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TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 15
What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Fields in the Life Sciences
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The life sciences are the study of living organisms. They deal with every aspect of living organisms, from the biology of cells to the biology of individual...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Safety in the Life Sciences
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] There can be some very serious safety risks in scientific research. Safety practices must be followed when working with the hazardous materials and organisms. Learn...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: 7th Grade Life Science at the Observatory: Life Throughout the Universe
This lesson is used to review basic concepts of Life Science and to utilize that knowledge by making the young scholars think about and wonder if there is life somewhere else in the universe and what that life would be like.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 1.2 Fields in the Life Sciences
Explore some different areas of study in the life sciences.
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Teach Engineering: Life Science
This unit covers the processes of photosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry and bioremediation. In the first lesson on photosynthesis, students learn how engineers use the natural process of photosynthesis as an exemplary model of a complex...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 7.3 Plant Reproduction and Life Cycle
Learn about the reproduction and life cycles of plants.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Reproduction and Life Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The life cycle of a plant is very different from the life cycle of an animal. Humans are made entirely of diploid cells (cells with two sets of chromosomes). Our...
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Ck 12: Life Science: 7.7 Life Cycle of Seedless Vascular Plants
Discover the life cycle of seedless vascular plants.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 4.11 First Cell
Learn about the first form of life on Earth, the cell.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 2.1 Elements and Compounds
Learn how basic elements form molecules to support life.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 1.5 Basic and Applied Science
Get an overview of applied science where people use and apply information obtained through basic science.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 2.20 Cell Cycle
Understand the life cycle of a eukaryotic cell.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 12.34 Mass Extinction
Discover how mass extinctions play a part in Earth's life history.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 3.18 Cloning
Understand the science and ethics behind human or animal cloning.
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Ck 12: Life Science: 1.8 Characteristics of Life
Discover the five characteristics that all living things have in common.
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Ck 12: Life Science: Cell Cycle
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of cell division in eukaryotic cells is carefully controlled. The cell cycle is the life cycle of a cell, with cell division at the end of the cycle....
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Ck 12: Life Science: Importance of Biodiversity
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Biodiversity is a measurement of the amount of variation of the species in a given area. More specifically, biodiversity can be defined as the variety of life and...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do you ever wonder why some birds are big like ostriches and some birds are small like robins? Or why a lion has a mane while a leopard has spots? In the 19th...
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Ck 12: Life Science: Fossils
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Fossils are the preserved remains of animals, plants, and other organisms from the distant past. By studying fossils, evidence for evolution is revealed....
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Ck 12: Safety in the Life Sciences
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The standard safety symbols and practices used in a biology laboratory are covered in this lesson.
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It's All About What's Inside. Classification and the Tree of Life [Pdf]
In this science lesson, young scholars look at how animals have traditionally been classified in a tree of life diagram by examining the characteristics of plastic eggs. They then analyze the genetic code assigned for each egg and look...