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A one page handout with 7 questions about the 7 minute video from Amoeba Sisters about Ecological Relationships.  This is a good one to use while watching the video with your class, requiring some stops for students to answer questions. The video covers the basics of predator/prey, parasitism, mutualism and commensalism. The final question is a short research question for students to apply what they learned to the wolves and moose study being done on Isle Royale National Park. This series of vid

This project can be used at the beginning or end of a biology unit on Respiration, giving students a voice and choice. It helps students make the connections between the somewhat boring topic of respiration and relevant topics like nutrition, sports and fitness. They have a couple of options so students who don’t have many resources can still pick something they can do well in, as well as giving high achievers an opportunity to go above and beyond at something. One option is making some fermen

A two page handout with 9 questions about the 8 minute video from Amoeba Sisters about Photosynthesis.  This is a good one to use while watching the video with your class, requiring some stops for students to draw some diagrams and answer questions about the process and chemical equation. This series of videos by the Amoeba Sisters are excellent for introducing students to a wide range of topics.  Watching the videos together in class and requiring students to answer some questions is a sneaky w

A one page handout with 11 questions about the 9 minute video from Amoeba Sisters about the cell membrane.  This is a good one to use while watching the video with your class, requiring some stops for students to answer questions about the structure and function of the cell membrane.   This series of videos by the Amoeba Sisters are excellent for introducing students to a wide range of topics.  Watching the videos together in class and requiring students to answer some questions is a sneaky way

A one page handout with 12 questions about the 8 minute video from Amoeba Sisters about Cell Transport. This is a good one to use while watching the video with your class, requiring some stops for students to draw some diagrams and answer questions. This series of videos by the Amoeba Sisters are excellent for introducing students to a wide range of topics. Watching the videos together in class and requiring students to answer some questions is a sneaky way to replace note taking or textbook

This project is designed for a Biology unit on Photosynthesis. It can be used to introduce photosynthesis or review it at the end of a unit.  Working in small groups students design an indoor farm (greenhouse) showing their understanding of the factors needed for plants to grow and photosynthesis to occur. There is a business element to it as each group needs to consider their market and how to grow efficiently. The project file includes a page for the students explaining the project, a page of

A one page handout with 7 questions about the 7 minute video from Amoeba Sisters about the chemical and physical properties of water. This is a good one to use while watching the video with your class, requiring some stops for students to draw some diagrams and answer questions. Topics covered include being polar, surface tension, adhesion and cohesion and phase changes. This series of videos by the Amoeba Sisters are excellent for introducing students to a wide range of topics.  Watching the v

This project is designed to be an outdoor, hands-on ecology unit at the middle school/high school Biology level.  It can be modified to fit the available outdoor resources for your school area. There is a weekly activity and journal entry over 4-6 weeks.  There are a number of activities listed that you can choose for your classes to do like an insect collection, building outdoor shelters, doing a population count, soil profile etc. The file has 15 pages with the last one being a page for teache

This is an exciting, hands-on STEM project in which students make small catapults with classroom supplies and collect data to calculate force, work, power, momentum and kinetic energy. At the end of the project the class can set up and compete in mini battles with their catapults in whatever type of games you want to come up with. Some game suggestions are given.

This is a fun, hands-on and tasty project that helps students connect what they learned about carbohydrates, lipids and fats with their nutritional needs. It is designed for a high school Biology macromolecule unit. It can be modified for the middle school level also. There are several options listed for students to pick including creating a lab, creating 3-D models, making food/healthy snacks and research into related topics. A rubric is included. This project is designed to be an end of uni