Ecology
Random
Sampling
- How to estimate population size, using the sampling technique
Oil Spill -- Lab on the effects of oil on eggs and feathers
Food Web -- Students identify
consumers and producers
Biodiversity of Ponds -students investigate the organisms found
in pond water
Predator-Prey Simulation
-- Uses cards to simulate predator and prey numbers, students collect
data and graph
Environmental Action
Simulation - play roles to determine how money should be spent
Estimating Population Size
- simulation of mark-recapture techniques
Owl Pellet Lab - analyze
the contents of an owl pellet
Graphing Human Population
The
Lesson of the Kaibab - explores the population of deer, graphing
and analysis
Deer: Predation or Starvation
- another graphing exercise that compares predator and prey populations
on an island
Food for Thought -
a little simulation that illustrates how resources are divided among
the major regions of the world
Comparing Ecosystems
- students use the web to research biomes and ecosystems, create
venn diagrams in pairs and in groups (advanced)
Demography - using information
on tombstones to analyze population trends (advanced)
Interpreting Ecological
Data - analyze graphs on ecology topics (carrying capacity,
exponential growth)
Examining Stages in Ecological
Succession

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Anatomy
Fetal
Pig Dissection --External Anatomy
--Abdominal and Thoracic Cavity
--Arterial System and Heart Pig
Dissection Review - list of resources for reviewing the dissection of the
fetal pig. Frog
dissection Frog External
(mouth and head) Study and Removal of
the Frog's Brain Frog Urogenital
System (male & female) Frog Dissection Alternative
- webquest like project Frog Dissection Review
- web based, reviews parts of the frog, and has a quiz Bullfrog
Dissection (advanced)
Rat
Dissection (advanced)
Crayfish
Dissection
Crayfish External Anatomy
Earthworm
Dissection
Squid Dissection
Elephant
Anatomy Sheet Snake Anatomy Sheet Kidney
Coloring Worksheet (advanced) |
Scientific Method
Controls
and Variables
-- Simple worksheet where students read experiments and determine
what is the control and variable
Microscope E Lab -- Lab on the
use of the microscope
Observation -- Students
describe strange objects and mixtures
Pendulum Experiment - Using
the scientific method
The
Elephant Poem - and old poem illustrates the importance of observation
Scientific Method
Applied - read stories about medical advancements, how the sci.
method works
Penny Lab - Use the scientific
method to find out how many drops of water will fit on a penny
Carbondioxide - Use
an indicator to design an experiment to test the carbon dioxide
output of a person
The Martian and the Car -
argue whether a car is a life form
Lab Safety - illustration shows
good and bad lab procedures
Lab Report Template
Language of Science
Making Slime - students must
figure out given materials how to make a polymer
Lung
Capacity Lab
Using
Dichotomous Keys -uses imaginary creatures and a simple key
for students to identify them by species
Taxonomy Project -
classify and create dichotomous keys
Taxonomy
- Interpreting Graphics
Pamishan
Creatures - using dichotomous keys
AlienTaxonomy - students
classify and name aliens based on pictures.
Fingerprint Classification
- organize and group pictures of fingerprints
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PlantsInvestigating
Leaf Stomata - Lab where leaf impressions are looked
at under a microscope Where does a plant
get its food? - lab to disprove that soil is consumed as the plant's diet
Help
Wanted - analogy that compares jobs to plant part functions Seed
Germination Experiments
Flower
Parts Coloring
Transpiration Lab
- an open-ended lab where students discover what properties of leaves
affect water loss
Virtual
Lab: Light Intensity, Wavelength, & Photosynthesis
Waterweed
Simulator
Lab:
Elodea and Rate of Photosynthesis
Lab: Elodea and CO2 Release
Lab
- Plant Hormone Investigation Lab
- Germination Inhibitors
Chemiosmosis
Coloring
-advanced

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Evolution
Natural
Selection Activity - students model natural
selection
PBS Video Guide - students
watch video clips and answer questions
Evolution Discussion Panel
- Students review articles about evolution and education and
partipate in a discussion
Fossil Study - paper
and pencil lab, students arrange "fossils" in lineage
based on morphology and age
Peppered Moth - use
paper moths and colored backgrounds to show how prey populations
are effected by environment
Homology
and Analogy - learn
how to spot these (web)
Evolution Life Has
a History - examining the fossil record (web)
Becoming Human - evolution
of humans (web)
Sex and the Single Guppy [doc]-
uses a shockwave simulator to breed generations of guppy and analyze
species change (web)
Peppered
Moth Simulation - a game that analyzes
how coloration affects moth populations (web)

