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NOAA

Watch the Screen!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can a sponge cure cancer? Life science pupils visit the drugstore under the sea in the fifth lesson of six. Working groups research the topic then get hands-on experience by testing the inhibiting effects of several plant extracts on E....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Factors Affecting Plant Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the physical and chemical factors that affect plant growth. In this biology lesson, students explain the role of hormones in plants. They investigate how competition with other plants affect their growth.
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Curated OER

Chlorophyll

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explain the importance of chlorophyll in plants. In this biology lesson, students extract chlorophyll from different plant sources using chromatography. They discover the different factors needed for photosynthesis to take place.
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Curated OER

Investigating the Effect of Minerals on Plant Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How do different minerals affect the growth of plants? Budding botanists find out in a multi-week experiment that has them using solutions with specific mineral deficiencies. While there is a lot of preparation for the investigation,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Raven Chapter 10 Guided Notes: Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Kim B. Foglia has designed a comprehensive series of AP biology worksheets. This one focuses learners on the progression of photosynthesis in plants. In this assignment, they identify structures and steps on high-quality diagrams, use...
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Activity
It's About Time

Adaptations

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Congratulations! You exist, thanks to the wonders of biology and adaptations. The focus of the lesson explains many adaptations of plants and animals and how the environment has influenced the process. A hands-on activity demonstrates...
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PPT
Curated OER

Seedless Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Journey through the world of seedless plants with this visually appealing PowerPoint. Physical characteristics of mosses, liverworts, ferns, horsetails, and club mosses are detailed in bullet-point fashion. If possible, have living...
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Towson University

Berries...With a Side of DNA? (High School)

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is DNA still present after picking fruit or cooking vegetables? Biology scholars extract and collect DNA strands in an impactful lab. Working groups prepare their samples and compare their results to negative and positive standard...
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Curated OER

Fall 1-The Rain Forest Biome and the Effects of Acid Rain - Biology Teaching Thesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain why rain forests have great biodiversity, and list each layer of a rain forest and tell an organism that lives in each. They identify the cause of acid rain and its affect on a rain forest. Students hypothesize the...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mitosis Cookies Activity

For Students 7th - 12th
Reward biology learners for working hard in their mitosis lesson with a sweet snack at the end! They begin by twisting apart creme-filled cookies and using the icing as a cytoplasm. Colored candy sprinkles make up chromosome pairs, which...
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Water Pollution

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Fifteen million children under the age of five die each year due to diseases in their drinking water. Water pollution is the topic of lesson 34 in the series of 36. Scholars, through reading and discussing, study numerous aspects of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Roots, Stems, and Leaves

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this plant instructional activity, students review the structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves. This instructional activity has 5 matching, 7 true or false, 4 multiple choice, and 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Eukaryotic Cell Structure

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this cell structure worksheet, students review the structure and function of eukaryotic cells. Students also compare and contrast an animal cell with a plant cell. This worksheet has 15 fill in the blank, 8 true or false, and 7...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this flowering plant worksheet, learners will review vocabulary words associated with the life cycle of flowering plants. This worksheet has 7 matching and 3 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What is a Plant?

For Students 9th - 12th
For this plant worksheet, students will review the origins and adaptations of plants including the alternation of generations. This worksheet has 8 short answer, 6 fill in the blank, and 4 multiple choice questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Survey of the Plant Kingdom

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this plant kingdom worksheet, students will review the characteristics of the 12 divisions of the plant kingdom, comparing and contrasting their structures and life cycles. This worksheet has 17 matching, 5 short answer, and 5 fill in...
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Curated OER

DNA Isolation from Plant Tissue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars perform an experiment to extract and observe DNA from plant Tissue. They read about the procedure and relate it to the procedure used to isolate DNA from an endangered plant species. This is lesson three in a nine lesson...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What is Biology?

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this science of biology worksheet, learners will review the concepts relating to biology including the characteristics of living things, the process of reproduction, adaptations, and evolution. This worksheet has 5 short answer, 3...
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Curated OER

How Can We Study the Differences in Animal and Plant Cells Using the Compound Microscope?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine their cheek cells with a compound microscope. They identify different parts of the cell. They compare and contrast animal and plant cells with the microscope as well.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alien Plant Invasion: A Filed Study project at Saguaro National Park

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are able to describe the purpose of National Parks and Monuments. They describe three ways alien plants species affect native populations of plants and animals. Students are able to properly set up a study plot, measure and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What is an Angiosperm?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this plant learning exercise, students study a diagram of a magnified root cross-section. Students use this diagram to complete 2 true or false questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Flowers and Reproduction

For Students 7th - 12th
In this plant reproduction worksheet, students review the stages of the reproductive cycle of flowering plants. This worksheet has 1 matching, 1 short answer, and 1 true or false question.
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Lesson Plan
Serendip

Changing Biological Communities – Disturbance and Succession

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After cutting down a forest to make a farm, how long would it take the environment to turn an abandoned farm back into a forest? Scholars study this exact scenario while they interpret many charts and graphs of the changing ecosystems as...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Animal and Plant Cell Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work as a team to use the ProScope Digital USB Microscope and a computer to collect microscopic images from a variety of organisms. When they compare these specimens, they are able to determine how they are alike and different...

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