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This activity is a fun, interactive, and movement orientated activity that gets students out of their desks and analyzing riddles, diagrams, and DNA sequences. This activity pairs best following notes or background information on mutation types. Part 1: Students will compare a list of DNA sequences to an original strand and identify the type of mutation present. Part 2: Students will read riddle-like descriptions and interpret diagrams to identify mutation types. Part 3: Analysis questions that

Following lessons on Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Fermentation, it may be helpful to recap the similarities and differences between the three processes. This chart will cover the key features including: chemical equation, pertinent organisms, location, and the critical stages. The side-by-side comparison format will highlight the important facts of each. Add analysis questions to the back to increase comprehension, if desired.

Help your students practice the concept of energy transformations with this worksheet with real life, recognizable devices that demonstrate how energy is conserved even though it changes form. Students are given seven example devices and must select the energy type that goes in and comes out from the word bank given. Then they must reverse the process with three questions that provide the energy types, but not the device can conduct that change. Bonus questions and room for expansion are availab

Genetic technology is the future! As part of a comprehensive curriculum, students will learn that genetic modification is an ancient technology that has been advanced with modern genetics for greater efficiency, accuracy, and precision. The use of GMOs in our food supply has its Pros and Cons and with this handout, your students can collect evidence from 3 videos (of your choosing) and make their own opinion about the use of GMOs in our society. Students must be presented with both sides of the

Help students learn and recall the phases of Mitosis with this easy foldable. Starting with Interphase, students will name each stage of cell division (IPMAT), draw the organelles and chromosomes inside the cell outline, and provide written notes under the flap with detailed information. For the greatest effect, students should draw and follow 2 chromosomes through Mitosis as they replicate (maybe even cross over) and eventually divide into new cells. On the back of the foldable is a place to wr