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Cell Biology
Cheek
Cell Lab
-- Students scrape cells from their cheeks and view under a microscope
(or skin cells from their wrists)
Diffusion Lab -- Uses a cheap
plastic baggie and iodine to show diffusion.
Observing Osmosis
- using an egg
DNA coloring -- Worksheet
with a DNA picture, includes coloring instructions and information
about DNA
Euglena Coloring -- Protist
picture, info and questions
Paramecium -- Observation
of a living Paramecium
Ameba Coloring - Coloring
the structures of an ameba
Animal Cell Coloring - general
animal cell, coloring
Plant Cell Coloring
- plant cell
Cell Theory Rap - poem to
help you learn
Cell City Analogy - worksheet
that describes a city, comparing to organelles
Meiosis -simple worksheet,
phases of meiosis
Mitosis - onion cell drawing
(to be labeled)
How
DNA Controls the Cell - transcription & translation
Cell
Respiration Concept Map
(advanced)
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AnimalsAscaris
Mitosis -- For
use with Microslide viewers Behavior
-- A classroom activity that shows different types of learning Fish
Coloring -- Internal anatomy of a fish, identify organs
Fish Lab -- Measure how temperature effects
the respiration rate of a goldfish Observation
of a Living Fish - watch a fish, label fins, and examine countershading
Observation of a Living Frog Observation
of a Living Earthworm Observation
of a Live Planarian Hydra Lab - anatomy
and behavior of hydra Territorial Behavior
in Crickets
Isopod
Behavior Lab
Mammal
Chart -- Practice with Orders and characteristics
Mammal Worksheet - more practice
with orders and relationships
Simple Worms -- Lab looks
at preserved and living specimens
Amniote Egg Coloring -
learn the structures of the amniote egg
Arthropod Chart
Arthropod Poetry
Arthropod
Coloring [ doc ]
Sponge
Anatomy
Sponge
Coloring
Hydra Anatomy
Bird
Beaks & Feet - make inferences about diet and habitat |
Genetics
Dihybrid
Crosses -- Worksheet with practice problems
Human Genetics Survey
-- Class compares personal traits
Oompa Loompa Genetics
-- Practice with crosses
Paper Pets [ doc
] - imaginary creatures using genetic rules
Genetics Practice: Codominance
& Incomplete Dominance
Genetics: X Linked [ doc
]
Genetics: Multiple Alleles [ doc
]
Penny Genetics -- Activity
uses pennies to show how probability and punnet squares work
Pipe Cleaner Babies -
uses pipecleaners and beads to show how genes and chromosomes are
inherited
Design a Species - Students
create imaginary organisms that follow genetics rules
Chromosome Study -
Students prepare a karyotype of an abnormal and normal patient.
Very Simple Genetics Practice
Codon Bingo
DNA Coloring - color DNA
and RNA
DNA Extraction - lab
to extract DNA from an onion
Nasonia
Project - crossing jewel wasps as an alternative to traditional fruit fly
labs Transcription
& Translation Coloring
HIV
Coloring
- advanced

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Text Book Worksheets(Only
going to be useful if you are using Holt, Rinehart, Winston's "Modern Biology")
Reading
1-1, 1-2
Reading
1-3
Reading
3-1
Reading
4-1
Reading 4-2
Reading
6-1
Reading 6-2
Reading
- Chap 7
Chapter
8-1 Reading Guide
Chapter 8-4 Reading
Guide
Reading
9-1, 9-2, 10-1
Chapter
13-1 Reading Guide Chapter
13-2 Reading Guide Chapter
13-3 Reading Guide
Cha15
- Reading Guide
Chap
15 - What Do You Know
Chapter
16-1 Reading Guide Chapter
17-2 Reading Guide Chapter
22 Review Guide Chapter 22 Reading
Chapter
24 Reading Chapter
28 Reading Guide Chapter
29 Study Guide Chapter
30 Mollusk Chart
Chapter 33-1 Reading Guide Chapter
33-2 Reading Guide Chapter
34-1 Reading Chapter
35 Reading Chapter
35 Review Guide Chapter
36 Reading Guide
Chapter 37 Reading
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Biochemistry
Enzyme
Lab
Enzyme Lab - Web
Concept
Map - Organic Compounds
Elements
Found in Living Things (coloring )
Acids
& Bases (coloring )
The
Occurance of Water in Living Things (lab)
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Miscellaneous
Lab
Report Template
Lab
report rubric
Group
Evaluation Form
Graphic Organizers
Compare
and Contrast
Problem
Solution
Animal Report
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