Tag: color

  • Fruit Fly Genetics

    Fruit Fly Genetics

    Fruit Fly Genetics showing inheritance patterns for vestigial wings and eye color.

  • Label a Bacteria Cell

    Label a Bacteria Cell

    A short activity on bacteria cell form and function. Students label a diagram of a bacteria cell and answer questions.

  • Case Study – The Genetics of Eye Color

    Case Study – The Genetics of Eye Color

    A case study exploring the genetics of eye color. Students review a pedigree and examine the role of HERC2 and OCA2 in eye color inheritance.

  • Multiple Allele Traits in Rabbit Coat Color

    Multiple Allele Traits in Rabbit Coat Color

    Students practice genetics of multiple allele traits as they study coat colors in rabbits: black, chinchilla, Himalayan, white.

  • How Did the Cardinal Get His Red Feathers (CER)

    How Did the Cardinal Get His Red Feathers (CER)

    Based on a study from Nature that examines the role of enzymes in red coloration. Enzyme pathway converts yellow carotenoids into red ketocarotenoids.

  • Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in Arctic Foxes

    Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in Arctic Foxes

    Learn about arctic foxes and how they change color in the summer, a phenomenon called phenotypic plasticity.

  • Comparing Monocots and Dicots with Coloring

    Comparing Monocots and Dicots with Coloring

    Students learn about monocots and dicots by coloring diagrams of germination and flower structure. Great to pair with germination experiments!

  • Photosynthesis Virtual Lab

    Photosynthesis Virtual Lab

    This lab was created to replace the popular waterweed simulator which no longer functions because it is flash-based. In this virtual photosynthesis lab, students can manipulate the light intensity, light color, and distance from the light source. A plant is shown in a beaker and test tube which bubbles to indicate the rate of photosynthesis.…

  • Label and Color the Urinary System

    Label and Color the Urinary System

    This simple worksheet asks students to label the major structures of the urinary system. They can also choose to color the diagram. I use coloring sheets in anatomy and physiology classes but this could also be used in biology or as a supplemental graphic for a frog or fetal pig dissection. Though many of my…

  • Cell Membrane Coloring

    Cell Membrane Coloring

    Color the cell membrane with a focus on diffusion, osmosis and transport proteins. Students color the structures of a cell membrane according to the directions. Then they answer questions about cell transport. I designed this worksheet for an introductory biology course to reinforce concepts related to cell transport. An image shows the phospholipid bilayer with…

  • How Do Viruses Infect Cells (Coloring)?

    How Do Viruses Infect Cells (Coloring)?

    A simple worksheet that explains how viruses infect cells which include diagrams to label and an image of a typical virus for students to color the envelope, proteins, DNA, and the capsid.

  • Model the Digestive System with Coloring

    Model the Digestive System with Coloring

    The digestive system is a series of organs that work together to break down food into nutrients that the body can use. The digestive system includes the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum, and anus. Coloring activities can be helpful to give students a chance to model the organ systems.  I short, coloring…

  • Color the Bones of the Hand

    Color the Bones of the Hand

    Learning the names of the bones of the hand can be challenging.  This coloring worksheet can be used with a lesson how how to locate each of the bones.  I also teach students a mnemonic, though they still need to establish where the scaphoid bone is for the mnemonic to work.   They find each of…

  • Demo:  BTB and Carbon Dioxide

    Demo: BTB and Carbon Dioxide

    I have used this demonstration every year to introduce the scientific method.  The worksheet below is optional and includes instructions for writing a lab report and doing a more involved investigation, but for the beginning of the year, I prefer to just have students observe and give their suggestions for how to test various hypotheses.…

  • Color the North American Biomes

    Color the North American Biomes

    This coloring activity is suitable for beginning biology students who are learning about the plants and animals found in each major biome.  The worksheet does require a basic geography knowledge, which I found somewhat lacking in my freshman students.   I usually place a large map of North America on the overhead projector for students…