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Organize Your Favorites (Food)

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this healthy foods worksheet, pupils organize the names nutrient-rich foods into categories. Students also read passages about nutrition and respond to three short-answer questions.
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DNA Replication, Transcription, and Translation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers apply the rules of complementary base pairing to finding the complementary sequence to a given strand of DNA. After extensive researching, the also find the amino acid sequence encoded by a given strand of DNA.
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RNA and Gene Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
In this RNA and gene expression worksheet, students match the letter of the description that best matches the term as it relates to gene expression. Students also answer questions as it relates to the process of transcription and...
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Reading the Code

For Students 9th - 12th
In this DNA instructional activity, learners access a website to read about the scientists who make significant contributions to the DNA puzzle. Students complete 7 short answer questions based on the reading. Then learners complete 3...
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Secret Codes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine Morse code and how it is used.  In this secret codes lesson students decode messages, make their own codes and have other students crack the code.    
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Candy DNA Model Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students explore DNA structure using materials such as Twizzlers, small colored gumdrops and/or toothpicks.
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Mind Teasers

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this food worksheet, students keep a record of food amounts and calculate calories in different problems. Students complete 3 problems.
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Energy Balance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore energy.  In this health and nutrition lesson, students brainstorm a list of healthy foods that provide energy, and identify physical activities that burn energy.  Students complete a good nutrition worksheet.
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Genetics Edited: Translation and Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers complete a short review on the relationship between RNA and DNA. As a class, they take notes on the processes of translation and identify examples. To end the instructional activity, they complete a genetic code...
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The Structure of DNA

For Students 7th - 9th
In this the structure of DNA worksheet, students read a passage about the structure of DNA in bacteria and then relate that information to answer the questions given.
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Food Intake and Physical Activity

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders graph their estimations of caloric intake and caloric expenditures.
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DNA

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the basics of DNA and its history.  In this DNA instructional activity students extract DNA from fruits and understand how it is used in forensics.
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Genes

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the history, inheritance and mutations of genetics.  In this genetic lesson students complete experiments on DNA sequences.
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The Pyramid of Power

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the food pyramid, nutrition, and how to plan a balanced diet. This fun lesson plan is well-planned and a great introduction to the food pyramid!
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Become a Nutrition Expert

For Students 2nd
In this nutrition worksheet, 2nd graders read a selection on nutrition and fill in the table using the information from the selection.
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Biotechnology

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 23 questions on biotechnology. They identify the benefits and ethical issues about biotechnology.
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Venomous Marine Animals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students name and describe six venomous marine animals. After participating in an activity, they define new vocabulary words. In groups, they complete worksheets to use while researching a specific venomous animal of their choice. ...
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Origins Video Questions

For Students 7th - 10th
In this biology learning exercise, students complete 19 short answer questions about biodiversity and information obtained during a class video.
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Hominid Diet

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students listen to an interview with Lucinda Backwell regarding fossil evidence that early hominids included termites in their diets. They participate in a discussion to investigate the significance of these findings.
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Nutrition Labels

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students read and interpret nutrition fact labels ("food labels") from food products, a task that involves the use of various mathematics skills (e.g., number concepts and number sense).
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Following Digestion of a Meal

For Students 5th - 12th
In this digestion worksheet, learners review the organs involved in the digestive process along with the function of these organs. This worksheet has 5 fill in the blank, 8 short answer, and 7 matching questions.
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Synaptic Transmission Worksheet

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this synaptic transmission worksheet, learners determine how information is transmitted from one neuron to the next plus describe the function of neurotransmitters and neuromodulators. This worksheet has 12 fill in the blank and 4...
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Flower Power: An Introduction to Heredity

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe flowers and how they grow according to heredity. In this flowers lesson plan, students observe physical traits that make flowers the offspring of other flowers, and fill out worksheets according to their findings.
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The Hidden World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine dust mites and other allergens.  In this dust lesson plan students complete a lab activity on dust mites.