Students observe how the mass of a potato slice changes when soaked overnight …
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Category: Cell Biology
This short article was designed for anatomy and physiology students studying the cell. …
Mitochondria and Aging (CER)
This lab is similar to the "e" lab used with freshman biology, but …
Microscope Introduction – “e” Lab
While biologists might find the history of the cell theory fascinating, I notice …
Investigation: Exploring Cells
This lab is fairly basic, but when given with guided instruction how enzymes …
Investigation: How Do Enzymes Work?
This investigation provides a hands-on way to observe what happens when a chemical …
Investigation: How Can Diffusion Be Observed?
This activity asks students to work in groups to create a concept map …
Create a Concept Map of Biomolecules
Students practice labeling organelles on a simple model (2D) and a more complex …
Cell Labeling: Simple and Complex
I give my students an elodea sprig with several leaves and have them …
Anchoring Phenomenon and Osmosis
This graphic organizer (concept map) organizes the cell structures around the three main …
Cell Structures: A Graphic Organizer
Students read short text passages and then color images to help them relate …
Photosynthesis Coloring
Students label the image of a cell undergoing mitosis and answer questions about …
Cell Cycle Labeling
With the adoption of NGSS, I've had to make cuts to some of …
Comparing the Ameba to the Paramecium
In this case, students explore how cholera is spread and how it affects …
Case Study: How to Survive a Cholera Epidemic
The first part of this investigation, students examine slides of mitosis in an …
Investigation: Mitosis and Cancer Cells
As a part of the chapter on cell signal pathways, students perform a …
Investigation: Taste Buds and Signal Transduction
Use this coloring worksheet to explore how plant cells harvest energy form the …
Photosystems and Chemiosmosis Coloring
This activity can be performed as student lead inquiry lab or as a …
Demonstration: Can Yeast Digest Lactose?
Students who complete the Enzyme Investigation lab can further explore enzymes with this …
Investigation: Enzyme and Substrate Concentrations
This assignment can be a stand-alone activity to help students learn to identify …
Mitosis – Internet Exploration
The CER framework can be a strategy for students to improve their writing …
Using Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER)
In the past, I’ve had students create concept maps to help them organize …
Macromolecules: Sketchnotes
This reinforcement worksheet displays a graphic of the cell membrane showing the phospholipid …
Cell Membrane and Transport
This investigation was designed for AP biology though it could be modified to …
McMush Lab
This investigation asks students to review the properties of water as they relate …
Investigation: Properties of Water (with Stats)
This case asks students to examine data on children diagnosed with Type 1 …
Case Study: Can a Virus Cause Diabetes?
This popular activity asks students to read a story about a fictional town …
Cell City
This simple investigation asks students to view cells under the microscope and compare …
Investigation: Comparing Plant and Animal Cells
The Next Generation Science Standards includes feedback loops and homeostasis as a standard …
Feedback Loops: Insulin and Glucagon
This activity requires students to practice math skills by measuring the surface area …
Investigation: Why Are Cells So Small?
This worksheet describes the structures of the unicellular protist known as the ameba. …
Color the Cellular Structures of the Ameba
This worksheet is similar to the animal cell coloring and the plant cell …
Color a Typical Prokaryote Cell
Are your students fascinated by the idea of hermaphrodites? Every year when …