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USING YEAST AS AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT MEASUREMENT TOOL

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils realize the importance of organisms as standards of measurement and experimentation.The first lab is a simple survival curve that demonstrates the effects of UV light on cells. The second lab looks at repair mechanisms of the DNA...
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Effects of Acid Rain

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the concept of acid rain and its effects on ecosystems. They are placed in groups and using a graphic organizer they brainstorm their ideas about what would happen to the ecosystems living within these environments...
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Earth's Atmosphere and Temperature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the layers of earth's atmosphere and conduct an experiment to identify carbon dioxide. They construct models using styrofoam to represent molecules in the atmosphere's layers. To discover how sunlight efffects...
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COMPARISON OF FOUR-, SIX-, AND EIGHT-bp CUTS IN CALF THYMUS DNA

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use this laboratory exercise, restriction enzymes to recognize a four-, six-, and eight-nucleotide sequence. Assuming that the four component nucleotides (A, C, T, G) are distributed randomly within a DNA molecule, then any...
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Organizer
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Alkanes: Physical Properties

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this alkanes worksheet, learners complete a graphic organizer by filling in the number of carbon atoms for the given alkanes. Students plot a graph showing how physical properties change with the number of carbon atoms. Then learners...
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Fueling the Body

For Students 5th - 12th
In this nutrition worksheet, students review the organs and enzymes that are part of the digestive system. Then students review the food pyramid by comparing two menus. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank, 4 true or false, and 5 short...
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Homeostasis

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Learners explore homeostasis and identify it in work in an organism. They brainstorm things that stay the same and participate in several demonstrations that illustrate homeostasis. Students predict baseline breathing and jumping jacks
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Organizer
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Displacement Reactions and Acid/Base Reactions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions instructional activity, students review the solubility rules for common salts. Students determine the molecular equation, ionic equation, and net ionic equation for specific reactions. Students calculate moles...
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Clues to Copying the Code

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this DNA worksheet, students access a website to determine the information that was used to understand DNA replication. Students compare the difference between observations and opinions. This worksheet has 7 short answer questions and...
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Organizer
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Lewis Structures and Bonding

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this compounds learning exercise, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the chemical compounds structure, resonance, geometry, hybridization, and bond angles. Then students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Organizer
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Passive and Active Transport

For Students 9th - 12th
In this transport learning exercise, students compare and contrast the characteristics and examples of active transport and passive transport. This learning exercise has 1 graphic organizer and 11 short answer questions.
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Acid, Base, or Salt?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this acids and bases worksheet, students read about the differences between acids and bases and then complete a table comparing the characteristics of both. Then students determine if the given statements describe an acid, base, or...
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What is a Sound?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the concept of sound. For this sound lesson, 2nd graders discover what sound, vibrations, and pitch are through several experiments. Students watch a Power Point presentation that allows them to complete a graphic...
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Interactive
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The p53 Gene and Cancer

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Is understanding the p53 gene the key to kicking cancer? Introduce a most-important protein through a presentation with colorful diagrams, simulations, and brief lectures. Viewers discover how p53 works, the cellular processes it...
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Digestive System Quiz

For Students 9th - 12th
In this digestive system activity, students answer 9 questions, 2 of which are multiple choice and 7 are short answer. Included are questions about the process of digestion and the structures of the digestive system.
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How to Design an Experiment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to develop and implement an experiment. They investigate the properties of nylon and construct a mobile of organic materials. They share their experiments with the class.
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Homologous Shoes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the concept of homology by observing their shoes and those of their classmates. They summarize the observations of everyone's shoes relating it to chromosomes in cells. They share their observations with the class.
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Using Ion Exchange Chromatography to Separate Proteins

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore protein purification by separating a positively charged molecule, lysozyme, from a negatively charged molecule, albumin, at neutral pH using ion exchange chromatography.
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Science: Designer genes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engineer new organisms using biotechnology. In small groups, they write procedures, list benefits and drawbacks, and explain how their new organism might affect the environment. After creating their new organisms, they present...
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Using Yeast as an Ultraviolet Light Measurement Tool

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students accurately measure the relationship between radiation dose and either survival or some genetic event such as mutation or recombination. They investigate the damage that was done to the DNA molecule as a result of exposure to...
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Which Wrap Is Wrapped Right?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the integrity and strength of different types of food wraps. They test the wraps and create a graphic organizer for the data. Once it is organized then a lab report can be written. The lesson plan contains...
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The Code of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study genes, DNA and medical research. They watch "The Code of Life" video and answer discussion questions regarding the transcription and translation of DNA and how errors in these processes and mutations in DNA can produce...
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The Chemistry of Killer Coal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research chemical components of coal, as well as environmental health impacts of mining and burning coal. They discuss conservation of mass as it relates to combustion of organic compounds.
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Digestion of Starch: Microbes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sugar isn't good for you, but it's great for microbes. A simple experiment has pupils investigate the digestion of starch by microbes to produce sugars. They apply two bacterial cultures, an amylase solution, and distilled water on a...

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