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Anatomy and Physiology
Students explore anatomy and physiology using various activities. In this biology lesson, students reasearch about medical radiation and its applications. They study cell cycle, cell division and other processes that sustain life.
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Teaching Biotechnology With Models
Students will construct models to obtain understanding about the scientific concept. The kinesthetic learners will benefit from the project. There is ample opportunity for all types of learners to be engaged in this lesson.
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Blood and the Circulatory System
In this circulatory system worksheet, pupils review the organs that are involved with this body system, including their structure and function. Students explore the problems that can occur with the circulatory system. This worksheet has...
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Protein Synthesis
In this biology worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 35 questions on protein synthesis. They identify the different parts of the cell involved in the process.
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Protist Crossword
In this protist worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 34 questions about the behaviour and different types of protists.
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Life in a Drop of Water
Students observe the wealth of living organisms in a drop of water from our freshwater ecosystems. They classify the types of organisms observed as single-celled or multi-cellular and use a key or chart to identify and name the organisms...
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Protoplast Production (Plant Cells Without Walls)
Students explore the spherical protoplasts of plants. Students observe that plant cells have a plasma membrane in addition to the cell wall. Students plasma membranes, solutes and organelles.
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Student Cancer Journals -- Personal Reflections and Research on Life and Death Issues
Concepts learned in the study of mitosisand biochemistry help when making life or death decisions. Compile a notebook or portfolio of work related to the project can make the research more organized and relevant.
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When Microbes Attack
Students study how the body defends itself against the invasion of harmful microbes and how certain types of drugs can provide assistance. They design and execute their own experiments to test whether increasing the number of types of...
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Bacteria
Middle schoolers study the advantages and disadvantages of bacteria. In this bacteria lesson students draw and label the different types of bacteria.
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Gene Control in Eukaryotes
In this gene control in eukaryotes worksheet, students complete a table with information about the process of translation and transcription. Students also explain the process of post-transcription and the modifications involved.
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Drosophila Melanogaster
Young scholars cross wild type flies and mutants, both purchased from a biological supply house (Carolina Biological Supply or Wards, for example) in groups from lesson one.
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How Can You Predict the Characteristics of an Unborn Baby?
Young scholars compare three sets of unlabeled human chromosomes and gather related data, trace chromosomes to pair them, and make observations about them.
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The Challenge to Deliver Insulin
Students study the types of diabetes and why insulin is important. For this diabetes lesson students build molecular models and create a healthy lifestyle plan.
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Mitosis and Meiosis Comparison
This t-chart provides a graphic organizer for pupils to list similarities and differences between the two types of cell division. There are no instructions on the handout, so more concrete thinkers may need a little guidance.
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Sponges
In this sponges worksheet, students will explore the characteristics of sponges including their different types of cells and body structures. Students will also determine how sponges reproduce. This worksheet has 3 short answer and 11...
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Quantum Dots and the Harkess Method
The Fantastic Voyage is becoming close to reality. The class reads an article on the use of nanotechnology in the medical field and participate in a discussion about what they read. The discussion method helps class members become more...
Biology in Motion
Organize-It
Many pupils struggle to categorize and organize related content. Multiple quizzes on a variety of topics offer practice for these specific skills. Scholars move items around until they think each is placed in the proper position....
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Enzymes Help Us Digest Food ~ Introduction to Sugars and Enzymes
After an explanatory introduction to sugars and enzyme activity, biochemists discover whether lactase is needed to digest lactose, sucrose, and milk as a whole. High school science lab skills are required for these investigations.
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Blood Business
Students identify the different kinds of blood. In this biology lesson, students investigate the antigens, agglutinins and Rh factor using their own blood. They use Punnett squares to predict blood type of offspring.
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Movement, it's FUN-damental!
High schoolers discover how muscles work. In this biology lesson plan, students explain the causes of fatigue and muscle soreness. They create graphs and compare results with their classmate.
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Photosynthesis
In this biology activity, students explain where the energy of food originally came from. Then the explain one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy. Students also describe how ATP and ADP differ and...
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The Electrophoresis of Human Hemoglobin
High schoolers are presented with a scenario that requires them to electrophoreses human hemoglobin samples in order to confirm a diagnosis of sickle cell anemia and/or to determine whether individuals in the scenario are carriers of the...
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What is the Skeletal System?
Students investigate the human skeletal system. For this biology lesson, students trace the outline of their body onto butcher paper and fill in the names of the bones. Students use an overhead transparency of the human skeletal system...