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SPECIATION
Are you looking for an enaging resource to teach Speciation as part of your evolution unit? Look no further. This reason provides opportunity for your students to analyze data, look for evidence and support their thinking with reasoning. They will think and argue like true scientists.
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What’s included in this resource?
Background story and data sheet (1 page)
Claim-Evidence-Reason sheet ( 1 page)
Sample answer key ( 1 page)
Teacher note + suggestions
By the end of the activity, students will be able to understand how one species may split into two or more species and how spatial (geographical) barrier can facilitate that.
Turn your speciation lesson into one that you and your students will enjoy. The resource is straight forward and easy to use. It does require little to no preparation which save the teacher valuable time.
Grade Level:
Grade 10 to 12
I am confident this activity will be a great addition to your speciation lesson and help your students to understand and enjoy the lesson.
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Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium Koi Fish Activity
Teach Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium with this engaging Koi Fish activity which your students will love inspired by virtualbiologylab online simulation. The resources comes with:
1 page background information page about why populations evolve
discusses HW Equilibrium and principles
1 page Koi fish activity sheet
Sample answer keys
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The activity is created around a hypothetical koi fish population. Students will observe images of the population in a 6 year period to conclude whether or not they have evolved. This activity provides a chance for students to apply the concept in a relatable and meaningful way.
They will garther evidences, make convincing arguments and hypothesize which hardy Weignberg principle is being violated an new Koi fish populations emerge.
The story makes it more interesting and will without doubt elevate your students’ curiousity. Students get to form their own answers from their own observations which make it engaging .
Please see details in the preview
Grade level:
Grade 10 to 12
I truly believe this activity will be a great addition to your evolution unit and help evolve this often complex and boring topic into one that your students will find exciting.
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Natural Selection, Mutation and Adaptation Multiple Activity Lesson
Teach natural selection, mutation and adaptation with this engaging 3 part lesson that will offer opportunity for your learners to collaborate, role play, think creatively and have loads of fun whilst learning. The hands-on active style activities makes sure that students are engaged throughout the lesson.
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What’s included in this resource?
Factors that cause evolution worksheet
Adaptation and its survival benefits worksheet
Bird Beak Role play activity sheet + list of material,tips
Answer keys
Teacher guide
Part 1:
Students illustrate how random mutation and natural selection may cause populations to evolve over time. This activity challenge students to think creatively to arrive at diverse answers. there are 2 options to the worksheet:
a) Students use a population of rabbits to show how they evolve over time
b) Students use their own organism( real or fiction) to show how they evolve.
Part 2:
Students learn about adaptations and the survival benefits to various oganisms.
Part 3:
Students role play as birds with 4 different beak types and compete to “eat” to visually demonstrate natural selection. This activity is fun and exciting while it vividly show the process of natural selection and how it may lead to some genes disappearing from the gene pool of a population. Directions and tips included in the teacher guide.
I have included answer keys to all worksheets.
Grade Level:
Grades 9 to 11
Use these multiple activity resource as part of your evolution unit to inject some excitement, fun, and creativity in your students. The activities can be used as stand alone or together. They are easy to set up and requires minimal materials and time. I’m confident that you and your students will find this resource valuable now and for many years to come.
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ENDOTHERMIC AND EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS ACTIVITIES
Are you looking for an engaging exothermic and endothermic reaction to beef up your lessons? This resource might just be what you need. The lesson offers opportunity for students to read a passage about endothermic and exothermic reaction, complete a post reading worksheet and do a simple but effective experiment to solidify their understanding of the concepts.
Whats included in the resource?
Exothermic & Endothermic Reaction Reading Page
Post Reading Worksheet
Experiment 1 and 2 labsheet
Lab guide
Mini Cards
Teacher Guide
Answer keys.
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READING PASSAGE:
In this part, students will read key information about heat energy being absorbed or released. They will learn about everyday examples of this phenomenon and how they are applied to the benefit of humans.
