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Curated OER

Look At A Landfill

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how landfills function. In this landfill instructional activity, students explore the use of landfills and the decomposition process by creating a model landfill. Students discuss pros and cons to landfills and how...
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Curated OER

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students become familiar with coal as an energy source and how it is mined.  In this coal lesson plan, students research the effects of coal mining on the environment. Students discuss the various problems associated with coal mining....
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Curated OER

The Three Worm Phyla

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the three worm phyla. In this classification activity, 9th graders observe, compare and contrast the planarian, tapeworm, and fluke.
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Curated OER

Toothpick Breakdown

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders model the activity of an enzyme acting on a substrate and observe relationships. Have students place toothpicks in a pile. One member of the team should break as many toothpicks as possible, in 10 seconds.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Endocrine Histology Lab

For Students 9th - 11th
In this endocrine histology lab, students examine prepared slides of various glands/ organs. Students identify each slide according to the key given and research materials. Students draw or sketch what is seen next to the appropriate...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Asexual Reproduction

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this asexual reproduction worksheet, learners compare and contrast different types of asexual reproduction processes by examining prepared slides and completing 20 short answer questions, 4 drawings, and 9 fill in the blank questions.
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Curated OER

What's it Like Inside the Sun?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners perform experiment in which they model convection as it occurs in our Sun. They also explain that convection acts where the effect of gravity and heat are present (low density fluids can rise and cool, and high density fluids...
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Curated OER

Diversity of Life

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Pupils study the classification of viruses and describe their structure.  In this investigative lesson students complete an activity and answer questions about viruses. 
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Curated OER

Teaching Biotechnology by Analogies and Models

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine analogies and create models to help visualize the concept and technique of basic biotechnology. Common scenarios are used to explain the complex procedures of genetic engineering.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Super Scientists Code

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science learning exercise, students use the key code on the right to unscramble each of the scientists. They also match each of the scientists found to their correct description.
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Curated OER

The Effects of Ultra-Violet Light on Yeast

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in small groups collecting and analyzing data as they learn how to best grow yeast. This lesson allows students to conduct several student-created experiments as they continually generate questions and hypotheses. ...
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Curated OER

Insect Unit

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use technology to investigate the concept of an insect. They use Kidspiration in order to create an insect. Then research is conducted to match the picture with the correct insect. Then students write a report about the...
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Curated OER

Fluoride in Durango's Water-Helpful or Harmful?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete several activities in their quest to find out about the addition of fluoride to city water. First, they create a guide sheet to help organize notes. The next two steps involve taking notes through guided practice....
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Curated OER

The Chemistry of Coal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate the chemistry of coal. This lesson serves as a review of conservation of mass, simple reactions and equation balancing. During the lesson, students research chemical components of coal, as well as environmental...
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Curated OER

Polymerase Chain Reaction and DNA Profiling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine DNA fingerprinting and polymerase chain reaction and how they are used in everyday life and for criminal investigations. They discover how these techniques can also be used to answer ecological and evolutionary questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

RP Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy activity, students find the words that are related to the concepts that are the theme of the word search. New vocabulary is the focus of the puzzle.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Plant and Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify behavioral and structural adaptations to plant and animal life. In this unit overview, 4th graders discuss the importance of variation and adaptation in a species survival. This is a unit overview and does not...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cell Cycle Checkpoints

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how cells use checkpoints to regulate the cell cycle. This article provides an overview of cell cycle control, outlining the factors that influence a cell's decision to pause or progress at each checkpoint.
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Hhmi: Biointeractive: The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Cell division is the only way single-celled organisms can reproduce. Learn more about cell division and explore the phases, checkpoints, and protein regulators of the cell cycle in this interactive. Find out how mutated versions of these...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Phases of the Cell Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the life cycle of a cell and delves into the phases of the cell cycle.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cell Cycle Regulators

For Students 9th - 10th
This article looks at a few of the most important core cell cycle regulators: proteins called cyclins, enzymes called Cdks, and an enzyme complex called the APC/C.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cancer and the Cell Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Article takes a look at how cancer develops and what's wrong with cancer cells. Also, delves into how abnormal forms of cell cycle regulators can contribute to cancer.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Cell Cycle and Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cell division is just one of several stages that a cell goes through during its lifetime. Students will learn about the phases of the cell cycle, specifically the...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Disruptions of the Cell Cycle: Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how a disruption in the cell cycle can cause cancer in this tutorial.

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