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Energy in a Cell

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cell energy instructional activity, students will match 8 terms with their definitions relating to the biological processes that create energy in a cell. Then students will match 6 terms as being a part of photosynthesis, aerobic...
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Curated OER

Getting Energy to Make ATP

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cellular energy worksheet, students review the stages of cellular respiration and contrast fermentation with cellular respiration. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank and 6 short answer questions.
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How do plant & animal cells make and use energy?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers show the relationship between the need for plants to undergo photosynthesis in order to generate oxygen. They see the flaws associated with this thinking because of the lack of CO2 and H2O and lack of sufficient gravity...
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Basic Needs of Living Things-Lesson Three

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the interconnectedness of organisms in the environment and examine how different organisms obtain their basic needs. They discuss a frog's habitat and what is found in it. Students discuss the processes of...
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The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the carbon cycle, periodic table, and photosynthesis and respiration. They analyze the periodic table and how it is organized, then complete the "Elementary, Dear Watson" worksheet. Students then examine a carbon...
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Energy in Cells

For Students 9th
In this biology instructional activity, 9th graders explain how producers make their own food. Then they describe the food chain and what the end products are of respiration. Students also describe how muscles continue to get energy...
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Explain Plant Chemical Processes

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students discover plant chemical processes through three lab activities. Overheads, data sheets, and teaching procedures provided for the unit covering photosynthesis, respiration, and transpiration.
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Sugar and carbohydrates, protein, fat and water - that's what little plants are made of!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify photosynthesis as the mechanism by which plants convert sunlight energy into a usable energy source for plant processes. They identify photosynthesis as the mechanism by which plants create a molecule that can be used...
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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this energy worksheet, students review the processes that create energy for a cell: photosynthesis and cellular respiration. This worksheet has 11 fill in the blank and 14 short answer questions.
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Photosynthesis and Respiration

For Students 7th
In this photosynthesis worksheet, 7th graders study the effects of photosynthesis and respiration in plants and animals.  Students respond to 21 short answer questions.
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Nuffield Foundation

Measuring the Rate of Metabolism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Plant respiration can be a difficult concept for young biologists to grasp; with a hands-on lab, learners can collect and graph data, then calculate the metabolism rate for the plants they studied. If you do not have a respirometer,...
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Chicago Botanic Garden

The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
There is 30 percent more carbon in the atmosphere today than there was 150 years ago. The first lesson in the four-part series teaches classes about the carbon cycle. Over two to three days, classes make a model of the cycle, add missing...
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Chloroplasts and Mitochondria

For Students 9th - 10th
For this biology learning exercise, students read about the mechanism of photosynthesis to answer 43 short answer questions. They explain the role of chloroplasts in the process.
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Carbon Cycle Game

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this carbon cycle lesson, middle schoolers review the carbon cycle and visit stations in the room where they experience every phase in the carbon cycle. Students journal about their journey through the cycle and brainstorm ways humans...
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What Plants Need in Order to Survive and Grow: Air

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars conduct an experiment to determine whether plants need air in order to survive and grow. They discuss natural resources, analyze slides, and observe and record data from the experiment.
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Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology activity, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on cells. There are 22 clues to solve in the puzzle on cells.
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Everything Breathes!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders test plants in the dark and in the light to see which grows better and produces more carbon dioxide. In this plants lesson plan, 5th graders also create ways for plants to go through photosynthesis that they can observe.
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The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 5th
Here is an interesting science lesson. Pupils discover that carbon, just like water, is absolutely necessary for all living things to survive. They study how it cycles through nature, become familiar with the periodic table, and look at...
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Photosynethsis....How do we know it's really happening? - Biology Teaching Thesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students think of one way to detect photosynthesis in plants besides those ways shown in class. They identify the reaction that occurs during photosynthesis. Students define the difference between an acid and a base. They identify acidic...
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Global Change

The Carbon Cycle and its Role in Climate Change

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
So how does the carbon cycle work? Kids participate in a hands-on activity that allows them to understand the chemistry behind climate change and global warming. They act out the process of photosynthesis by labeling themselves as...
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How about a Little Give and Take?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers design a closed system to test the relationships between plants and animals. They monitor abiotic fluctuations within this living system by using a chemical test kit. They observe how living organisms respond to...
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PPT
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AP Biology Lab Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A seventy-two slide PowerPoint that reviews several lab explorations done in an AP Biology course. For each lab there is a description, concepts, and conclusions. Many pictures and graphics make this visually appealing, but it would not...
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Do Trees Create Heat in the Winter

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders develop an experiment to measure the temperature on several parts of a tree to determine if there is a difference in surface temperature. They practice the process of scientific method to find out if trees create heat in...
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Cellular Respiration

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this cellular respiration worksheet, students compare the following processes: cellular respiration, glycolysis, lactic acid fermentation, and alcoholic fermentation. This worksheet has 9 short answer, 6 matching, 3 multiple choice,...

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