After the reading, students will complete a worksheet to evaluate their understanding.
ENDOTHERMIC & EXOTHERMIC EXPERIMENT 1&2
Experiment 1: Students will complete an experiment aout baking soda and vinegar. They will write down their observations of reaction.
Experiment 2: Students will do a lab about mixing an acid and a magnesium metal and record their observations onto their lab sheet.
Mini Cards:
These are optional cards with additional examples of endothermic and exothermic reactions. Students will work in groups to group these cards into endo and exothermic reactions.
I am very confident that this resource will light the flame under your students and turn your heat unit into one both you and they will love. The resource provides opportunuties for reading, collaboration and inquiry whilst saving valuable time for the teacher.
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Conduction Convection Radiation ( Heat Energy Transfer)
Looking for simple and effective resource to teach conduction convection radiation? This resource got you covered. It provides opportunity fo your learners to read read about importance of heat transfer and the three types of heat transfer mentioned above. There’s also a post reading worksheet to evaluate learners’ understanding of the concepts. Finally, learners get to identify the mode of heat transfer in different everyday situations.
*Please see preview for sample sheets and answer keys
What’s included in this resource?
Heat Transfer Reading Sheet
Post Reading Worksheet
Identifying Heat Movement Worksheet (colored , B&W versions )
8 Mini Cards(colored , B&W versions )
Answer Keys
Reading Comprehension:
In this part, learners read about conduction, convection and radiation. By the end, they will know the mechanism and examples of each type of heat transfer.
Post Reading Sheet
In this part, students group descriptive statements under the appropriate type of heat transfer. They also, explain with their own examples the role of heat transfer in phase change.
Identifying Heat Movement Worksheet
In this part, students examine the mode of heat transfer in different situations. They then check the types they see and explain their choices.
Mini Cards
This is an optional activity that provide opportunity for group sharing and collaboration. I may be used in place of the worksheet ( #3). Here, student groups identify how heat is flowing on 8 mini cards. More information in teacher guide.
GRADE LEVEL:
Grade 6 -9
This resource will engage your learners whilst they learn to master the concept of heat transfer. They can be used as end of unit assessment or part of an on-going lesson. There’s very little preparation needed on the part of the teacher which is a win! I am confident it will be a great addition to your heat unit.
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Dichotomous Keys Worksheets
Are you looking for an engaging/ student-friendly resource to teach Dichotomous Keys. The resource contains 4 versions of worksheets each with black and white options.
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1. Create a dichotomous Key Worksheets:
There are 3 versions of this worksheet: a) Animal only b) Plant only & c) Monsters. Each version comes with a black and white option. The worksheets provide students the opportunity to classify organisms by creating a flow chart and a dichotomous key. This is great for individual work.
In case you want your learners to collaborate in groups, I have included organism cards that your learners may use to create a poster instead.
**See sample work in preview ***
2. Identify the organism worksheet
In this worksheet, students will identify some organisms using an already made dichotomous key. In so doing, they apply the concepts they have previously learned.
Objectives :
Students will be able to ;
Create a flow chart and dichotomous key to classify organisms
Use dichotomous key to identify organisms
Discuss advantages and disadvantages of dichotomous keys.
Grade:
Grades 9 through 12
I truly believe you will find this resource valuable and will help you learners master the topic of dichotomous key.
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Magnetic Force, Fields and Earth's Magnetic Field
Are you looking for simple yet effective resource that covers magnetic field lines, Earth’s magnetic fields, electromagnets and particles within a magnetic field? This resource might just be what you need.
What’s included?
Magnetic Field worksheets (1 page)
Reading Comprehension about Earth’s magnetic field (1 page)
Charged particles within magnetic field( 1 page)
Answer keys
Teacher guide
Please see preview to check sample sheets.
