Micah's Science

***ADOBE FLASH IS DISCONTINUED but I am leaving this up for free. This is a good introductory activity for a life sciences class. Students get to explore an online virtual lab that helps them visualize osmosis and diffusion. Students are required to answer questions about the membrane, hypertonic solutions, isotonic solutions, and hypotonic solutions. They then draw what plant and animal cells would like like in these stages and complete a review game when done! An answer key is included, and th

This is a great little research project for 7th grade life science students. They need to use a website to look up information about a shark of their choice, and discover the way a shark has evolved over time! They learn key things like classification, shark biology, and work on identifying differences between species. Students then complete a gallery walk to view other projects and provide feedback.