eBook
CK-12 Foundation

CK-12 Middle School Math Concepts - Grade 6

For Students 6th Standards
Twelve chapters cover a multitude of math concepts found in the Common Core standards for sixth grade. Each title provides a brief explanation of what you will find inside the chapter—concepts from which you can click on and learn more...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

CK-12 Earth Science Concepts for Middle School

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore a variety of science concepts in an interactive textbook created for middle school scholars. A lengthy table of contents takes readers to pages comprised of a subject overview, outline, and summary. Follow links further to find...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Zero, Negative, and Fractional Exponents: Patterns with Powers

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Build a foundational understanding of exponent patterns. Young scholars manipulate the bases of exponent expressions. They discover the meaning of negative exponents through their exploration.
Lesson Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Finding and Defining Parts of a Polynomial Function Graph

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
So many things to remember when graphing polynomials and this guide gives a helping hand to do so. The packet goes through examples and explains things like critical values, end behavior, and multiplicities. There are image links and...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Journalism 101

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
How do people express their rights of free expression through the press? Journalism 101 is the perfect combination of modules for 11th and 12th graders to learn about First Amendment rights, reporting and writing skills, digital...
Handout
Shmoop

Coordinate Proofs

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
How do you know you know? Prove it! The guide goes through several examples and includes a link to a video to teach learners how to work through coordinate proofs. The goal is to prove that different shapes are indeed that shape. 
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CK-12 Foundation

Commonsense Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Any teacher with common sense should use the perfect resource to improve composition skills. Perfect for flipped lessons and station rotation, the text details information about genres of writing with guiding questions for readers....
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

The Glyfada Method

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here's a recipe for writing that kicks instruction up a notch, BAM! The online reading about the Glyfada Method helps teachers and pupils learn more about the method and how to implement it in their own writing. Perfect for the entire...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Mutations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The process of DNA replication is not always 100% accurate. Sometimes the wrong base is inserted in the new strand of DNA. This wrong base could become permanent. A...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cloning

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cloning is the process of creating an exact replica of an organism. The clone's DNA is exactly the same as the parent's DNA. Bacteria and plants have long been able...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Dna Structure and Replication

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] DNA must replicate (copy) itself so that each resulting cell after mitosis and cell division has the same DNA as the parent cell. DNA replication occurs during the S...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Punnett Squares

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A Punnett square is a special tool derived from the laws of probability. It is used to predict the offspring from a cross, or mating between two parents. Learn more...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Modern Genetics

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Mendel laid the foundation for modern genetics, but there were still a lot of questions he left unanswered. What exactly are the dominant and recessive factors that...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Barriers to Pathogens

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Your body has many ways to protect you from pathogens. Your body's defenses are like a castle. The outside of a castle was protected by a moat and high walls. Inside...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Sex Linked Inheritance

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What determines if a baby is a male or female? Recall that you have 23 pairs of chromosomes-and one of those pairs is the sex chromosomes. Everyone has two sex...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Non Mendelian Inheritance

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In all of Mendel's experiments, he worked with traits where a single gene controlled the trait. Each also had one allele that was always dominant over the recessive...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The DNA sequence contains the instructions to place units called amino acids into a specific order. When these amino acid are assembled in that specific order,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Animal Behaviors

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Barking, purring, and playing are just some of the ways in which dogs and cats behave. These are examples of animal behaviors. Animal behavior is any way that...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Bird Reproduction

For Students 5th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How do birds reproduce? We know that chickens lay eggs. But how do they do that? Learn more about bird reproduction in this learning module produced by CK-12.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Cancer

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Cancer is a disease that causes cells to divide out of control. Normally, the body has systems that prevent cells from dividing out of control. But in the case of...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Pathogens

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Has this ever happened to you? A student sitting next to you in class has a cold. The other student is coughing and sneezing, but you feel fine. Two days later, you...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Social Behavior of Animals

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Why is animal communication important? Without it, animals would not be able to live together in groups. Animals that live in groups with other members of their...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Pedigree Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A pedigree is a chart that shows the inheritance of a trait over several generations. A pedigree is commonly created for families, and it outlines the inheritance...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Features of Populations

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A population is a group of organisms of the same species, all living in the same area and interacting with each other. Since they live together in one area, members...