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Bonneville

Solar Tracker Challenge

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Follow the light—not with one's eyes—but with a special solar tracker. Future engineers design and build a device that tracks light. They must build circuits in which solar cells rotate to receive equal amounts of light.
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Health Smart Virginia

Be Smart with Smartphones (and Screens)

For Teachers 10th
Would you rather have a broken phone or a broken bone? This very engaging question launches a discussion about the smart use of smartphones and screens. Young scholars watch a series of videos, complete worksheets, and engage in...
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Curated OER

Your Eyes Saw My Unformed Body: closing lesson

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For those who teach and believe in Intelligent Design, this lesson is perfect. Religion students read and discuss Psalm 139: 1-18, and present their cell representation in class. They then watch a speech by Louie Giglio about the protein...
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PPT
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What Makes a Plant a Plant?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For a plant unit in your biology curriculum, here is a slide show that bestows the basics of plant structure, reproduction, and classification. The information is general. The main point of the lesson is to highlight what characterizes...
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How Does Cell Size And Shape Affect Transport of Materials

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore concepts of surface area, volume, and ratios, create spreadsheets to aid organization of data collected and provide graphing capabilities, and use NIH Imaging to enable calculations of microscopic organisms.
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Organizer
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Inside of a Cell

For Students 9th - 12th
In this cell worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by determining what organelles are found in plant or animal cells and their functions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Animal Cell

For Students 6th - 8th
In this cells worksheet, middle schoolers color and label 8 items in a drawing of an animal cell. Answers are not provided. Students use colored pencils only.
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Curated OER

The Inside Story- Cells, Organs, and Systems of the Human Body

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the human body from cell level to the inter-relationships of the systems in this unit. Students practice study skills throughout the unit.
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Worksheet
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How Cells Harvest Energy

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Survey the metabolism process from respiration through the production of the ATP molecule with this seven page AP biology learning exercise. Pupils write short answers on the lines provided and label a diagram of the cellular respiration...
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TE Activity: Yeast Cells Respire, Too (But Not Like Me and You)

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Student observe and quantify the respiration that occurs in yeast-molasses cultures. They complete an effective experiment in order to examine how to think critically about the results.
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Biology: Make a Model Cell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare and contrast plant and animal cells and then create a model of the latter. They visit Websites to view the cells and answer questions about them. In pairs, students create cell models using plastic baggies, syrup,...
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Plasmolysis in Elodea Plant Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students microscopically observe various subcellular components. They determine the effects of different salt solutions on Elodea plant cells. Students explain the major function of a cell membrane and describe its structure.
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Cell Phone Plans

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students relate the use of a cell phone to math. In this algebra lesson, students collect data on the usage of their phones and plot it. They analyze the graph and make predictions based on the rate per minute.
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Worksheet
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All Life Is Cellular!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology instructional activity, students locate and identify each of the vocabulary terms relating to cells on the bottom of the sheet. There are 27 biology terms to locate in the word search.
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Science Lesson Plans

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct a variety of exploration activities on various science topics. In this science lesson outline, students design a cell encapsulation to hold a specific type of medicine. They give examples of physical and chemical...
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Worksheet
Ask a Biologist

Neuron Anatomy Activity

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Reinforce the neural connections in the brains of your young biologists with a simple anatomy worksheet. Looking at the provided diagram of a neuron, students are asked to correctly identify and describe the function of...
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What Can I Afford?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of cell phone plans. In this cell phone plan lesson, students research the cost of cell phones. Students compare various cell phone plans and decide on which phone plan is best for them.
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Cell Phones

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your texters will enjoy assessing their knowledge of function notation in this simple set of exercises. They will also interpret function notation in terms of the given context.
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DNA Extraction from Yeast Cells

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore DNA. They work in groups and mix prepared detergent/ salt solution, meat tenderizer solution, Fleischman's yeast and water to extract DNA from yeast. Observations are recorded.
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Mitosis and Cell Division

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners discover the processes that occur during mitosis and what makes each phase different and distinct from the others as well as how each contribute to the overall process of mitosis by looking at onion root tips under a microscope.
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Biology Junction

Characteristics of Life

For Students 9th - 12th
This is an extensive resource that focuses on the characteristics of life. Scientists read a series of short passages, highlighting main ideas and answering comprehension questions as they go. After they have completed the reading,...
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PPT
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DNA Basics, Bacterial Cell Walls

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Some basic descriptions of DNA and the appearance of structures in a bacteria are included along with great diagrams.  The presentation has clear, but detailed slides, and your students will find the information about Gram staining...
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Lesson Plan
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Solar Cell Energy Availability From Around the Country

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students determine areas that are the most likely to produce solar energy by using NASA data.  For this solar energy lesson students analyze plots and determine solar panel use. 
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Osmosis in Potato Slices

For Teachers 6th - 12th
You may find this presentation helpful in setting up the classic experiment where potato wedges are used for observing the effects of osmosis. You can view the experimental setup in the text and a lab sheet in the pictures, but you will...

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