GRADE LEVEL:
Grade 7 to 9
This resource can be used as end of unit assessment of your learners’ undertstanding of the topic or part of an on-going lesson. The examples and style are student-friendly with images and diagrams. I am confident that this resource will be a great addition to your magnetism unit as it has been for many years in my own classroom.
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Electron Configuration Worksheets
Teach electron configuration with this student-friendly EDITABLE worksheets . Often times, students are left confused when learning about electron configuration because of the abstract nature of the topic. This resource provides opportunity for students to visually follow how electrons “sit” within an atom.
What is included in this resource?
3 pages of editable sheets ( page 1 has 6 sample questions )
All pages are can be easily edited (MS WORD) to suit the learners’ needs.
Please Check Preview for sample sheets
Grade Level:
Grade 7 to 10
Prerequisite:
Basic knowledge of orbitals
Use this EDITABLE print-and-go worksheets to reenforce your learners’ understanding of the complex topic of electron configuration in a visually pleasing way. I am confident this resource will be valuable to you and your learners now and for many years to come. Thanks and have an amazing class!
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STATES OF MATTER ( phase change activity)
Teach states of matter with this ALL-IN-ONE lesson that offers the opportunity for your students to explore behavior of particles during phase change, draw models to make their thinking visible, classify items into various states of matter through collaboration.
What’s included in this resource?
a) a beautifully designed Power Point Presentation (with Teacher notes)
b) a phet simulation activity to explore phase change
c) Worksheet 1 ( classifying items individual version)
d) Mini Cards ( classifying items group version)
e) Worksheet 2 (Phase change, Drawing models )
**Please check out the preview to see sample PPT, worksheets and lesson objectives.
Part 1: Classifying Matter
Individual version: Students cut and paste items and group them under solids, liquids, gases and “doesn’t fit into 1 group” and state reasons for their classification
Group Version: Students collaborate to classify items on mini cards under the groups stated above. they will discuss and share reasons for their classification.
Part 2: Phase Change
Students first explore phet simulation to learn about behavior of particles during phase change.
Next, they draw models to represent phase change for different real world exaples. This helps them contextualize the concept and relate to it in a meaningful way.
Materials need :
a device that is connected to the internet. ( smartphone, computers, tablets)
The power point presentation that accompany this resource;
a) covers properties of solids, liquids, gases and plasma.
b) has teacher notes that makes teaching easy and straight forward.
c) has beautiful images, clear key information to teach the states of matter.
d) directions and suggestions to make the lesson successful.
I have included answer keys and teacher guide to help guide the teacher.
**See preview ***
GRADE LEVEL:
Grades 6 to 9
Turn your states of matter unit into one that you and your students will love. The phet simulation keeps students engaged but also helps them observe for themselves particles movement which leads to long lasting learning. Drawing model gives them a chance to explain natural phenomena through self created models.
I truly believe this resource will be a great addition to your states of matter unit for many years to come.
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ANIMAL TISSUES ( connective, muscular, nervous & epithelial)
Are you looking for a student-friendly and engaging resource to teach connective, muscular , nervous and epithelia tissues? This resource is designed to doster students’ understanding of this often complicated yet important topic.
It provides a variety of opportunities for students to learn the 4 main types of tissues in an engaging way .
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What’s included in this resource?
Worksheet 1:
In this part, students match examples of the 4 tissue types to their locations
and functions in the body. The images included make it easier to students to
remember and learn.
Worksheet 2:
Here, students label microscopic images of skeletal, cardiac and smooth
muscle tissues. They also label diagrams of epithelial tissue types such as
simple squamous, simple cuboidal, straified squamous and so on. Lastly, the
compare campore cardiac, smooth and skeletal muscles using Venn diagram.
I have included ANSWER KEYS to both lessons and an enlarged microscopic images (stated above) for clarity.
Level :
This resource is best suited for students in grade 9 to 12
Use this animal tissues resource to either evaluate your students’ understanding of the topic or as part of the lesson. I am confident that this resource will be a great addition to your tissues unit. Thanks and have a fantastic class!
