Biologicool

Make ecology come to life by having students create their own fictional ecosystem. Students will demonstrate their understanding of ecology by creating a fictional ecosystem complete with plants and animals. They will show how plants and animals have adapted to their ecosystem, how they interact with one another (symbiosis), which organisms eat which (food chains and food webs), how their ecosystem formed over time (ecological succession), and how mater travels through their ecosystem (biogeoche

Individual or Whole ClassThese lessons are designed to be completed individually by students. As teachers we know some classes may need extra help. So, each lesson comes with a slideshow that you can use to guide students through the lesson. Print And GoEach lesson is a ready-to-use lesson. Print the PDF and handed to students. OR give to students digitally as a PDF and have students answer on the PDF. Student Friendly LanguageThe lesson is designed to be easily digested by students. Each page o

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 the cell cycle and mitosis. Each phase of interphase is discussed as well as all of the phases of mitosis. G1, S, G2, and G0 are covered with a quick mention of how cells that cannot go into G0 become cancerous. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase are described. Cytokinesis is also discussed. The lesso

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 point mutations like insertion, deletion and substitution as well as chromosomal mutations like inversion, trisomy, and monosomy. 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 stude

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 cells, common organelles, and the difference between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The focus of this lesson is on the different kinds of organelles. This product is best used for the regular classroom, home school, or for students who were absent. It is self-paced, but not self-graded. All of the answers ca

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 cellular respiration. Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain are all covered. The product also briefly discusses fermentation (both lactic acid and alcoholic) as well as ATP synthase. There is a 10 question worksheet at the end for students to check their understanding. A separate answer key i

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 DNA Replication and the proteins involved. 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

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 the contributions different scientists made in the discovery of the structure and function of DNA. Students will learn about Meisher, Avery, MacLoad, McCarther, Levene, Chargaff, Franklin, Watson, and Crick. They will also learn Chargaff's Rule, complementary base pairing (A with T and G with C), the shape of DN

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 the six ideas that Darwin described in his book On the Origin of Species: overproduction, competition, variation, adaptation, natural selection, and speciation. The product also briefly describes Alfred Russel Wallace, his independent discovery of evolution by natural selection, and his contributions to Darwin's

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 the scientific method, the cycle of scientific thought, and the levels of scientific truth. This product is best used for the regular classroom, home school, or for students who were out. It is self-paced, but not self-graded. All of the answers can be found within the paragraphs, but there is also a separate an

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 what is and is not considered living by looking at the characteristics of life. This lesson introduces many ideas including the Cell Theory, Evolution, Enzymes, Genetics, and Homeostasis. There is a 10 question worksheet at the end for students to check their understanding. A separate answer key is included. Thi

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 food chains, food webs, energy pyramids, biomass pyramids, number pyramids, and the rule of 10. 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 sel

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

Students will create a cell. As they create they will demonstrate their knowledge about: autotrophs and heterotrophs, photosynthesis and cellular respiration, the cell theory andorganellesThis is a project designed for PreAP Biology students. If you liked this product you might also like Create an Ecosystem Project or Creature Genetics. Happy Teaching!

This product is designed for use with an online discussion board. Each student gets their own topic to research and write about. All topics relate to how technology is changing medicine. This product utilizes Card Groups a free resource.

This product is designed for use with an online discussion board. Each student gets their own topic to research and write about. All topics relate to how humans impact the environment. This product utilizes Card Groups a free resource.

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!

Who is it for? Teachers who use small grouping regularly and/or who like to call on students during class. What is it for? Card groups will facilitate student role assignment for projects, and break out groups. It also can generate randomized seating, and randomized student name generator (for calling on students during class discussions). You can use it to assign classroom roles as well. Like this: Spades- Team Leader Ensures everyone stays on task and brings any problems, questions, or concern

This resource is a series of sentence stems and reminders to help you make contact with specific parents when you are having academic or behavioral issues with a student. This guide is intended to help you communicate and leave you feeling good about it. A step-by-step guide is also included to help you understand why each part of the email is important. If you liked this product give it a quick rating and check out my other products! Happy Teaching!