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See Biological Sciences Thematic Units for more ideas

Plants, Trees, Weeds, etc...
Animals, Insects, Worms, etc..
Environments/Habitats/Ecosystems
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Feature Resources


Plant Lesson Plans

Bark Casts

Beginner Bonsai

Colors in the Leaves

Comparing Leaves

Deciduous and Coniferous Trees

Local Trees and Their Function

Monocots and Dicots

Observe a Leaf

Observing Leaves

Photosynthesis and Transpiration

Plant Systems

Plants, Plants, Plants!

Properties of Leaves

Pumpkin Seed Comparison

Tough Cactus

Trees, Trees, Trees!!!!

What Are the Parts of a Flower?

Animal or Plant?

Do Plants Need Sunlight?

Living in a Tree

Have You Ever Met a Tree?

Create a forest in a jar (K-6)

Exploring seeds in fruit (1-3)

Schematic unit on plant systems (2)

"Spud Stuff", hands-on potato unit (primary grades)

Peanut Power

Mushroom Prints

What Does Saving Trees Have to Do with the Ozone Layer?

Photo Synthesis and Transpiration

Trees Trees Trees

Corn Seed Activities

Crayon Leaf Prints

Making Leaf Placemats

Measuring Plant Growth

What Is Inside of a Seed

Where Have All The Forests Gone

Bark Casts

Bark Prints

Beans and Baleen

Dried Weeds

Examining Growing Seeds

Examining Roots We Eat Carrots

Germination at Various Temperatures

Growing Plants From Cuttings

Growing Plants From Tubers We Eat

Leaf Plaster Plaques

Leaf Spatter or Spray Prints

Observe the Force of Growing Seeds

Observing Growing Grass Seeds

Observing Plant Conducting Tissue

Photo Synthesis and Transpiration

Plant Systems

Planting Germinated Seeds

Plants From Avocado Seeds

Plants Grow Toward the Light

Preserving Leaves

Propagating a Pineapple Plant

Salad Party

Seed Germination

Seeds Using Stored Food Supply

Shellac Leaf Plaques

Terrariums

Test Seeds Make a Rag Baby Tester

Testing Seed Strength

Touch n Feel Box

Tree Activities and Crafts

Trees Trees Trees

Using a Germinating Case

Vein Patterns and Leaf Skeletons

Watching Tree Seedlings Grow

Weed Projects

Taproot Experiment

Coffee: How does a Coffee Bean Become a Cup of Java?

Fish Heads: A Lesson on Adaptation

Borax Dried Plants

Examining Dead Tree Trunks

Animals, Insects, & Worms Lesson Plans

All About Fish

Animal Adaptations (Komodo Dragon)

Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks

Animal Camouflage

Animal Categorization

Animal Life Cycles

Animal Reproduction

Animal Round Game

Animal Survival

Animals in Winter

Animals of the Poles

Animals

Bird Study

Bird Watching

Camels

Chameleons

Characteristics of Mammals

Convening, Creating, and Conventioneering

Do Animals Play Hide and Seek?

Eat and Run

Endangered Species and Multimedia

Endangered Species- Can We Help Them Survive?

Endangered Species: There Is Still Time

Future is Wild

Homing Instincts of Salmon

Introduction to the American Plains Bison

Mammals and Birds

Mapping Animal Behavior

Marsupials

Metamorphosis of Frogs

Ocean Animals

Owl Pellet Analysis

Owl Pellets

Salmon Homing Instincts

Simulated Wolf Population Studies

Something Fishy

Something Fishy: Life Cycle of a Salmon

Survival of the Mutant Toad

Taking Apart Owl Pellets

Whale Echolocation

Animals

Animals-Classification

Bee Stings

Bird Songs: What Is a Bird Saying When It Sings

What Is an Insect?

Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Own Webs?

Observing caterpillars to butterflies (K)

Crickets: Animal mapping (4-6)

Fish Heads: A Lesson on Adaptation

Egg Fun

Great mini-lesson/simulation on salmon homing instincts

mini-lesson on limpet identification

mini-lesson on bird study

mini-lesson on animal life cycles

mini-lesson on studying owl pellets

Making an animal book on animal covers

Endangered species; productive thinking model (4-6)

Categorizing animals (1-3)

Coelenterates, Worms & Arthropods; convening, creating & conventions (K-5)

Survival of the Fittest"; Animal Survival game (2-4)

'Buggy Diner', study of insect control (3-5)

"For the Birds", studying birds' feeding pattern (K-3)

Studying "Earthworms" (3-4)

Dolphin Communication

How Do Sharks Find Their Prey?

Rain Forest Animals

Looking For A Home

Simulated Wolf Population Studies

Hyperfrog SW

Critters Series

Primarily Bears Series

Whale Echolocation

Human Body Lesson Plans

Beating Heart

Blood Circulation Lab

Bone Transformations

Circulatory System

Exercise and Heart Rate

Exploring the Human Nervous System

Heart Rate and Exercise

How to Take a Pulse!

Human Body

Introduction to the Nervous System

Joints of the Skeleton System

Learning the Skeletal System Using Body Tracings

Putting Together Body Parts and Naming the Organs

Q-Tip Skeleton

Racin' Heart

Those Powerful Hormones

Using Imagery To Introduce The Endocrine System

Virtual Frog Dissection

All About Me My Senses

How Cells Duplicate and Why

Being Alive

Genetics: You Are Unique

High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?

If I Have Acid in My Stomach, Why Don't I Melt?

Reflexes: Why Does a Doctor Check My Reflexes When I Have a Check-Up?

Taste and Smell: Why Does Food Seem Tasteless When You Have a Cold?

Taste Buds

What Are Fingernails Made Of?

What Are Goosebumps?

Why Do Feet Smell?

