Virginia Appleman

49 pages of previously tested lab dissections, including handouts specific for them -- everything from earthworms to a 2 week-long unit involving rabbits. Handouts and preparatory exercises are included. All of these labs have been previously completed by high school students -- some through multiple years. Table of Contents included at the beginning.

visual-heavy interactive worksheet, focusing on graphic representations of genetic chromosomal processes

4 double sided resource sheets, plus 13 assignments, from cut and paste to reading response and critical essays, including a couple of introductory film critiques using a Samurai Jack cartoon and an episode of Dr. Who to introduce the idea of the Epic Hero. Plenty of interactive and kinesthetic addenda, plus plenty of resources to create more assignments.

4 printable resource handouts involving AP literary terms, and 7 assignments focusing on literary elements as well as critical thinking using Leaves of Grass as the main text. For AP classes or other advanced placement classes.

basic punnett square practice

Multiple dissections of sheep, pig, and rabbit, including heart, brain, pluck, digestive system, etc.

Ten films, everything from classics from the '60s to modern Dr. Who episodes, to be used as addenda or unit expansions. There are 2 horror films (nothing graphic at all), 3 comedies, 3 episodes of Dr. Who, and 2 Shakespeare works (not the standard versions of either). Almost all come with a film fact sheet, reading response worksheet, and critical thinking questions. Some seem skewed toward AP classes, film classes, or theatre classes. All were used multiple years with multiple classes, incl

a collection of documents -- 4 handouts, 11 assignments, including worksheets, film review/critiques, essays, performance activities, and act/scene reading response assignments. Includes some AP extensions and a film extension for Romeo and Juliet using Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac as a companion/contrast. Used multiple times over multiple years, and easily adaptable for resource as well as AP or pre-AP.

Multiple part dissections of the following: frog spider crawfish squid sparrow and sheep parts -- eye, heart, and brain In addition, there is a fruit dissection and an introductory worksheet on how to enlarge the things that you draw in laboratory exercises.

36 bones and 18 muscles arranged without labels 6 per page, to be used as flash cards or for classroom quizzes, explorations, or pop exams. During the skeletal system unit, I'd give each student one as they entered the room, and they had to name it and hand it back before taking their seat. The muscle cards were used that way as well during the muscular system unit. Very handy for memorization. There is no key -- students were supposed to use the classroom resources/posters/etc to find them

overview of the peripheral nervous system, with accompanying written response worksheet. not narrated.

A pair of practice worksheets for students to create mRNA sequences and the subsequent tRNA codons and chains of resulting amino acids. Includes a printable universal DNA code chart.

complex wordfind where students will discover a 'secret sentence' composed of all left-over letters once the list has been found. Besides familiarizing students with vocabulary, these wordfinds also encourage attention to detail and allow students to practice following precise directions.

17 student-tested labs for various biology concepts, including basic biochemistry, ecology, critical thinking, and essential laboratory skills

simple double sided worksheet allowing students to visualize the movement of molecules across a membrane following rules regarding concentration gradients.

an extension to lessons on domains, kingdoms, and the characteristics of both

meant as an extension to a unit on embryo development. students will cut and paste, and answer questions

Detailed anatomy study pages and checklist sheet for the femur. Useful for weeding out student who SAID they wanted to go into sports medicine before they realized just how much structure there is to learn on bones.

worksheet/activity requiring students to pair up and use a coin toss to choose an allele combination for an offspring of two heterozygous parents, then draw a collective picture of the resulting phenotype. A chance for them to work in pairs -- could be supplemented with online examples of the given phenotypes: https://www.biologycorner.com/2016/04/04/variations-on-a-human-face/#google_vignette or similar.

4 page reading on public health issues involving the respiratory system, including smogs, outdoor and indoor air pollution, plus a two page worksheet of questions using the reading as a resource. Suitable for note-taking/study guide, classroom discussion, or unit extension that might be useful for an environmental systems unit on pollution as well.