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Should Populations in an Ecosystem be Restricted?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experiment to determine how overpopulation effects ecosystems specifically plants. In this ecosystem lesson, 4th graders conduct an ecosystems experiment after listening to Claire Daniel's, Ecosystems. They watch a video,...
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Biotechnology and The Chocolate Milk Cow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss new discoveries that have resulted from the use of recombinant DNA technology and otehr biotechnology. In groups, they create a transgenic cow capable of producing chocolate-flavored milk.
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Understanding Science Vocabulary and Categorization

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze scientific vocabulary words. In this life science vocabulary lesson, students complete a worksheet using VisualThesaurus as they evaluate words related to plants and animals and how the words are used.
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Drama in the Salt Marsh

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the various organisms that live in a salt marsh. They recognize adaptations of organisms that live in the salt marsh. Pupils review concepts of the ecosystem and niche. Students explain the different roles...
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Hydroponics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how to grow plants using a hydroponic system.  In this hydroponics lesson students identify the advantages and disadvantages of growing plants hydrologically.
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Organisms and Their Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study a local ecosystem and research the organisms to create a food web. In this ecosystem instructional activity, students view a video and answer questions. They visit a local ecosystem and make a list of organisms to...
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Teaching about the Rainforest - Classroom Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are introduced to the tropical rainforest through different ways that catch their attention such as: Visit a local botanical garden or conservatory so that students can see the variety of tropical plants in the world. They...
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Seed Dispersal

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students determine seed dispersal methods. In this life science lesson, students make predictions about how seeds might move, then look at seeds under micrographs or microscopes to analyze the seed coat and how this helps dispersal. ...
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Mendel Pea Plants

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Mendelian genetics instructional activity, students answer a variety of questions about Mendel's experiments and discoveries and they practice determining probability of outcomes in pea plants.
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The City Inside a Cell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare cell structure to the structure of a city. In this cell structure instructional activity, students investigate differences and similarities between cell structure and city structure. Students create a 3-dimensional,...
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Toxicology And Human Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the clinical effects of environmental toxicants on living organisms by collecting and analyzing scientific data and identifying ways of detection and diagnosis.
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Introductions to Biotechnology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Although this PowerPoint has valid information, the 49 slides may not engage your students as much as necessary.  Each slide has a title and 2 or 3 bullet points, but no images or external resource links to break up the...
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Auxin: Indole-3-Acetic Acid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify auxins from their structural formulas. They understand the process of refluxing in chemical synthesis. Students perform thin layer chromatography using silica gel plates to differentiate chemical substances.
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Environmental Issues

For Students 8th - 10th
In this environmental issues worksheet, students are given 10 current topics that are problems in our environment today. They complete sentences about each topic by filling in the blanks with the appropriate terms. Some of the issues...
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Ziploc Gardening

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners observe beans germinating in a plastic bag.  In this bean growing lesson, students predict what their beans will look like. Learners draw illustrations to record the changes in their bean plants. Students should also note...
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Rice Farming

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate how farmers get more rice from their land. For this farming lesson, 3rd graders discover things that farmers to do produce more rice. Students study photosynthesis and illustrate pictures about it. Students test...
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Ecology Vocabulary Exercise: Wetlands

For Students 7th - 8th
In this ecology vocabulary exercise:  wetlands worksheet, students read the definitions of 8 words, then categorize a species found in a wetland in their region.  This page has numerous links to helpful web resources.
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Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students grow duckweed, observe what happens when an organism population is allowed to grow without predation or competition, view videos about invasive species, and develop a proposal for controlling the growth of an invasive species in...
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Forest In A Jar

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders are introduced to the process of succession and gain awareness of the changing nature of ecosystems. They demonstrate a comprehension of the dynamic nature of ecosystems, including the relationship between ecological...
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Scavenger Hunt: A Group Collection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students be complete a collection of living organisms and systems from the school campus.
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Creating New Forms of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are asked to use their imaginations to take the idea of biotechnology one step further. Before beginning this activity students read and complete a report on the book "Jurassic Park," which deals with the use of...
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Protein Synthesis Activities

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in a teacher-guided activity to teach about protein synthesis. Student roles include one person as the DNA molecule, another is a single stranded sequence of complementary mRNA.
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How can deep-water corals be used to determine long-term patterns of climate change?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of paleoclimatological proxies.  For this paleoclimatological proxies lesson, students explain isotope ratios in deep water coral samples.  Students write a paragraph about global climate change as...
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Historical Harbor Habitats

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders create food web displays in the classroom. In this ecology instructional activity, 10th graders identify the different pollutants in the environment and their effect on organisms. They collect samples of sediments from the...

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