Viruses & Variables
Students exchange clear solutions with each other, but what they don’t know is that one of them is secretly infected.
Key Terms: viruses, communicable disease, infection, variables, bar graph comparison, epidemic, pandemic, quarantine, common cold, flu, HIV, AIDS
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Diaphragm-Relax & Breathe
Breathing is a process that may seem complicated, but as this lesson shows, when lungs fill with air and then empty, it’s by a process that is pretty simple.
Key Terms: diaphragm muscle, breathing, respiration, air, lungs, chest cavity
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Fungi Fun
Fungi boring? No way! Here students create a flapbook full of valuable information about Fungi that they understand and will remember. Three cheers for Fungi!
Key Terms: fungi, fungus, eukaryote, cell wall, saprophyte, spores, hyphae, club, sac, zygospore
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Word Adaptation
A great way to cover evolution that gives students firsthand experience with change over time.
Key Terms: adaptation, natural selection, evolution, change over time, gradual change, relative dating, genetic variation, new species
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Chromosomes, DNA, & Genes
Untangle these 3 important terms, because in genetics you’ve got to understand them before anything else can make sense.
Key Terms: chromosomes, DNA, genes, 46 pairs, double helix, 4 bases
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DNA Chain-The Fear-Buster
Fear can cripple a mind quicker than anything. But how can you go from fear to peace and understanding in just 45 minutes? Have students make a cuddly 40-foot long section of DNA.
Key Terms: DNA, chromosome, gene, bases pairs, adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine
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Diluting Your DNA
Question: What’s everyone’s favorite subject? Answer: Themselves! In this lesson students watch their DNA travel through their descendants. Oh, and they learn a little something about DNA too.
Key Terms: DNA, inherit, genes, parents, generations, inherited trait, ancestry
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Sensational Cells
Use when you’re ready to introduce the cell. It begins with Robert Hooke and the 3 tenets of the Cell Theory, and continues on with students drawing a simple animal and plant cell that can be compared.
Key Terms: cells, Robert Hooke, unit of life, cell theory, plant cell, animal cell, cell membrane, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondrion, chromosome, cell wall, chloroplast, cytoplasm
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More Life Science lessons coming soon:
- DNA Chain
- Elodea Salt Mystery
