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Genetic Variation Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Fill- in-the-blank, labeling, and short answer questions make up this well-written cell division worksheet. Neat diagrams of chromosomes and dividing cells are included. Junior biologists show what they know about reproduction, meiosis,...
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What's the Difference?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the similarities in different species. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. In this segment, students classify shoes to mimic the scientific categories of the classification system.
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Organizer
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Reproduction

For Students 7th - 12th
In this reproduction worksheet, students will complete a Venn diagram by comparing and contrasting asexual and sexual reproduction.
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Lesson Plan
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Meiosis, Gene Linkage and Maps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the structures that actually assort independently. They are taught how gene maps are produced. Students compare the processes of mitosis and meiosis. They are shown their (mitosis and meiosis) significane to sexual...
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Sexual Versus Asexual Reproduction

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss the prefix "a" as in atypical and abiotic. They coy definitions of sexual and asexual reproduction into their notes. Students use prior knowledge of mitosis, meiosis, and previous diagrams to describe what happens in...
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Investigation of Meiosis in Common Plants and Animals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students witness various stages of mitosis through preparing onion root tip slides. With teacher guidance, they learn a great deal through the hands-on process of preparing the slides themselves.
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Plant Propagation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils successfully start a new plant by any means of vegetative propagation. They select a propagation method which is appropriate for the plant and keep a laboratory journal of the treatment and progress of the new plant.
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Mitosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the four stages of mitosis. They view a prepared slide of an onion root tip undergoing mitosis to identify the stage for each cell in view. They record the number of cells in each stage, graph the results, then calcualte...
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Diversity of Life

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the diversity of life forms and the role that interdependency plays in our world through a mult-segmented unit. This segment introduces the unit.
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Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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What is Diversity of Life?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the variety of organisms in our world. this instructional activity is a part of a multi-segmented unit on specie diversity. this segment explores distribution of life on land and sea.
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Lesson Plan
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Kingdom Animalia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the basic characteristics of the animal kingdom. this lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. In this segment, students explore the the members of a few phyla of the animal...
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Tackling Taxonomy

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study physical characteristics of separate phyla and place them into similar groups. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. students develop a classification system by grouping animals into...
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Creative Classification

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create an animal by using physical characteristics to classify that animal in the Linnaean Classification System. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life.
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Missing Links

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars change one animal group into another animal group by changing only a few body characteristics. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life. In this session, students the basis of classification.
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Diversity Debate

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate the importance of dependency and diversity in a rain forest ecosystem. This lesson is part of a multi-segmented unit on the diversity of life.