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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Producers

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Energy is the ability to do work. In organisms, this can be physical work, like walking or jumping, or it can be the work used to carry out the chemical processes in...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cellular Respiration

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How does the food you eat provide energy? Through the process of cellular respiration, the energy in food is changed into energy that can be used by the body's...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Fermentation

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Sometimes cells need to obtain energy from sugar, but there is no oxygen present to complete cellular respiration. In this situation, cellular respiration can be...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Cellular Respiration Reactions

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of cellular respiration and its overall chemical equation. The energy changes that occur during cellular respiration, including in photosynthesis.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Process of Cellular Respiration

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why do you need air to live? Of course if you didn't breathe, you couldn't survive. You need the gas oxygen to perform cellular respiration to get energy from your...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Passive Transport

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The cell membrane is semi-permeable. Sometimes molecules need the help of special transport proteins or an input of energy to help them move across it. When an input...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Biochemical Reaction Chemistry

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a biochemical reaction, the different types and the importance of enzymes in biochemical reactions.
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Website
Morning Earth

How Life Works: Biosphere Is Process: Photosynthesis

For Students 5th - 9th
Learners examine the biology topic of cell energy. The tutorial consists of definitions, pictures, and the basic sequence of photosynthesis.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Forever Wild? Input and Output

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Investigate the scientific principles of biospheres, and observe the effects of biological processes on closed systems.
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Handout
Other

New Mexico Tech: The 7 Characteristics of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the seven characteristics that define what life is for biological purposes.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Enzymes Proteins That Pack a Punch!

For Students 9th - 10th
Through a combination of slide show tutorials and a video demonstration, learn how enzymes work. [3:00]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Protists Nutrition

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The cells of protists need to perform all of the functions that other cells do, such as grow and reproduce, maintain homeostasis, and obtain energy. They also need...