This film was based on a book “The Lion in Your Living Room“, …
Biology lesson plans, worksheets, tutorials and resources for teachers and students.
Students examine a phylogenetic tree which has questions for them to discover how …
Phylogenetic Tree – Canines
Helpful review on chromosomes which focuses on terms such as diploid and haploid, …
Reinforcement: Chromosomes
This worksheet takes a closer look at the cell membrane and how insulin …
How is Glucose Taken Up by Cells?
Students read about how elephant populations declined over a century due to the …
African Elephant – Change Over Time
A set of images show how rabbits change over time as a result …
How Do Bunny Populations Change Over Time?
One of my favorite evolutionary videos is this Nova production on dogs, called …
Dogs Decoded – Nova Video
This worksheet gives students a chance to practice identifying genotypes on pedigree charts. …
Pedigrees – Human Genetic Disorders
This worksheet was created for an introductory level biology class. This worksheet is …
Genetics Practice Problems – Easy Mode
Students complete a graphic organizer that shows the process of cellular respiration. A …
Cellular Respiration Graphic
Students cut out each chromosome and organize them in pairs based on their …
Karyotype of Tasmanian Devil Chromosomes
A simple worksheet that explains how viruses infect cells which include diagrams to …
How Do Viruses Infect Cells (Coloring)?
This worksheet was created for an introductory biology class because they struggled with …
Reinforcement: Cell Division
Students examine images of transport across the cell membrane and identify key features …
Cell Membrane Captions
In this activity, students use tape measures to estimate the length of their …
Estimate a Person’s Height from the Bones
This project was created for AP Biology students where they scrape lichens from …
The Tardigrade Project
This worksheet follows diagrams and activities at CellsAlive.com which focuses on the size …
Cells Alive Worksheet
This reading passage describes how genes in the nuclear DNA and in the …
What Causes Mitochondrial Disease – CER
Students observe how the mass of a potato slice changes when soaked overnight …
Investigation: The Effect of Salt on a Potato
This short article was designed for anatomy and physiology students studying the cell. …
Mitochondria and Aging (CER)
This lab was modified from the "Penny Lab" to focus more on the …
Investigation: How Does a Water Strider Stay Afloat?
This lab is similar to the "e" lab used with freshman biology, but …
Microscope Introduction – “e” Lab
Students model Hardy Weinberg equilibrium using Teddy Graham crackers. Playing the role of …
Teddy Graham 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 is a list of animals that can be found in most zoos, …
Zoo Scavenger Hunt
This lesson introduces students to the idea of watching videos at home, taking …
Video Lessons Graphic Organizer
This exit ticket is a twitter-inspired template. Students can chose from one of …
Twitter Exit Ticket
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
This worksheet was designed for anatomy and physiology students to compliment a lesson …
Color the Connective Tissue Matrix
Students practice labeling organelles on a simple model (2D) and a more complex …
Cell Labeling: Simple and Complex
Have you ever thought about how insects with 6 legs actually crawl? Human …
Investigation: How Do Insects Move?
I give my students an elodea sprig with several leaves and have them …
Anchoring Phenomenon and Osmosis
Most science classes begin the year with an exercise on the scientific method. …
Penny Lab: Soap and Surface Tension
This graphic organizer (concept map) organizes the cell structures around the three main …