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This engaging student activity review genetics vocabulary and simple Punnett squares with an "March Madness" twist! This resource comes with twenty-eight practice questions on a GoogleSlides presentation as well as a worksheet and teacher guide. The vocabulary covered in this activity includes: genotype. phenotype, heterozygous, homozygous, Punnett Square, dominant, recessive, gene and allele.

Engage your general science or biology students with this project based learning project. This project will teach students how to apply the four main biomolecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids). Students will be engaged with an article about a young man who lost his eye sight due to the lack of proper nutrients. Then the students will do their own research about the four main biomolecules (building blocks, structure, types and sources). They will then inform the public by cr

This mini unit comes with five activities to introduce Gregor Mendel, his experiments with pea plants, and all of the vocabulary that goes along with that. The activities in this mini unit include a pre/posttest, video link and video notes worksheet with answer key, a draw it/use it vocabulary sheet with colored answer key, a card sort with a key and directions, a1 page reading summing up Gregor Mendel, his experiments and his findings in language appropriate for middle school students AND a tea

This lesson engages students by giving them a task that requires research, critical thinking and analysis all while covering content like the theory of plate tectonics, plate boundaries and convection in the mantle (optional). This project takes about 7-10 days to complete and requires students to work together in groups to accomplish a goal. Included: -Teacher Guide/ Lesson Plan -All student resources -Answer Keys