BIOLOGY

The lessons below incorporate content and skills from multiple areas in biology.

  • Madagascar’s Lemurs

    Madagascar’s Lemurs

    Practice interpreting graphs in context with content suitable for early in the college biology school year or semester. This practice problem reviews material from chemistry in biology, particularly nitrogen needs.

  • Sea Level Rise

    Sea Level Rise

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  • Citizen Science

    Citizen Science

    This lesson and practice problem look at the effect of invasive species and how to compare using Simpson’s Diversity Index. This reviews material in ecology. Students are involved in a decision making simulation.

  • Turnips and Okra

    Turnips and Okra

    This “at-home” lab on plant response to the environment, is meaningful practice in lab design and data analysis.

  • Yellow Lance

    Yellow Lance

    Many areas of biology curriculum are blended as students look at a complex problem. Examine the threatened mussel and fish host while pondering the effect of the infection on heat shock proteins, transcription, translation, and symbiotic relationships. This biology lesson includes a teaching slide show and student sheet. 

  • Graphing “Must Haves”

    Graphing “Must Haves”

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  • Analyzing Quantitative Data

    Analyzing Quantitative Data

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