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Extracting DNA from Your Cells - Teacher Preparation Notes
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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Science: What Is the Carbon Cycle?
Students examine the carbon cycle while identifying its sources, sinks, and release agents. Using magazines and newspapers, groups of students design collages illustrating the carbon cycle. Finally, they write responses to several...
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Playing With Polymers
Students explore the world of polymers. In this chemistry lesson, students make polymers and observe their properties. Follow-up questions and extension activities are included.
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Kernel Power" Ethanol Fuel from Corn
Students study why corn is a biodegradable, renewable resource. In this ethanol lesson students build models and observe a chemical reaction.
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WATER CHEMISTRY
Students list reasons why water is important and investigate and graph the freezing points of different solutions.
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Animals of the Fire Ice
Students study ice worms and describe how they interact with other species. In this methane hydrate lesson plan students study ice worms and hydrate shrimp to learn their behavior and can participate in an optional activity.
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Oxygen
Students explore oxygen and its physical and chemical propeties. In this investigative lesson students complete several experiments using oxygen.
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To Smell or Not to Smell, That is the Ester
Students explain the basic concepts of polymerization. Students participate in a lab to create a crude preparation of carboxyl esterase and test its effectiveness in reducing the residual monomer in an emulsion such as paint.
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Designer Genes
Students view a video on DNA. They discuss mitosis, meiosis and fertilization. They use strips of paper to simulate fertilization and analyze the genotype and phenotype of the combined chromosomes.
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Organic and Biochemical Compounds
In this organic and biochemical compounds worksheet, students identify compounds as alkanes, alkenes or alcohols. They compare and contrast the similarities of each. This one-page worksheet contains 6 problems.
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Working with Tenses
in this working with tenses worksheet, students identify time expressions in sentences. Students then determine the tense of each of the verb phrases and create new sentences.
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The Water Cycle and Global Warming
Students study the flow of water in the environment. In this water cycle lesson students evaluate the consequences of changes in the water cycle using data.
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Giants of the Protozoa
Students describe and define xenophyophores. In this protozoa lesson students divide into groups and complete a lab activity.
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Mixing Oil and Water
Students explore physical science by participating in a class experiment. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss what they predict will happen when cooking oil and water are blended together. Students utilize a plastic bottle, food...
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Polymerization Experiments
Students explain the process of polymerization. For this chemistry lesson, students produce carboxylesterase in the lab. They test its effectiveness in removing the by-product odor.
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Oxygen Factory
Fourth graders examine the interdependence of the oxygen and carbon dioxide cycle in an ecosystem through a laboratory investigation. After a lecture/demo, 4th graders complete the lab in groups.
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BIO205-CH1- Intro Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students locate words related to biology. The word list includes protists, viruses, plants, spiral, and biotechnology.
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Fossils
In this fossil worksheet, students match six terms with their definitions about types of fossils and they circle the proper term to make nine statements true about preservation of fossils.
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Fossils
In this fossils worksheet, students review the different types of fossils including index and trace fossils. This worksheet has 6 matching and 9 true or false questions.
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What's the Big Deal?
Students explore and define methane hydrates and describe ways that it can impact their own lives. In this methane hydrate lesson students create a molecular model and research methane hydrate.
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Look At Those Leaves!
Students observe, measure and sort leaves. For this leaf lesson students divide into groups and observe the different kinds of leaves.
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Ocean Planet: Pollution Solution
Pupils explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this science instructional activity, students investigate the impact of oil spills as they discuss historical spills. Pupils use problem solving skills to brainstorm clean-up...
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Necessary Nitrogen
High schoolers view a video that presents the biogeochemical cycle of nitrogen. They compare types of soils and consider how different fertilizers affect soil composition.
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Taste and Smell
High schoolers experiment with sense of smell, and how it relates to sense of taste.
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