Why Does My Voice Sound Different on a Tape Recorder?

mini-lesson on blood circulation

Senses - Literature based (K)

Health evaluation of food groups (3-4)

Body Fat: Is All Fat Bad?

Bone Marrow: What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and How Does It Work?

Bones: How Do Bones Get So Strong?

Brain Injury

Cancer Causes: Why Do People Get Cancer?

Cancer Treatments: Is Cancer Curable?

DNA Fingerprinting: Can Blood Found at a Crime Scene Really Identify a Criminal?

Fingerprints: A Lesson in Classification

Hearing: Can I Damage My Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?

High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?

Hip Replacement: How Do Artificial Implants Work in the Body?

How Does 3-D Work?

Inch of Skin

Jungle Survival: How Do People Survive in the Jungle without Food or Water?

Malaria Tracking: How Can You Locate Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes?

Medical Quackeries: Can This Machine Cure Me?

Murder Mystery: How Do Forensic Scientists Help Solve Murders?

Nicotine: Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?

Olympic Training Center: How Can Biomechanics Help an Athlete?

Pretzel Prediction

Tears: Why Do We Cry?

Where Do Dreams Come From?

Why Does My Hair Get Curly When the Humidity Goes Up?

Blood Circulation Lab

Bone Transformations

Environments/Habitats/Ecosystems Lesson Plans

Environment Thematic Unit

Ecosystems Thematic Unit

Science Tools

Using Microscopes

 

Middle School

AIDS: What Is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?

Balloon Safari: How Does the Mara Ecosystem in Africa Work?

Bee Stings

Biological Rhythyms

Bird Songs: What Is a Bird Saying When it Sings?

Blood Typing: What Makes Different Blood Types Different?

Body Fat: Is All Fat Bad?

Bone Marrow: What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and How Does it Work?

Bones: How Do Bones Get So Strong?

Brain Injury

Broken Bones

Cancer Causes: Why Do People Get Cancer?

Cancer Treatments: Is Cancer Curable?

Cockroaches

Coffee: How Does a Coffee Bean Become a Cup of Java?

Diabetes: What Is Type 1 Diabetes?

Diet and Nutrition

DNA Fingerprinting: Can Blood Found at a Crime Scene Really Identify a Criminal?

Dolphin Communication

Fingerprints: A Lesson in Classification

Fish Heads: A Lesson on Adaptation

Hearing: Can I Damage My Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?

High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?

Hip Replacement: How Do Artificial Implants Work in the Body?

How Do Sharks Find Their Prey?

How Does 3-D Work?

If I Have Acid in My Stomach, Why Don't I Melt?

In-Vitro Fertilization: What are "Test-Tube Babies" and How are They Made?

Inch of Skin

Jungle Survival: How Do People Survive in the Jungle without Food or Water?

Malaria Tracking: How Can You Locate Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes?

Medical Quackeries: Can This Machine Cure Me?

Modeling the Nervous System

Murder Mystery: How Do Forensic Scientists Help Solve Murders?

Mushroom Print

Nicotine: Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?

Olympic Training Center: How Can Biomechanics Help an Athlete?

Peanut Power

Photosynthesis: How Do Plants Make Food?

Pretzel Prediction

Prosthetic Limbs

Reflexes

Rain Forest Animals

Reflexes: Why Does a Doctor Check My Reflexes When I Have a Check-Up?

Solar-Powered Car

Steroids: Do Athletes Need to Take Synthetic Steroids?

Tears: Why Do We Cry?

Taste and Smell: Why Does Food Seem Tasteless When You Have a Cold?

What are Goosebumps?

What Does Saving Trees Have to Do with the Ozone Layer?

Where Do Dreams Come From?

Where Does Jell-O Really Come From?

Why Do you Need a Liver?

Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Own Webs?

Wild Lion Vets

Hands on activity on photosynthesis (6-8)

Fruits and Vegetables; Reproduction (6-8)

Transpiration experiment (5-8)

Making 3-D plant and animal cells (6-10)

Genetics - taster or non-taster (4-12)

Biology; Desert plant and animal adaptation (4-12)

Importance of trees in the rural area; Planting a Snowfence (5-12)

'How Cells Duplicate, Why and Where Something Can Go Wrong', study of DNA

'Jello Cells', excellent hands-on activity to study cells membranes & walls (6-9)

 

High School

AIDS: What Is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?

Balloon Safari: How Does the Mara Ecosystem in Africa Work?

Biological Rhythyms

Body Fat: Is All Fat Bad?

Bone Marrow: What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and How Does It Work?

Bones: How Do Bones Get So Strong?

Broken Bones

Cancer Causes: Why Do People Get Cancer?

Cancer Treatments: Is Cancer Curable?

Bacteria

Bioterrorism

Cell-City Project

Enzymes

Fungi

Fungi: Habitats, Uses, and Nutrition

Jello Cells

Jeopardy PowerPoint: Photosynthesis / Cell Respiration / Enzymes / Light

Lifeline: Bioethics and Humans

Limpet Identification Lab

Living Or Non-living

Living versus Non-Living

Making Three Dimensional Plant and Animal Cells

Phases of Mitosis

Protozoans

Trading Places

Variety of Life on Earth

Viruses

 

 

 

Feature Resources

Book

Biology Experiments for Children

 

Book

Usborne Illustrated Dictionary of Biology; The Facts You Need to-at a Glance

Book

 Janice VanCleave's Play and Find out about Nature: Easy Experiments for Young Children

Book

Young Discoverers: Biology Facts and Experiments: Butterflies, Bugs, and Worms

Book

The Body Book : Easy-to-Make, Hands-on Models That Teach

 

Book

The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

 

Book

Oceans (w/CDROM for PC/MAC)

 

Book

The Pond Book

 

 



 
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