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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Characteristics of Life

For Students 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Videos, texts, activities, and assessments about the factors that characterize living things.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bacteria Are Everywhere!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Through this activity, students are introduced to the concept of engineering biological organisms and studying their growth to be able to identify periods of fast and slow growth. Students learn that bacteria are found everywhere,...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Highlighting the Neuron

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this lesson on the brain's neural networks, students investigate the structure and function of the neuron. They discover ways in which engineers apply this knowledge to the development of devices that can activate neurons. Includes...
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eBook
eSchool Today

E School Today: Living Organisms Are Made Up of Cells

For Students 3rd - 9th
Discover how living things are made up of cells.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Revision Notes on the Characteristics of Living Things

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses the five characteristics that living things have and nonliving things do not.
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Lesson Plan
Other

My Science Box: Is It Alive?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan that introduces middle schoolers to the concept of classifying objects as either living or non-living. From this lesson, students begin to think about the necessary characteristics of life.
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Handout
Earth Life

Earthlife: Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough introduction to cells and their importance to life. Includes various types of cells and their function. Good diagrams of the different types of cells.
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Graphic
Cells Alive

Cells Alive!: Plant, Animal, and Bacteria Cell Models

For Students 9th - 10th
Find animated diagrams that describe both eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells. There are models for animal, plant, and bacteria cells.
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Activity
Other

Fun Science Gallery: Let's Observe the Red Blood Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of red blood cells accompanies a blood smear observation experiment. Includes drawings and photographs to aid in understanding.
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Lesson Plan
The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls1 1: Cell Theory

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-LS1-1: cell theory.
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Interactive
BSCS Science Learning

Bscs Science Learning: Virtual Microscope: Human Tissue

For Students 9th - 10th
Like a real microscope, the Virtual Microscope will allow you to examine slide samples more closely. You will be able to collect samples and save them for further observation.
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Interactive
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 Infection Spread Basic

For Students 9th - 10th
This model explores the spread of an airborne respiratory illness like COVID-19, through a community, based on various social interactions and remediation measures.
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Interactive
OpenSciEd

Open Sci Ed: Covid 19 Spread Across a Community

For Students 9th - 10th
This model explores the spread of an airborne respiratory illness like COVID-19, through a community, based on various social interactions and remediation measures.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Cell Biology

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces cells, cell theory, and the levels of organization in organisms.