CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Organic Compounds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 8 Levels of Organization: Lesson 2
This lesson will show the 8 levels of organization in living organisms, ranging from smallest to largest. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "8 Levels of Organization."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 8 Levels of Organization: Lesson 4
This lesson will show the 8 levels of organization in living organisms, ranging from smallest to largest. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "8 Levels of Organization."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: 8 Levels of Organization: Lesson 1
This lesson will show the 8 levels of organization in living organisms, ranging from smallest to largest. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "8 Levels of Organization."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Water and Life
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the structure and properties of water.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Diffusion
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of molecules moving from an area where there are lots of molecules to an area where there are fewer molecules is known as diffusion. The diffusion of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Enzymes in the Digestive System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Chemical digestion could not take place without the help of digestive enzymes. An enzyme is a protein that speeds up chemical reactions in the body. Digestive...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Carbon Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Carbon is one of the most common elements found in living organisms. Chains of carbon molecules form the backbones of many molecules, such as carbohydrates,...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Types of Nutrients
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids contain energy. When your body digests food, it breaks down the molecules of these nutrients. This releases the energy so your...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Transcription of Dna to Rna
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] DNA is located in the nucleus. Proteins are made on ribosomes in the cytoplasm. Remember that information in a gene is converted into mRNA, which carries the...
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Ck 12: Life Science: 2.10 Diffusion
Understand the processes of osmosis and diffusion.
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My Science Box: Is It Alive?
A lesson plan that introduces middle schoolers to the concept of classifying objects as either living or non-living. From this lesson, students begin to think about the necessary characteristics of life.
NBC
Nbc Learn: Chemistry of Water
This video/lesson series explains how the structure and behavior of H2O in liquid form gives water its properties, and make it a chemical essential for life. Also in this collection: a Victorian-era depiction of the water molecule; news...