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.
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 observe that biological organization is a hierarchial system of classification in which each successive level is more complex than the lower level, and each successive level has properties that did not exist before. Students will sequence the levels of organization and make a foldable that lists and describes the levels.
How do cells keep us alive? Through reading and hands-on activities, students learn about parts of a cell, and their functions in carrying out processes for life. Study skills are taught and modeled as students make entries in science notebooks.
Fundamentals of Biology focuses on the basic principles of biochemistry, molecular biology, genetics, and recombinant DNA. These principles are necessary to understanding the basic mechanisms of life and anchor the biological knowledge that is required to understand many of the challenges in everyday life, from human health and disease to loss of biodiversity and environmental quality.
This resource is packed with information on the Human Genome Project and how it affects society.
The Genetics Student Edition book is one of ten volumes making up the Human Biology curriculum, an interdisciplinary and inquiry-based approach to the study of life science.
The Lives of Cells Student Edition book is one of ten volumes making up the Human Biology curriculum, an interdisciplinary and inquiry-based approach to the study of life science.
To complete this worksheet, students visit a series of web sites where they explore the history of the microscope and identify objects viewed at different magnifications.
This video lesson instructs students in the hierarchical organization of multi-cellular organisms. Each level of organization is identified and defined. The four types of tissues are discussed in detail. Supplemental materials include a transcript of the video and a quiz for assessment.
Students will create cards and play a matching game to identify the structure and function of the organelles of an eukaryotic cell. This is recommended as a reinforcement activity at the conclusion of a unit on cells. Instruction and resources to complete a webquest on the Cells Alive! website are also provided.
This lesson will take an average of 2 days for 30- 40 minutes. Students will need at least 2 days to rotate through each station. This lesson will assist students learning on how to differentiate between a unicellular (plant) and a multicellular (animal) organism. Each activity will support the different learning styles of the students.
The main resource on this website is an informative interactive that instructs students on the four types of tissues in the human body. Note: Other links on the site align to additional standards.
Exploratory behavior in juncos is inherited. Alleles that are or are not inherited can influence what substances are or are not produced by cells in any living creature. We think this might be what is causing differences in their behavior.
For this unit plan, see the old unit calendar (link on left sidebar, click ALT3 tab at the bottom). Once we update this unit to the new Doc template, we will post it here. This is now unit 3, but it used to be unit 2 (we will update file and folder numbering as we continue to revise the units). Thanks for your patience as we work hard this year to update all of the materials to the new unit template and unit/standards arrangements.
Draw an initial model showing how you think a tree might get water into its root cells. Be sure and label your model. Remember, we are just trying to get out our initial ideas and you’ll have a chance to refine your model later.
7th Grade Integrated Science textbook for the 2019-2020 school year. This textbook was developed to align to the Utah Science Core Curriculum. (Updated: May 29, 2019)
This brief video lesson lists the basic components of the cell theory and outlines the historical development of and the scientist contributions to the theory. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are included.