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  • Investigation: How Do Enzymes Work?

    Investigation: How Do Enzymes Work?

    This lab is fairly basic, but when given with guided instruction how enzymes catalyze reactions, students can have a hands-on experience into how proteins are related to function.

  • Investigation: How Can Diffusion Be Observed?

    Investigation: How Can Diffusion Be Observed?

    This investigation provides a hands-on way to observe what happens when a chemical moves across a semipermeable membrane.   In this case, a cheap plastic bag serves as a model for the cell membrane and shows that iodine will move into the bag and turn the contents purple.

  • Create a Concept Map of Biomolecules

    Create a Concept Map of Biomolecules

    This activity asks students to work in groups to create a concept map (graphic organizer) on the biological macromolecules:  carbohydrates, lipids, fats, and nucleic acids.   Students are given brief instructions and a sample map to get them started, but they are responsible for determining what details are important in each section.

  • Investigation: How Do Insects Move?

    Investigation: How Do Insects Move?

    Have you ever thought about how insects with 6 legs actually crawl?  Human movement on two legs is pretty simple: left-right-left-right, but all insects have 6 legs attached to a thorax.    In this activity, I ask students to observe an insect closely, usually a dubia roach.

  • Using Anchoring Phenomenon with Lessons

    Using Anchoring Phenomenon with Lessons

    Start lessons on osmosis with an activity and anchoring phenomenon. View cells exposed to salt and observe how they change!

  • Penny Lab: Soap and Surface Tension

    Penny Lab: Soap and Surface Tension

    Most science classes begin the year with an exercise on the scientific method.  It can be difficult to plan a short activity that will reinforce the main ideas of developing and testing a hypothesis.  This lab is simple and doesn’t require much in the way of materials: pennies, water, and pipettes (and paper towels for…

  • Photosynthesis Coloring

    Photosynthesis Coloring

    Students read short text passages and then color images to help them relate the textual information with the graphic.

  • Cell Cycle Labeling

    Cell Cycle Labeling

    Students label the image of a cell undergoing mitosis and answer questions about the cell cycle. 

  • Deer: Predation or Starvation?

    Deer: Predation or Starvation?

     This activity asks students to calculate the population change (births – deaths) and then graph the number of deer and the number of wolves. 

  • Investigation: How Does Exercise Affect Heart Rate

    Investigation: How Does Exercise Affect Heart Rate

    Design and conduct an experiment to measure the effect of exercise on heart rate. Aligned to NGSS standard on feedback mechanisms.

  • Microscope Labeling

    Microscope Labeling

     This simple worksheet pairs with a lesson on the light microscope, where beginning biology students learn the parts of the light microscope and the steps needed to focus a slide under high power.

  • Measuring Biodiversity Using Beans

    Measuring Biodiversity Using Beans

    Students analyze a community of beans (pinto, lima, navy) to determine the richness, abundance, and biodiversity index of two communities. 

  • Calculate the Biodiversity Index of a Beach

    Calculate the Biodiversity Index of a Beach

    This activity asks students to sort seashells and calculate the Simpson’s biodiversity index.  The calculation is based on the number species in an area, dependent upon richness (number of unique species) and abundance (number of individual species).

  • The Lesson of the Kaibab

    The Lesson of the Kaibab

    This activity asks students to graph the number of kaibab deer on the plateau after predators were removed, then analyze data and develop a better plan.