Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Exam: Living Environment 2008

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The New York Regents High School Examinations are comprehensive and include various question formats, including multiple choice and graph analysis. This particular version, the 2008 Living Environment exam, surveys a variety of topics....
Activity
Serendip

How Mistakes in Cell Division Can Result in down Syndrome and Miscarriages

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Some genetic conditions occur without being inherited. The distinction becomes the focus of the lesson. It details the process of cell division that results in trisomy on various chromosomes. A worksheet highlights the results including...
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2003

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The living environment, from the interior of a cell to the complex relationships among populations, is queried in this final examination. Learners examine air pollution maps, cell diagrams, population graphs, and drawings of cells. They...
Lesson Plan
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2010

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This exam covers every topic in a typical first-year biology course. A wide variety of question styles gives high schoolers every opportunity to show what they know. Why start from scratch when a comprehensive final exam is easily...
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2005

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The 2005 version of the Regents High School Examination in ecology is as comprehensive as previous years' exams. It consists of 40 multiple-choice questions on topics ranging from the structure of DNA to interactions within an ecosystem....
Unit Plan
BBSRC

Discovering DNA: The Recipe for Life

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
A pinch of adenine, a dash of thymine and ta-da, you have life! Well, it's not quite that simple, but through this series of activities and experiments young scientists learn about the structure of DNA and how it contains the recipe...
Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Division

For Students 9th - 10th
Chromosomes carry genetic information in a molecule called DNA. A type of cell division called mitosis ensures that when a cell divides each new cell produced has the same genetic information. Links to a video and a test are provided.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: A Genetic Mutation With Prognostic Value for Glioblastoma Patients

For Students 9th - 10th
Questions related to processes of cell division, differentiation, and specialization.