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Read Works

Read Works: Vanishing Frogs

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about a skin fungus causing the harlequin frog species to become endangered. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Timeline of Evolution

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For life to evolve from simple single-celled organisms to many millions of species of prokaryotic species to simple eukaryotic species to all the protists, fungi,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Protist Characteristics

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Protists are eukaryotes, which means their cells have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Most protists are single-celled. Other than these features, they...
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BBC

Bbc Nature: Leaf Cutter Ants

For Students 9th - 10th
The farmers of the insect world, leaf-cutter ants grow their own food in underground fungus farms. Pieces of leaf are carried hundreds of meters in impressive processions, with each ant carrying a piece up to 50 times its own body...
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Mold Terrarium

For Students 3rd - 8th
Exploratorium helps you to grow your own mold terrarium. Includes directions and an explanation for what you see growing on your food!
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Ecology: Lichen

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describing the different categories of lichens, their physical features, how they reproduce, their evolution, and important benefits lichens provide to humans. (Published: July 19, 2010)
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Michigan State University

Michigan State University: Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology: Microbe Zoo

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the "many worlds of hidden microbes" in different areas of the Microbe Zoo: DirtLand, Animal Pavilion, Snack Bar, Space Adventure, and WaterWorld. A fun and informative resource that sheds light on the role of microbes in our...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Eoct Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th
Students participate in this comprehensive review to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of all topics within the scope of this biology course in preparation for successful completion of the Georgia End of Course Exam. It can also be...
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University of Florida

Fmnh: University of Florida Herbarium

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent site contains information on the University of Florida Herbarium located in Gainsville, Florida. The Herbarium offers five different collections of plants as well as an electronic library of plants.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Career Profile: Microbiologist

For Students 9th - 10th
Microbiologists spend their careers peering through microscopes in their study of microorganisms. They have plenty to look at since these are Earth's most common life-forms. Science Buddies outlines the education requirements as well as...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Yeast Reproduction in Sugar Substitutes

For Students 9th - 10th
There's nothing quite like the smell of fresh-baked bread to make your mouth water. As any baker can tell you, you can't bake bread without yeast. This project makes clever use of bread dough to measure yeast reproduction three different...
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Infectious Diseases: Pathogens

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive, self-guided lesson on pathogens and microorganisms. This lesson has many descriptive animations as well as diagrams to help with understanding. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.
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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: The Variety and Roles of Microbes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn about the four major groups of microbes and their characteristics, and the roles microbes have in the world. The lesson and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on the four types of...
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Tree of Life Project

The Tree of Life Web Project

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tree of Life is a multi-authored, Internet distributed project containing information about phylogeny and biodiversity. The Tree of Life can be used to locate information about a particular group of organisms through their taxonomy.
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Other

Ny Botanical Garden: Fungal and Plant Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
Findings of an expedition by the New York Botanical Garden in French Guiana to investigate vegetation.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Dirty Decomposers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students design and conduct experiments to determine what environmental factors favor decomposition by soil microbes. They use chunks of carrots for the materials to be decomposed, and their experiments are carried out in plastic bags...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Biology Concepts

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based, multi-media textbook which serves as a comprehensive overview of Biology concepts.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Flex Book Textbooks: Life Science Concepts for Middle School

For Students 5th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A complete, web-based, multi-media textbook covering a wide variety of Biological science concepts for middle grades.
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University of Guelph

Canada's Aquatic Environment: Lichens

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the exact definition for a lichen when you explore this resource. Examine the morphology, reproduction and importance of Lichen through the content of this resource.
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Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Athlete's Foot (Tinea Pedis)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to recognize and treat athlete's foot.
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: Microbiologia 2 Bachillerato

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit will allow you to have a broader idea about microorganism, people and the ecosystem. It contains 16 interactive activities.
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National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion: La Clasificacion De Los Organismo

For Students 9th - 10th
This unit will describe the five kingdoms and their main characteristics. It includes 20 interactive activities.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Introduction to Protist: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Try these five multiple-choice questions about protists. After submitting answers, students can review the material.
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Other

Panhandle Area Educational Consortium: The Six Kingdoms of Life [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists look at the evolutionary history of organisms to divide them into kingdoms. For awhile, there has been 5 kingdoms, but many scientist are now using 6 kingdoms.

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