This resource is a 4 day, 3rd grade unit on Soil and ...
This resource is a 4 day, 3rd grade unit on Soil and Plants.This resource has been enhanced with a section of resources including activities and digital learning opportunities.
The goal of this lesson is to introduce students who are interested ...
The goal of this lesson is to introduce students who are interested in human biology and biochemistry to the subtleties of energy metabolism (typically not presented in standard biology and biochemistry textbooks) through the lens of ATP as the primary energy currency of the cell. Avoiding the details of the major pathways of energy production (such as glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation), this lesson is focused exclusively on ATP, which is truly the fuel of life.
In this activity, students play a game that simulates the carbon cycle. ...
In this activity, students play a game that simulates the carbon cycle. During the activity students will compare the carbon cycle before and after the industrial revolution.
In this simulation activity, students will collect data, formulate a hypothesis, and ...
In this simulation activity, students will collect data, formulate a hypothesis, and run a series of experiments in order to discover the interplay between natural selection and sexual selection in a wild population of guppies.
Students will investigate comparative anatomy of organisms - visually, verbally, and kinesthetically ...
Students will investigate comparative anatomy of organisms - visually, verbally, and kinesthetically - and how these organisms have changed through adaptation and evolution. To meet this objective, each group of students will perform seven independent activities at seven separate stations.
Students examine exponential and logistic growth, identify carrying capacity, distinguish between density-dependent ...
Students examine exponential and logistic growth, identify carrying capacity, distinguish between density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors, apply the population model to data sets, and determine carrying capacity from population data.
In this interactive module, students examine exponential and logistic growth, identify carrying ...
In this interactive module, students examine exponential and logistic growth, identify carrying capacity, distinguish between density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors, apply the population model to data sets, and determine carrying capacity from population data.
ACE Education is the Agapé Center for Environmental Education, a carefully developed ...
ACE Education is the Agapé Center for Environmental Education, a carefully developed and integrated program designed to meet the goals set forth by the NC Department of Public Instruction. ACE Education is a creative way to meet NC Essential Standards for Science and Social Studies. ACE Education experiences make use of experiential learning – proven to be the most effective method of education.
Students investigate factors that limit the spread of invasive species in the ...
Students investigate factors that limit the spread of invasive species in the United States. They compare the spread and limiting factors of three classes of invasive species - insects, plants, and aquatic invertebrates - through data sets from the National Atlas and readings on invasive species issues. This activity is part of "Investigating Your World With My World GIS," a set of activities designed for use with My World GIS software (which can be downloaded at www.natgeoed/myworldgis) to help students learn key content and practice spatial problem solving.
This activity will best fit when teaching about natural selection and how ...
This activity will best fit when teaching about natural selection and how favored alleles lead to change in species. The activity will further this idea by introducing students to the Hardy-Weinberg Theorem, which uses allele frequency to determine if a population is evolving. The activity can be done with the entire class or as part of a differentiated lesson. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.
This lesson will expose students to some of the problems amoebas have ...
This lesson will expose students to some of the problems amoebas have caused to residents of Florida. Studies have shown that virulent strains of amoebas from the genera Naegleria and Acanthamoeba have the ability to grow at high temperatures, while non-virulent strains are unable to grow at normal or elevated body temperatures.
Anaerobic RespirationGiving us credit when you use our content and technology is ...
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This interactive resource describes and illustrates sea urchin development and how the ...
This interactive resource describes and illustrates sea urchin development and how the larval skeleton forms during embryonic development. In a virtual lab, students will use a modern manipulation technique called morpholino microinjection to study the genetic basis of skeleton formation in the sea urchin larva.
In this unit students will draw conclusions about corals by examining the ...
In this unit students will draw conclusions about corals by examining the behavior of hydra; explain and model how corals eat, grow, and reproduce; and explain the difference between hard and soft corals.
In this lab students will examine hydra, a fresh-water relative of coral, ...
In this lab students will examine hydra, a fresh-water relative of coral, under a microscope to observe feeding behavior and identify stinging cells that are characteristic of corals.
In this activity students will explain and model how corals eat, grow, ...
In this activity students will explain and model how corals eat, grow, and reproduce. Students will also explain the different types of symbiotic relationships that can exist between coral and the difference between hard and soft coral.
This interactive animation shows the user the process of meiosis and the ...
This interactive animation shows the user the process of meiosis and the changes a cell undergoes at each stage of cell division. The resource does allow one to view meiosis as a continuous sequence or stop at any stage and review critical events taking place during each stage.
This is an online database of animal, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. ...
This is an online database of animal, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. It is a searchable encyclopedia, science learning tool and virtual museum.
In this activity, students will work in collaborative groups to create 9M ...
In this activity, students will work in collaborative groups to create 9M x 9M models of plant and animal cells. Class population can be split into 2 or 4 groups, with half the students constructing animal cells and the other half constructing plant cells. Students must organize and assign duties, provide materials for this activity, and write a written report. They will also give "Cell Tours" to other students and/or classroom guests.
Students will explore how human population growth, air pollution, agriculture, mining, water ...
Students will explore how human population growth, air pollution, agriculture, mining, water use, and other human activities have impacted the environment and the mark they will leave in the fossil record.
The purpose of this video lesson is to expand the student's knowledge ...
The purpose of this video lesson is to expand the student's knowledge about enzymes by introducing the antioxidant enzymes that are intimately involved in the prevention of cellular damage and eventual slowing of the aging process and prevention of several diseases. Students will learn that natural antioxidant enzymes are manufactured in the body and provide an important defense against free radicals. The topic of free radical action is introduced, covering how they are constantly generated in living cells both by "accidents of chemistry" and also by specific metabolic processes.
Although they are best known for their use in agriculture to increase ...
Although they are best known for their use in agriculture to increase yields and fight crop diseases, genetic modification techniques are used in many different areas of biological research, including medicine. In this case study, we'll follow the process of developing an edible vaccine for the hepatitis B virus and explore practical details of genetic engineering techniques.
Students analyze a map of the North Polar region, test their knowledge ...
Students analyze a map of the North Polar region, test their knowledge of the Arctic, and brainstorm examples of the interconnectedness of life in this region with life around the world.
Students will observe Mendel's Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment through a ...
Students will observe Mendel's Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment through a series of monohybrid crosses with Brassica rapa plants. Students will make inferences supporting Mendel's laws on the basis of their interpretation of the results of these crosses.
This resource goes with the lesson plan "Alien Encounters -- Transcription and ...
This resource goes with the lesson plan "Alien Encounters -- Transcription and Translation" . Students can use this resource to look up the DNA sequence for a specific disease of their choice, then enter the DNA sequence and find the amino acid sequence for the disease. Students can prepare a poster of a disease which would include information about the disease, the DNA sequence, RNA strand and amino acid chain.
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