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Photosynethsis....How do we know it's really happening? - Biology Teaching Thesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students think of one way to detect photosynthesis in plants besides those ways shown in class. They identify the reaction that occurs during photosynthesis. Students define the difference between an acid and a base. They identify acidic...
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Time Lapse Seed Germination with the QX3 Intel Digital Microscope

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use the time-lapse feature of the QX3 Intel Digital Microscope to observe germination of seeds. They use the QX3 Intel Digital microscope to create time lapse video films of seed germination experiments.
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Alcohol and Its Impact on the Brain

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners examine water as it changes states.  In water and ice lesson students study the water cycle and what happens to it as it changes state. 
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Cooking Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders taste different flavors on their popcorn. In this taste bud lesson, 4th graders make predictions about taste and dip popcorn into four different flavors. They record how the flavors tasted - sweet, salty, bitter, or sour.
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Grizzly Hibernation

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students explain why and how grizzlies hibernate. They make a den using cardboard boxes. They write a story told from a new-born grizzly.
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Synonyms

For Students 4th - 5th
In this synonyms worksheet, students read 9 words in a box. Students choose four words and find as many synonyms as possible, writing them on another piece of paper in the form of a brainstorm.
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Alcohol and Pregnancy Don't Mix!

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders learn about John Kellerman, a youngster who was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. They learn how alcohol and pregnancy doesn't mix.
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Chemical Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students read about enzymes and nutrition. Students also answer 2 comprehension questions about the reading.
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the total impact of milk on our society by graphing data.  For this statistics lesson, students discover the dirty and sometimes unhealthy road milk travels to get into our bodies.  Students analyze dairy consumption...
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CONNECTIONS

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars study the interdependence of an ecosystem that allows it to sustain itself. They examine the Western lowland gorillas for an example.
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Living Environment

For Teachers 7th - 12th
For this environmental lesson students complete a series of multiple choice and short answer questions on animal populations, cell structure and chromosomes.
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Flatworms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this flatworms instructional activity, high schoolers identify and color the different parts of a flatworm. They complete 14 short answer questions related to the topic.
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They Don't Just Eat Grass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider the USDA daily recommendations to create a "feed" product for middle schoolers. In this Health lesson, students learn about the ingredients in feed that is fed to livestock and apply the method to creating feed rations...
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Catering Middle-School Science: Monomers, Polymers, and Macromolecules

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate foods. In this biology lesson plan, students will conduct testing on different types of foods as they learn about different molecules that make them up. Students will also learn about the shapes of the molecules.
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Martian Mummies

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners participate in "Raiders of the Future", a role play about futuristic scientists sending a spaceship to Mars for research and exploration. They collect geological samples for analysis, discover the ruins of an ancient...
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Graphing Dairy Production Statistics

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect data about dairy production. In this geometry lesson plan, students formulate and model problem solving. They collect data and plot it on a graph.
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Regulating the Harvest

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils study the effect of trapping in the Illinois Territory in 1805 and compare it to trapping today. They participate in a role playing activity in which they discover how practices in early Illinois Territory led to wildlife such...
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BLAST Algorithm

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore a series of activities on using BLAST. In this biology lesson, students explain the significance of BLAST in DNA query. They give real world applications of BLAST.
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They Don't Just Eat Grass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore and examine different types of feed used for livestock. They discuss types of feed, the need for energy and health, and create graphs of food compared to categories. Students organize data and complete worksheets on...
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Investigating the Uses of Backyard Bacteria

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that the answers to some of society's waste and clean-up problems may be no further than the soil beneath their feet. They perform a Gram stain on the colonies to determine some of their characteristics.
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Adaptations

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders choose an animal and research its various adaptations using their information, 8th graders create an informational tri-fold brochure or newsletter. They should include facts about the animal's adaptations as well as...
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Hazard Mitigation: Bioterrorism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss different ways to spread infectious diseases. In this bioterrorism lesson, students model the rate of smoke emission using CalRoad software. They analyze the effects of airborne release of biological...

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