Biologicool

Why lecture when you could play a game? In this board game students will play as a virus trying to infect more cells. Each student plays a different type of virus with different stats. Some viruses can go into the lysogenic cycle while others are stuck in the lytic cycle. Whenever I use this resource in my class students are always excited to play. As they play the game they learn about the stages of viral reproduction and the difference between the lytic and lysogenic cycles. It is a great int

This product includes two worksheets, four diagrams of mitosis, and a card sort. Answer key included. The first worksheet has students identify the stage of mitosis. Students can use the diagrams for reference. I like to print one diagram page for each pair of students. This way students will share their ideas about mitosis as they work to identify each stage. The second worksheet has students draw the chromosomes, centrioles, and spindle fibers into the cells. Both worksheets are designed to h

Students will breed imaginary cats using real Mendelian genes to gain an understanding of how meiosis influences genetic variation in offspring. Students will select and write the alleles of their cats on paper chromosomes, cut them out and recombine them with another cat's chromosomes. This lesson clearly shows how the Laws of Inheretance work. Students who struggle to understand independant assortment or segregation are able to see the movement of alleles in action allowing them to more easil

This worksheet shows three different levels of organization for skeletal muscle. From left to right you see a skeletal muscle (the bicep), a skeletal muscle cell, actin and myosin filaments. The actin and myosin filaments are shown contracted and relaxed. A close-up on the myosin heads interacting with the actin filament is in the bottom right corner. The goal of this worksheet is to show students how the molecular interactions of the actin and myosin filaments cause muscle contractions at the

A self-guided lesson that covers photosynthesis. This product covers the light and dark reaction. It also briefly discusses the scientists involved in the discoveries of each. Designed with students who were absent in mind, the student will learn about photosynthesis by reading a short paragraph and answering a couple of questions on each page. At the end there is a short ten question self-assessment that students can use to check their understanding. If you like this lesson, you might also like

This self-guided lesson includes a PDF that students can go through on their own. Each page has a short paragraph and a couple of questions that will lead students to an understanding of common organelles and their functions. At the end of the assignment, there is a ten-question quiz to help students test their understanding. This product is best used for the regular classroom, home school, or absent students. It is self-paced, but not self-graded. All of the answers can be found within the para

With this product, you can give each and every one of your students an enzyme model to take home. The best part is it only takes a couple of minutes to make. Students get to have fun and be creative while learning about enzymes, substrates, denaturing, catabolic reactions, anabolic reactions, and more! Easy step-by-step instructions! Includes a photo booth for students to take pictures of their enzymes! Post activity worksheet and extensions! This activity will require index cards, colors, and s

Are your students struggling with the difference between incomplete dominance and codominance? Help them see the difference in about 5 minutes with 14 different examples. To use this product, present it on the projector (PDF and PowerPoint files are included). Use the first few slides to review the difference between co-dominance and incomplete dominance. Then show the examples and have the students guess what they think it is by shouting out the answer. There are only two options so they have a

This product includes a two page worksheet and a two page introduction. For the introduction, students will review the definitions of producer, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore while they think about examples of each. Then they will look at an example food web, and fill in the arrows on another food web. For the worksheet, the first page has students color a food web with only the terms producer, herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore. This is to get students thinking about the trophic levels ea

BackNForth worksheets are designed to be completed in pairs as students switch roles answering questions and checking answers. The product includes two worksheets. The first worksheet covers biotic and abiotic factors. The second covers levels of organization. An answer key for each worksheet is included. A link to make a copy in your Google Drive is included in the PDF. If you enjoy this product, check out my other BackNForth products: Biomolecule BackNForthCell Cycle BackNForthOrganelles and C

Get students to see biology all around them! In this activity, students must find three living things and three non-living things around them. It works great as homework but could also be a quick lets-go-outside-and-see-what-we-find activity. If you decide to do the latter get your principal's approval first. In the activity, students take photos or create quick sketches of the biotic and abiotic things they notice around them. You can follow it up with a discussion about the difference between

This activity students can observe osmosis in their own water bottles. You will need a water bottle for each student and some food coloring. This activity works great as bookends to any lesson on diffusion or osmosis. It is fast to start and everyone gets to conduct their own experiment. If you liked this activity, check out these other products: Domino DiffusionOsmosis Self Guided LessonOsmosis Worksheet (Free Resource)Hallway Osmosis (Free Resource)

The product includes three worksheets. BackNForth worksheets are designed to be completed in pairs as students switch roles answering questions and checking answers. The first two worksheets are designed to be worked through in pairs. The third is an odd one out. Students must identify which organelle does not belong in the group and then justify their answer. The first and third worksheets cover organelles. The second covers identifying cells based on their organelles. An answer key for each wo

This worksheet has every possible Mendelian monohybrid cross. A great way to review before starting dihybrid crosses or non-Mendelian genetics. Answer key included! If you liked this product, check these out: Punnett Squares Intro to Non-Mendelain Genetics Creature Genetics: A Creative Project for Learning Non-Mendelian GeneticsThe Ultimate Dihybrid Cross WorksheetGenetics Tumble Tower ReviewThanks and Happy Teaching!

This product is a basic quiz to gauge your students' understanding of the scientific process. A key is included. It is intended for the high school honors class but could work for a middle school or on-level class as well. The quiz covers dependent and independent variables, the hierarchy of scientific truth (hypothesis < fact < rule < law < theory), accuracy vs precision, and general best practices (i.e. having only one variable in an experiment). Need a lesson? Try the Pri

Need some help taking notes? This product includes a notes outline for all four phyla and a key to help you fill it out. Great to use as a handout before a lecture on plants. if you like this product, check out the Create An Ecosystem Project! Happy Teaching!

This quick activity will help students understand osmosis. Students take on the role of water molecules and solutes then move around the hallway. You will need painters tape (not included). You should be able to complete this activity in under 10 minutes. Perfect for breaking up a lecture and getting students moving. Active bodies make active learners. If you liked this activity, check out these other products: Domino DiffusionOsmosis Self Guided LessonOsmosis Worksheet (Free Resource)Water Bot

This product includes two different organelle notes. One advanced (for honors/preAP/AP) and one for on-level. Each set of notes comes with a key. At the end of the document (page 8) is a bingo page that students can play after they are done with the notes. If you liked this you might also like: You Are An Organelle ActivityOrganelles and Cells BackNForth WorksheetOrganelle Tumble Tower ReviewOrganelle Self-Guided Lesson