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Biomes and Climate Change
Are you looking for a biome resource that perfectly connects to climate change? This resource might offer the help. Often times these two important topics are taught separately but connecting big ideas is what deepens students understanding of biology.
This resource includes the following;
Biome worksheet
Biome reading Sheets
Effect of Climate change on Biomes worksheet
Biomes Map sheet.
Teacher Guide
Tips ,suggestions and variations to the activities.
Please see preview to see sample resources
Part 1: Biome worksheet
Students select of their favorite two land biomes to work on. Using information on the reading sheets, student will write down information such as average temperatures, amount of rainfall per year, color the location of the biomes on the map and draw three fauna and flora common in these biomes.
Part 2: Effect of Climate change on Biomes worksheet
Students will predict effect of climate change ( increase in temperatures) on biome # 1 from the previous worksheet. Afterwards, they will offer solutions on how to prevent this from happening.
Grade level:
Grade 9 through 12
Use this print and go resource to help your students connect biome and climate change whilst watching them fully engaged in the lesson. It has been one of my students’ favorite topics because they see the relevance plus they get to draw and color. I sincerely believe this will be a great addition to your teaching tool box.
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Force, net Forces and Free Body Diagrams
Are you looking for NET FORCES lesson that is both engaging and stimulating? Look no further. I have designed this 3 part forces lesson that offers students the opportunity to explore key force concepts through PHET simulations, practice drawing free body diagrams and try their hands on many variety of challenging net force problems.
What’s included in this resource?
Explore Worksheet :Phet simulation (includes liks and QR codes to simulation)
Free body diagram worksheet
Net force practice problems ( 2 pages )
See preview to see sample sheets and Annswer Keys.
Part 1: Explore Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
In this parts, students explore how balanced and unbalanced forces affect an objects movement using PHET simulations. Through this activity, students arrive at their own conclusions regarding key ideas relating to forces, acceleration and friction. The worksheet provides easy-to-follow steps ( with pictures) to play the simulations.
Part 2: Drawing Free body Diagrams
In this second part, students read statements and draw free body diagrams to represent the forces being applied. Afterwards, they calculate the net forces and check if the the forces are balanced or unbalanced and whether the object will accelrate or not accelerate.
Part 3: Net Forces Practice Questions
In the last part, students will solve various net forces questions from simple to challenging ones. Page 1 involves simple calculations of addition and subtraction. Page 2 involves forces at right angles ( pythagoras theorem) and angles less or greater than 90 degrees ( law of cosine). It will be helpful if students have some knowledge before they begin page 2 as it is requires the use of various formulae.
I have included answer keys and Teacher Guide to assist the teacher.
GRADE LEVEL:
Grades 7 to 9
The variety of activities make this lesson highly engaging for students. They not only get to “play” fun simulations but they can learn through the process. They can make their own conclusions rather than being told the correct answers. And finally, they can try simple to challenging problem set involving net forces and free body diagrams. I am confident that this resource will be valuable to you and your students. Thanks and have an amazing class!
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Learned and Innate Animal Behaviours
Teach animal behaviors with this 3 part lesson that links the topic to key biological concept of natural selection and inheritance. This resource incorporate labs, reading and student group discussions on learned vs innate behaviors.
What’s included in this resource?
Habituation Labsheet (options1:Live millipede lab , 2: Picture lab, no animals)
Millipede “Picture Lab” sheets
Learned Vs Innate behavior worksheets (colored and B&W versions included)
Learned behaviors Reading Sheet
Learned behaviors Worksheets
Answer keys
Teacher Guide
***Check the preview to see sample works and answer keys
PART 1: Habituation in Millipedes Lab
Students observe habituation in live millipede.They will tap the animal and observe and record its response for 8 trials. I have included a version that uses images of the animals and doesn’t require live millipedes. See preview.
