EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
You'll find activities and experiments to help students learn about genes and DNA, bones and muscles, nutrition, blood…
WORKSHEETS
Students observe onion skin cells and elodea cells. Materials list, rubric, worksheets, and answer key are provided.
Students observe plant and animal cells through a microscope and identify the parts of the cells. Materials list,…
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to reproduction and heredity.
Students will be introduced to two different types of cells: plant cells and animal cells. They will review the…
Enrich students' scientific understanding of illness and disease with this printable. Students will use reference…
This science exam uses multiple-choice and written-response questions to test students' knowledge and understanding of…
GAMES AND APPS
Use the crossword puzzle in this science printable to review parts of the heart, components of blood, and key terms…
TEACHING RESOURCE
These valuable reviews of science-teaching materials focus on books that explore reptiles and amphibians. They are…
REFERENCE
Read this article to learn about food-borne illness and nine prominent bacteria that can cause them.
Learn about the difference between benign and malignant tumors in this article about cancer.
ACTIVITIES
Students devise and follow a plan to observe the osmosis of water through a plant cell membrane. Assesses students'…
ASSESSMENT
Use this scoring guide in combination with the Division to Multiply -- Mitosis lesson plan.
Suggest a family activity to parents that includes home projects and vocabulary words to help children understand how…
Suggest a family activity to parents that provides a series of home projects and vocabulary words related to the…
Students use bar graphs to discuss a cell's life span.
Students investigate the frequency of gene and trait inheritance by making a model. Materials list, rubric, worksheets,…
Students conduct an experiment to test whether dissolved materials pass through a membrane. Materials list, advance…
Students isolate and look at the DNA molecules in onion cells. Materials list, advance preparation instructions, lab…
Students demonstrate their knowledge of organelle function by explaining what is not working in the described scenarios.
Students examine pictures of mitosis and cell division, and explain what is happening in each picture.
Students discuss the human genome, DNA, and how much computer space it would take to unravel the entire sequence.
Distribute a printable set of vocabulary words related to the structure and function of cells.
Students will be introduced to chromosome pairs and will create their own pair, using the chromosome they constructed in…