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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGenetics the Easy Way
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Calculus, Probability, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics and 2 additional..In this Access Excellence activity, students use recyclable trash to construct a Recycle Critter family. They calculate the prob...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkHands on Biodiversity: Networking Students and Their Biomes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesIn this Access Excellence activity, students from five biomes across the United States network to study biodiversity. Students m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkImmunology Unit
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Personal and Community Health, Growth, Development & Aging, Health & Physical Education, Science and 2 additional..In this Access Excellence activity, students investigate how a human being can create the billions of antibodies necessary to pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn Inquiry Laboratory Activity for Biology
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesIn this Access Excellence activity, students explore biochemical reactions. Teams are given two questions about the types of liv...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInquiry-based Investigations Into Pond Water Microorganisms
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Science, Life SciencesIn these two Access Excellence activities, students investigate the microorganisms found in pond water. In the first activity th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroduction to Adaptation
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesIn this Access Excellence activity, students are introduced to concepts used in evolution by making observations and comparisons...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInvestigating DNA
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis Access Excellence resource outlines a set of activities for investigating DNA. The activities include preparing human chrom...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Nature of Chemical Change: Acting Out an Example
Grades: 3 to 6Subjects: Science, ChemistryThis page, from the Project Labs Web site, features a group of experiments and activities designed to help students explore and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritter Guide
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis Web site, from the PBS Nature series, provides fun facts about a variety of animals. Users can search by name of animal o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWho's Afraid of the Reintroduced Wolf?: The Effects of Reintroducing Species Into Habitats Changed by Humans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Science, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies, Life SciencesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the impact of the reintroduction of animal specie...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDNA Tests Show African Elephants Are Two Species
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, American Democracy, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about the discovery that African forest and savanna elephants are actually two di...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkQuest for Better Apples Bears Fruit for U.S. Botanists
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Science, Geography, American Democracy, Life SciencesIn this National Geographic News article, read about the quest for better apples. The curator of America s apple collection is s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkYellowstone Volcano: Is "The Beast" Building to a Violent Tantrum?
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Earth & Space Science, Science, Geography, American DemocracyIn this National Geographic News article, read about the active volcano at Yellowstone National Park. When the volcano blew 6,40...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe ABC's of DNA: Learning the Basics of Genetics
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Science, Theatre, Life SciencesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about key genetics terms. Through creating and acting o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Whale of a Problem: Evaluating the Effects of Tourism and Other Variables on the Killer Whale Population
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Ecology & Ecosystems, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate the possible causes contributing to the decline of t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWatching Nature Take Its Course: Celebrating Important Evolutionary Milestones in the Tree of Life
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Science, English-Language Arts, Life SciencesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students compare physical features among organisms and understand the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIs Evolution Just Monkey Business? Assessing the Debate Surrounding the Teaching of Evolution in Science Classrooms
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Professional Development, Reading Comprehension, Science, English-Language Arts, Life SciencesIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the presentation of the theory of evolution in th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFact or Fiction: Learning About Worms Using <i>Diary of a Worm</i>
Grades: TK/K to 2Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Science, Life SciencesStudents often believe that fiction writers make everything up, seldom realizing how research worms its way into entertaining wr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAcorns for Rent
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Science, Life SciencesThis page, from the University of Kentucky Department of Entomology, contains information as well as an activity to help student...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUSA Today Weather Resources: Tornadoes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Earth & Space Science, ScienceThis resource, from USA Today, features a section on tornadoes. Users can learn about tornado safety, Tornado Alley, how tornado...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0