Phases of Mitosis
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students use a mnemonic device for remembering the phases of mitosis.
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All resources in Science Review and Alignment
Differentiation and the Fate of Cells
(View Complete Item Description)This brief video clip discusses the production of specialized cells during human embryonic development.
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The Twisting Tale of DNA
(View Complete Item Description)This brief video lesson describes DNA and its role and importance in living organisms. This is a very comprehensive overview of how DNA determines form and function, manages protein synthesis within individuals, and ultimately drives evolution. Discussion/assessment questions and suggested supplemental resources are also included.
Material Type: Lecture, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Presentation
Linnaean Classification
(View Complete Item Description)This resource outlines Linnaean classification and defines binomial nomenclature. It includes diagrams, practice questions, a study guide, flash cards, interactive assessments, and articles on real world applications.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Biology in Motion: Cellular Metabolism/Enzyme Characteristics
(View Complete Item Description)This content resource provides the user with a visual representation of enzyme-substrate interactions resulting in a specific product. This is not a complete lesson, but would be beneficial for students as a review prior to an assessment or for teachers as a quick refresher on enzyme-substrate interactions.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration, Lesson
Marine Food Webs
(View Complete Item Description)Students investigate marine food webs and trophic levels, research one marine organism, this activity sand fit their organisms together in a class-created food web showing a balanced marine ecosystem.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Lesson
Amoebas & Temperature
(View Complete Item Description)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.
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Activity: Geologic Maps & Earthquakes
(View Complete Item Description)Students will examine geologic maps in order to assess the likelihood and location of earthquakes in California.
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Binding Energy vs. Mass
(View Complete Item Description)This diagram shows the relationship between the nuclear binding energy of an isotope and its atomic mass.
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The Development of Atomic Theory
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will work in small groups to read and analyze a primary source using a set of questions designed to help them understand the writers' viewpoints. Students will then explain their findings to their classmates. Finally, each student will produce a written essay that explains how and why scientific understanding of the atom has changed over time.
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Chemistry Inquiry: An Electron's Address
(View Complete Item Description)This resource sheet reviews electrons' energy levels and sublevels within the atom and provides critical thinking questions to assess student understanding of these concepts.
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Acid Rain: Where Have All the Rainbows Gone?
(View Complete Item Description)In this lesson, students will identitfy several forms of acid precipitation. They will list effects of acid precipitaiton and explain the actions that cause the damage. Students will define "buffering" and explain how environmental factors can act as buffers.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Dead Zones
(View Complete Item Description)Explore water pollution and its impact on ocean life in aquatic dead zones. GeoInquiries are designed to be fast and easy-to-use instructional resources that incorporate advanced web mapping technology. Each 15-minute activity in a collection is intended to be presented by the instructor from a single computer/projector classroom arrangement. No installation, fees, or logins are necessary to use these materials and software.
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3-Component Seismogram Records Seismic-Wave Motion
(View Complete Item Description)This animation illustrates the movement of the three basic waves associated with an earthquake and the effect of these waves on a building.
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50 Ways to Name Your Compound
(View Complete Item Description)This student worksheet reviews the basic naming conventions for compounds, and then provides 50 items for independent practice.
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Acid(s) - Base(s) Detective
(View Complete Item Description)Students will learn to identify and define acid and base and classify household chemicals as acids or bases using universal iindicator.
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Animal Diversity Web
(View Complete Item Description)This is an online database of animal, distribution, classification, and conservation biology. It is a searchable encyclopedia, science learning tool and virtual museum.
Material Type: Lesson
BLAST Assembled Genomes
(View Complete Item Description)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.
Material Type: Interactive
Building a Protein
(View Complete Item Description)This hands-on activity is designed for students to demonstrate the concepts of bonding amino acids to create proteins, and to model protein synthesis. This activity cab be used as an assessment of the students' understanding of peptide and disulfide bonds formed during protein synthesis, and the structure of an amino acid (R-group plus the common structure that all amino acids share). Students will demonstrate the process of dehydration synthesis by combining amino acids. They will synthesize one molecule of the protein ADH (antidiuretic hormone) by reading the mRNA sequence, cutting out the -OH on the carboxyl group on amino acid one, and the -H on the amino group of amino acid two. These two pieces (-OH and -H) will combine to form a water molecule. The students will connect the two amino acids by taping a peptide bond label between the carbon of the carboxyl and the nitrogen of the amino group on amino acid. This process is continued until the stop codon on the mRNA is read. If the synthesis is done correctly, the student will produce eight peptide bonds creating one chain, and eight molecules of water. If this activity is used for biology, the tRNA, and rRNA molecules can be added to the process.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
(View Complete Item Description)Students explore the issues of ethics in medical research and, in particular, the issue of informed consent, in the context of Henrietta Lacks and the HeLa cells. This lesson uses the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot.
Material Type: Lesson Plan