Part 2: Learned Vs Innate Behavior
Students will classify animal behaviors as strictly learned, strictly innate or Both learned & innate. Afterwards, they will explain the survial benefits of the behavior to the animal that show it.
Part 3: Learned behavior Reading
In this part, students will read about imprinting, classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and habituation. When finished they will complete a worksheet to evaluate their understanding of the reading text.
I have included teacher guide and ANSWER KEYS to all the worksheets to help guide the teacher and make the lesson a success.
Turn animal behavior unit into a lesson that you and your kids will enjoy. There is opportunity for group work, discussions, and active learning activies through out this lesson. I am confident that this resource will prove valuable to you for many years to come. Thanks and have an amazing class!
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ALIEN SOUP & DRINK LAB (SEPARATION OF MIXTURES)
The Aliens are here!In this Alien soup and drink lab, your students will collaborate to design a method and execute the plan (do the lab) to separate alien soup and drink. They apply their knowledge of mixtures and properties of substances to design an effective technique, receive approval from their teacher and go ahead to separate the extraterrestrial food.
What do you get from purchasing this resource?
Both alien soup and drink lab sheets
Answer keys
List of materials for the lab
Teacher guide
Watch your students turn into engaged scientists as they think critically and collaborate to complete this fun activity. My students have over the years enjoyed the challenge that comes with this. There is very little preparation needed which saves you time. I am confident that you and your students will enjoy learning with this activity just as we do. Please reach me with your feedback at eazyscience221@gmail.com. Thanks and have an awesome one!
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SOLUTIONS AND SOLUBILITY WORKSHEET AND LAB SHEET
Teach solutions and solubility by challenging your students to design and do their own experiments to investigate if temperature and surface area affect how fast sugar dissolves in water. This resource has been designed to help students develop and build their 21st century skills which includes collaboration, experiment design, critical thinking, data analysis and representation and observation. **Check preview for sample sheets and key
What’s included in this resource?
A complete Power Point Presentation ( with notes on all slides for the teacher )
Solutions Labsheet ( including the advance and general versions)
Post Lab Worksheet ( for students to plot a graph)
Answer Keys
Teacher Guide ( with tips and all guidelines)
Introduction:
Students are introduced to the topic of solutions via the PPT slides in this resource. This provides students the background and help them understand the meaning of solutions in chemistry terms, their examples, types and how to they are made (i.e solute + solvent= solution)
Part 1:
Students are presented with two driving questions;
a) Does increasing or decreasing the temperature affect how fast sugar dissolves in water?
b) Does increasing or decreasing the surface area affect how fast sugar dissolves in water?
They are challenged to design and carry out their own experiments to investigate these questions. All information and guidelines are included in the PPT for the teacher in cluding the post lab activities.
Part 2:
In this part, students are provided with data on the temperature vs solubility of three different types of salts. They use the data to plot a line graph and complete some related questions. Note: I have included a great way to further increase students’ engagement and curiousity during this part in the PPT.
Materia List per group ( * = can be shraed with other groups)
two beakers
sugar granules*
hot water*
cold water*
digital weight balance *
spatula (or glass rod)
Sugar cubes*
All materials are relatively easy to obtain
GRADE LEVEL:
Grades 7 to 9
Try this student-centered lesson on solubility vs temperature and surface area and see your students enter their scientist mode. It’s always beautiful to observe their involvement and engagement when the lesson feels like their own. I believe this resource will prove valuable to you for many years to come as it has in my own class.
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NUTRIENT CYCLE ( water, nitrogen, carbon, sulfur,Phosphorus cycles)
Teach the nutrient cycle by letting your students role play as " experts" and engage them with a series of collaborative work, research and model drawing and presentation.
