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This dichotomous key goes best with the cartilaginous fishes unit in a high school Zoology class.

Introductory notes for Karyotyping and Chromosomal Disorders as part of a Genetics unit.

This brief powerpoint slide deck introduces high school Zoology students to the main characteristics of Phylum Chordata before you dive into the individual Classes in more detail.

This slide deck introduces students to evolutionary adaptations such as homologous and analogous traits and vestigial structures. It is a great starter slide set for younger students, and you can add more for older students to add depth.

In this pedigree activity, students will need to read Jed's family story and draw out a family pedigree based on the information contained within. The second page includes common symbols students will need to complete their pedigree drawing. This assignment should follow your introductory lesson on the topic.

In this lab activity, students will be outside collecting scattered Froot Loops to demonstrate competition for resources. Be sure NOT to tell the students what each color represents until after the collection portion of the activity. I usually give my students 10 minutes to collect as many Froot Loops as they can into their sandwich bags before returning to the classroom.

With everyone going bonkers over hand sanitizer, I thought this lab would be relevant for the students to use to see first hand which is truly more effective using science. In this lab they will create agar for their petri dishes (or you could prep these ahead of time) and then they will be touching the agar filled plate in one of three pre-drawn locations to observe bacterial colony growth in each region.

This worksheet provides a simple review alongside your lesson on Class Crustacea.

This slide deck introduces high school Zoology students to the main characteristics of Phylum Arthropoda.

This slide show introduces young high schoolers to Punnett square terms and how to set their Punnett Squares up. Should be used as a supplement to practice work.

This slide deck introduces high school students to the structure of DNA and chromosomes.

This slide deck serves to introduce high school students to the study of Ecology.

This powerpoint slide deck gives Zoology students a brief introduction into Phylum Echinodermata.

This slide deck serves to introduces students to the stages of Mitosis.

These ppt notes on Phylum Annelida serve to introduce high school Zoology students to this amazing group of organisms.

This PowerPoint presentation is designed to introduce high school Zoology students to the bony fishes.

A review worksheet packet for Zoology students.

In this activity, students will create a campaign flyer for their assigned organelle. The students are to get creative and try to convince the class as to why their organelle should ultimately become President of the Cell. It's a fun way to allow the students to learn more about the functions of the Cell's Organelles. You can also have the students do a short presentation of their organelle at the front of the class at the end of the class if you wish.

This Food Web poster activity requires students to research a specific habitat location and determine which producers and consumers would be found in that environment. As well as, allowing them to show off their artistic skills by drawing out the entire habitat in the background of the Food Web.

This short introductory slide deck is meant to introduce high school Zoology students to Class Agnatha.