Science Kitty

This is an activity sheet designed to accompany Whitman College's excellent online pig dissection. Questions are written in such a way that the students must fully explore the online dissection. A perfect activity to use in preparation for or in lieu of an actual dissection.

This video worksheet accompanies the new Netflix series Human: The World Within. Episode 3: Fuel explores the digestive system. Questions go in order with the video and includes a key. Great way to keep students on task. All 6 episodes available here.

This video worksheet accompanies the new Netflix series Human: The World Within. Episode 4--Defend explores the immune system. Questions go in order with the video and includes a key. Great way to keep students on task. All 6 episodes available here.

This virtual lab worksheet is made to accompany the HHMI Virtual Cardiology Lab. An excellent resource for biology or anatomy classes. Great for online learning.

This video worksheet accompanies the new Netflix series Human: The World Within. Episode 1: React explores the nervous system. Questions go in order with the video and includes a key. Great way to keep students on task. All 6 episodes available here.

In this activity students will use a plasmid map to calculate the products of various restriction enzyme digests and predict the location of the DNA fragments when run on a gel. Good activity for an advanced biology or biotechnology class.

CRISPR is a revolutionary new genetic engineering technology. In this WebQuest your students will explore what CRISPR is, how it works, and its potential impacts on our species and our world.

This video worksheet accompanies the new Netflix series Human: The World Within. Episode 5: Sense explores our senses. Questions go in order with the video and includes a key. Great way to keep students on task. All 6 episodes available here.

This video worksheet accompanies the new Netflix series Human: The World Within. Episode 2: Pulse explores the cardiovascular system. Questions go in order with the video and includes a key. Great way to keep students on task. All 6 episodes available here.

These worksheets accompany the new Netflix series "Human: The World Within." (2021) Explore the nervous, cardiovascular, immune, and reproductive systems in 6 exciting hour long episodes. These engaging videos include captivating real life stories that highlight the diversity and uniqueness of the human experience. Great for biology or anatomy classes.

In this activity, students examine the tissues of the trachea in cross section. Using the image from University of Michigan's Histology Slide site, students can zoom in and out on different parts of the slide and are directed to make 6 scientific drawings and label the parts. Tissues included are epithelial (pseudo-stratified ciliated columnar, glandular cuboidal, and simple squamous) connective (blood and cartilage), and smooth muscle. This is an excellent activity to introduce different ty

This video worksheet accompanies the new Netflix series Human: The World Within. Episode 6: Birth explores the reproductive system. Questions go in order with the video and includes a key. Great way to keep students on task. All 6 episodes available here.

A lesson on latitude, longitude and topographic maps. This powerpoint includes 2 links to youtube videos that help explain concepts of latitude and longitude as well as the international dateline. Also included is a fun activity challenging students to think about the importance of understanding scale. The following vocabulary words are covered: Cartographer, Mercator, Planar and Conic projections, latitude, parallels, longitude, meridian, prime meridian, contour lines, contour intervals, ind

This video worksheet goes along with the new Netflix documentary Unnatural Selection, which looks at CRISPR technology and the effects of genetic engineering on society. Warning--there are a few curse words in the documentary.

A simple web quest introduces students to environmental issues including air, land and water pollution. Students explore the website "What is Pollution for Kids" and answer questions. Follow up questions allow for extension of the activity and self directed research.

Power point presentation introducing the 4 branches of Earth Science, the 4 spheres of the Earth, and the Scientific Method. Three hyperlinks are included to excellent video material available on youtube. Quick review questions are included, to make for an engaging lecture/presentation. Slot notes are also available.

This bundle includes 3 power point presentations, Plant Diversity, Structure and Function, The Invertebrates, and The Vertebrates. Each presentation includes video links and additional links to online activities and resources. Also included in this bundle are three review games--Plant Play, Animal Mania, and Tree of Life Bingo.

Students create a visual representation of the percent of Earth covered by the oceans and continents. Then research the world's oceans online. Using Google Earth examine some of the characteristics of the oceans and inland bodies of water. A fun and engaging introduction to a water or oceanography unit.

This activity uses multiple websites to explore the diversity of plant life, including bryophytes (mosses) pterophytes (ferns) and the seed plants, gymnosperms and angiosperms.

This chart compares 8 phyla of invertebrates: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda and Echinodermata. A good basic review.