This content resource builds students' knowledge and conceptual understanding about plants through interactive activities, printable worksheets, and hands-on explorations. There are six investigation cases for students to complete; each case examines a different aspect of plant life, including plant structures, life cycles and reproduction, proper environmental conditions for growth, and ecological importance. Supplemental background information and a teacher's guide with suggestions for using the materials in the classroom are also provided. A Spanish version of the web site is available.

The Reproduction 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.

In this problem-based learning module, students will examine how natural selection is involved in the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria. They will evaluate methods to preventing antibiotic resistant bacteria from developing. Finally students will synthesize a plan to educate community members on preventing the development of antibiotic resistant bacteria.

This is the first of two lessons about reproduction in plants. This lesson covers how most plants normally reproduce - sexually.

In this lesson students will identify the plant parts involved in reproduction, identify the animal (bee) structures involved in pollination, and demonstrate how pollen moves from the male stamen to the female stigma. The lesson closes with a discussion about the benefits to both the bee and the plant in the pollination process. Note: This is the first lesson in a 3-lesson series; each lesson can be used independently.

This brief video lesson discusses the many ways that gender is determined in a variety of animal species: from genetic inheritance of chromosomes to environmental pressures to cloning. How do animals reproduce and how is sex of the offspring determined? Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are included.

This is additional curriculum for the Untamed Science video series created in a partnership between the North Carolina Zoo and videographer Rob Nelson. You are meant to watch the original video about Polar Bears, and then open the PDF resource below to learn about their conservation and become a Species Survival Coordinator for these vulnerable bears!

In this problem-based, blended learning mondule, students will investigate what is the single - most defining trait that makes us human? Is it our highly developed speech, our imagination, creativity, or our upright walking posture? Humans have mastered fire, developed tools, art, music, recorded our history, and accomplished a countless number of other things. In this module, students will explore genetics concepts regarding inheritance, natural selection, biology of the human brain, and our hominid evolution over the last two hundred thousand years. Students will utilize guided research, and independent work to formulate an argumentative essay, and substantiating their claim with evidence from their research. When the argumentative essay is completed, students will create a project from a choice board that demonstrates their understanding of one of the concepts of our humanity.