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Open Curriculum: Circulatory System
Detailed information about the many functions and components of the cardiovascular system. Also looks at the lymphatic system and cardiovascular disease.
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Open Curriculum: Digestive System
Students learn about the organs and major functions of the digestive system, the roles of intestinal bacteria, and about diseases of the digestive system.
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Open Curriculum: Integumentary System
With this article, students will be able to identify the structures that make up the integumentary system, their functions, and health conditions that may affect parts of the system.
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Open Curriculum: Muscular System
In this resource, students learn the major role of the muscular system, about muscle fibers, the role of ATP and calcium in muscle contraction, how muscles move bones, and how muscles respond to aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
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Open Curriculum: The Skeletal System
After studying this article, students will be able to identify the functions and structure of bones, types of bones, bone development, parts of bones, types of joints, and bone disorders.
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Open Curriculum: Modern Classification Systems
Identify the four new kingdoms that were added to the original Linnaean taxonomy.
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Open Curriculum: New Kingdoms
Between 1866 and 1977, a total of four new kingdoms were added to the original plant and animal kingdoms identified by Linnaeus. The new kingdoms include Protista (protists), Fungi, Monera (eubacteria), and Archaea (archaebacteria)....
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Open Curriculum: Biomes
This video illustrates the relationship between biomes and climate. [3 min, 38 sec]
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Open Curriculum: Biotechnology
This illustrated article describes various applications of biotechnology as related to medicine, agriculture, and forensic science.
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Open Curriculum: Blood
This illustrated article gives an in-depth study of the human blood.
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Open Curriculum: Cell Structures
An illustrated overview of the structure and function of the cell and its structures.
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Open Curriculum: Cell Transport and Homeostasis
Students will be able to identify two ways that molecules and ions cross the plasma membrane.
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Open Curriculum: Chemical Reactions
Students will be able to describe what happens in a chemical reaction, and identify types of chemical reactions.
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Open Curriculum: Chromosomes and the Cell Cycle
This article illustrates the properties of cell division in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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Open Curriculum: Classification: Form and Function
Find out about taxonomy, and understand why scientists classify organisms. Study the concepts behind Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature.
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Open Curriculum: Community Interactions in Ecosystems
An illustrated article which provides a overview of ecology including several important interactions affecting ecosystems.
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Open Curriculum: Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Students will be able to identify important ideas Darwin developed during the voyage of the Beagle, and give examples of his observations that supported those ideas.
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Open Curriculum: Dna and Rna
This article discusses the findings leading to the discovery of DNA as genetic material.
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Open Curriculum: Dna Technology
This article will help students define DNA technology, the Human Genome Project, and PCR.
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Open Curriculum: Early Life
The aim of this article relates the nature of science to our current understanding of the origin of life and describe the formation of the atoms which build the Earth and its life.
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Open Curriculum: Energy for Life: An Overview of Photosynthesis
Students will be able to identify the kind of energy which powers life.
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Open Curriculum: Environmental Problems and Human Health
This article helps explain how carcinogens cause cancer ,and it discusses ways that cancer can be treated or prevented.
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Open Curriculum: Evidence for Evolution
With this article, students will be able to clarify the significance of a scientific theory and recognize that Darwin supported his theory with a great deal of evidence, and that many kinds of evidence since his time have further...
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Open Curriculum: Evolution Continues Today Can We Control It?
This article allows students to recognize that the process of evolution by natural selection continues to change our world and ourselves, both despite and because of our best efforts to control it.