What techniques are used to ?normalize? and glamorize a look to sell ...
What techniques are used to ?normalize? and glamorize a look to sell products to young people? How can media messages be analyzed and interpreted? How can media (including advertising) help shape perceptions of what girls and boys should look like, beginning at very young ages? How can these perceptions affect mental and physical health? The following activity will help students answer each of the questions as they learn how media advertisements affect the way teens see themselves and others.
This video resource was developed by Neuroscience students of Wake Forest University. ...
This video resource was developed by Neuroscience students of Wake Forest University. This video includes an accompanying worksheet and helps students understand the anatomy and function of the ear.
In this lesson plan from the Utah Education Network, students will read ...
In this lesson plan from the Utah Education Network, students will read a summarization of Van Leeuwenhoek's life and work and answer questions to check for understanding. The summarization and questions are included.
This lesson plan guides students in applying the specific principles of the ...
This lesson plan guides students in applying the specific principles of the Belmont Report to complex case studies involving human participants as research subjects.
In this lesson, students read accounts of recent gene therapy trials and ...
In this lesson, students read accounts of recent gene therapy trials and consider the ethical implications in each and in continuing gene therapy trials as a whole. Using a bioethical decision-making model, students will state the ethical questions, list relevant facts, identify stakeholders, consider values and develop possible solutions to dilemmas that arise form gene therapy treatments.
This short video lesson demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls ...
This short video lesson demonstrates how cellulose, the naturally abundant tough walls of plant cells, might be the solution to scientists' search for a plentiful source of environmentally friendly fuels. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.
This resource is an interactive click & learn activity in which students ...
This resource is an interactive click & learn activity in which students visually explore some of the latest bioengineering creations from NIBIB-funded research, such as prosthetics and artificial kidneys.
This demonstration activity shows the effect of oil spills and illustrates a ...
This demonstration activity shows the effect of oil spills and illustrates a simple bioremediation strategy. It uses soap to mimic the effect of bioremediation by bacteria.
This comprehensive resource from Bio-Link is an alphabetical listing of careers related ...
This comprehensive resource from Bio-Link is an alphabetical listing of careers related to biotechnology. Each listing includes a detailed job description, salary information, education and training requirements, and links to short videos that contain additional information and/or interviews with people in that career.
This forensics activity allows students to practice making and analyzing bite mark ...
This forensics activity allows students to practice making and analyzing bite mark impressions using styrofoam plates and a variety of soft candy. Additional instructions can be accessed at http://sciencespot.net/Media/FrnsScience/bitemarks.ppt.
This forensics presentation gives an overview of bloodstain pattern analysis and includes ...
This forensics presentation gives an overview of bloodstain pattern analysis and includes instructions for four blood spatter labs . An accompanying student worksheet can be accessed at http://sciencespot.net/Media/FrnsScience/bloodspatter09wkst.pdf. An angle guide needed for the fourth lab can be accessed at http://sciencespot.net/Media/FrnsScience/bloodspatter_angleguide.pdf.
In this activity, students will fill out their own ?physical reactions to ...
In this activity, students will fill out their own ?physical reactions to stress? inventory and graph the class results. Then they will work in pairs to learn more about the body mechanisms that cause physiological stress symptoms, such as a fast heartbeat, cold hands, and dry mouth, or even longer-lasting symptoms such as a headache and sleeplessness. Finally, students will discuss their own reactions to stress and understand that many physiological stress reactions are part of the body?s normal functioning. Students will also look at ways of dealing with stress.
This resource is a lab in which students are given a hypothetical ...
This resource is a lab in which students are given a hypothetical DNA sequence for part of an enzyme. Using the universal genetic code, they will then determine the amino acid sequence coded for by the DNA. Differently shaped lego blocks will represent different amino acids. Students will construct the enzyme using legos.
This interactive computer game is a collection of five cases, with a ...
This interactive computer game is a collection of five cases, with a range of difficulty levels, in which students use forensic science methods to solve crimes. The "For Educators" link contains related worksheets, quizzes, and additional classroom activities.
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health ...
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health ...
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health ...
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health ...
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health ...
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health ...
This task was developed by high school and postsecondary mathematics and health sciences educators, and validated by content experts in the Common Core State Standards in mathematics and the National Career Clusters Knowledge & Skills Statements. It was developed with the purpose of demonstrating how the Common Core and CTE Knowledge & Skills Statements can be integrated into classroom learning - and to provide classroom teachers with a truly authentic task for either mathematics or CTE courses.
This video story highlights microbiologist Aindrila Mukhopadhyay of the Lawrence Berkeley National ...
This video story highlights microbiologist Aindrila Mukhopadhyay of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, whose work involves investigating the most effective ways to use microbes to convert plants into biofuels. Accompanying the video are pre-viewing questions, focus questions for viewing, post-viewing questions, an extension activity for students, and links to related resources.
In this lesson plan from the Utah Education Network, students will collect ...
In this lesson plan from the Utah Education Network, students will collect samples and bring them to school to look at underneath the microscope. They will keep a journal of their observations and drawings and summarize their findings. A student worksheet is included.
Students will become familiar with a cell by clicking on different cell ...
Students will become familiar with a cell by clicking on different cell organelles and reading about their structure and function. Please note flash must be enabled on your browers to use this resource.
This short video lesson examines the parts of a cell and how ...
This short video lesson examines the parts of a cell and how they work together to defend against invaders such as the cold virus. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.
In this lesson plan, students learn about the structure and purpose of ...
In this lesson plan, students learn about the structure and purpose of clinical trials by simulating three phases of a trial using colored beads to represent a local population that could be involved in research. Students will also be introduced to elements of study design for clinical trials such as the use of placebos, randomization and blinded studies.
Students learn information on cloning including how it is done, how it ...
Students learn information on cloning including how it is done, how it differs from natural cloning and comparing cloning an organism to cloning a gene,
In this lesson plan from the Utah Education Network, students will use ...
In this lesson plan from the Utah Education Network, students will use pictures of organisms and their offspring to compare inheritance between offspring of sexual and asexual reproduction. The lesson includes pictures and a student sheet.
This resource is a colorful inforgraphic on the benefits of biotech crops. ...
This resource is a colorful inforgraphic on the benefits of biotech crops. The infographic gives students details on increased crop productivity, conserving biodiversity, reducing agriculture's eco-foodprint and mitigating climate change.
This short video lesson examines the zebrafish's amazing regenerative retinas and explores ...
This short video lesson examines the zebrafish's amazing regenerative retinas and explores the question of whether blind eyes could possibly regenerate. Assessment and discussion questions, as well as links to additional resources, are included.
This is an interactive resource that allows students determine if facts about ...
This is an interactive resource that allows students determine if facts about genetically modified foods are a benefit or a concern to society while gaining immediate feedback. Please note you will need to enable flash on your browser to use this game
This is an interactive resource that allows students to practice labeling both ...
This is an interactive resource that allows students to practice labeling both plant and animal cells with immediate feedback. Please note you will need to enable flash on your browser to use this game
This forensics presentation is an overview of how DNA is used to ...
This forensics presentation is an overview of how DNA is used to solve crimes. An accompanying student worksheet can be accessed at http://sciencespot.net/Media/FrnsScience/DNABasicswkst.pdf.
In this hands on activity, students construct beaded bracelets based on a ...
In this hands on activity, students construct beaded bracelets based on a DNA sequence of a specific organism. Students are given a DNA sequence for thier choosen organism. The given sequence is used to make one strand of the bracelet while the other strand is created using the rules for base pairing.
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