explain how traits are inherited from parents. They differentiate dominant and recessive genes.
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Extracting DNA from Your Cells - Teacher Preparation Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students extract their own DNA from cheek cells. In this biology instructional activity, students explain the replication process. They identify the structure and composition of DNA.
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Experimenting with Yeast Metabolism

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders determine the rate of respiration by yeast and which sugars can be used as a food source by yeast using a CO2 gas sensor and computer software. This lesson is for an honors Biology class.
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Respiration in Sammy's Cells

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars practice translating biological ideas into graphical representations and explore respiration in the context of an exercise session in this 50 minute lesson on aerobic and anaerobic respiration. The lesson includes a...
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Scientific Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students organize data collected from their experiments using graphs. In this statistics and biology instructional activity, students organize their scientific data from an article into readable graphs. They define the usefulness of...
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Human Demographics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore factors that change human population growth in a biology simulation for seven countries including the United States, China, Egypt, Germany, Italy, India, and Mexico. Factors such as age at which women begin having...
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Life is Weird

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students describe features of cold seep communities and investigate five organisms that live there.  In this biological organisms lesson plan students research a given species and give an oral presentation on their results. 
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Sars

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the Sars outbreak in 2003. In this biology lesson, students research the effect of the outbreak to the world. They create a public announcement about the topic.
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Cell Organelles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore biology by researching living cells. In this living organism lesson, students participate in a role-playing activity in which all the young scholars in class form one plant cell by portraying specific parts of a...
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Response to Stimuli

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students study the process of detection, coordination and response. In this biology lesson plan, students design an experiment to test stimuli response. They participate in a game-show style quiz after the activity.
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Human Population Growth in the Future, What are We Going to Do?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students predict what will happen to human population in the future. For this biology lesson, students brainstorm possible solutions to overpopulation problems. They create a persuasive brochure about their views on this issue.
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Big on Blubber: How do Whales Stay Warm?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore biology by conducting a science experiment in class. In this whale anatomy lesson plan, students identify the use of whale blubber for the animal to stay warm in cold waters while utilizing ice, vegetable oil, plastic...

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