This resource :
a) cover water, nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus and sulfur cycles
b) cover human impact on each cycle
And includes:
Power point slides for the teacher
Nutrient worksheet ( colored and black and white versions)
“Expert” notes for students
Tips and suggestion
Teacher guide
****Please check preview to see visuals of PPT, worksheets, student notes and others.
The Activty:
Students are divided into 5 “expert” groups correcsponding to the 5 nutrients covered in the lesson. At their expert stations, they collaborate to complete a worksheet, read information about their nutrients ,discuss how the nutrient is cycled through the ecosystem, draw models to show the cycling and discuss human impact on the nutrient cycle.
I have included PPT guide that;
i) shows precisely how to set up the activity and direct it
ii) has teacher slide notes for the nutrients including; their benefits to living things, where they can be found on Earth, Picture of the cycling process and examples of human impact on the cycle.
After the “expert meeting” activity students will move on to the “expert teaching” activty. I have included PPT slides, notes and tips for the teacher to sucessfully conduct this part.
This resource is carefully designed to allow students to think through models and arrive at their conclusions. There is very little preparation required which saves the teacher must needed time. I believe this will enrich your nutrients cycle unit and will be one to remember for you and your students.
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SOIL PROFILE AND WEATHERING LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Looking for a new way to teach soil profile, soil formation and soil particles with little preparation? This resource could be all you need. All the activities have minds-on and hands-on element in them to increase student engagement. Each part also has accompanying notes to assist students and reduce the teacher’s preparation time. It comes in three parts: ***Please check preview to see sample work.
PART 1: Soil Reading comprehension
In this part, students will read information and learn about; what is soil?, what makes up soil?, humus, soil microorganisms, soil texture and particle sizes. Afterwards, they will answer comprehension questions based on the text they have read.
PART 2: Soil Formation Documentary Video
In this part, students will watch a 5 minute video documentary about how soils are formed. They will listen for information in the video and answer some questions about the film. The video discusses the role of lichens and weather in the early stages of soil formation. It highlights the stages of soil formation in a very natural way that students will love. Video links and QR codes are all provided and easily accessible.
PART 3 Soil Profile Jigsaw Activity
IIn this final part, students will read information about soil profile and complete a jigsaw activity. The information sheets describes the characteristics of each layer (horizon) within the soil profile. It contains all the information students need to do the jigsaw . The worksheet for this parts comes in colored and black and white forms.
Materials need for part 3:
Copy of jigsaw worksheet + the jigsaw information cards per student
One Scissor or cutter per student
Glue
ANSWER KEYS:
Answer keys are providered for all three parts.
Teacher Guide:
Included + recommendations
Grade level:
Best suited for Grades 7 - 10
Objectives for the lessons:
Students will be able to :
a) Describe the components of soil including minerals, organic matter, water and soil and state their percentages in soils.
b) Distinguish between soil particle sizes such as gravel, sand, silt and clay and state how these sizes affect soil water permeability.
c) Illustrate the layers (horizons) of the soil profile and sates some characteristics of each.
d) Explain the functions of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and protozoans in soils.
e) Describe how soils are formed through weathering and the role of lichens and weather in the early stages of soil formation.
d) Discuss the impact of modern farming on soil and the negative effects.
I believe these three part soil activity will be a great addition to your soil unit. Every part of it is designed with students’ and teachers’ interests in mind. Please reach out at eazyscience221@gmail.com with your feedback and questions. Thanks and have a wonderful class.
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GENETICS AND HEREDITARY ACTIVITY
Get this fun hands-on simulation activity to teach Mendelian Genetics and Hereditary today. This resource is designed to reinforce the concepts of traits, genotype and phenotype in a practical way so that your students are engaged. Please see previews to take a look at sample work.
The resource is in 2 parts:
PART 1: Determining the traits of offspring activity: ****( See video preview)
In this part, students will randomly toss alleles of father and mother onto their table. Then, they will write the alleles each parent contributes to the child for 3 genes- freckle gene, eye color gene, and hairline gene. From the genotypes of the offpring, students will draw the resulting phenotype on the face of the offspring.
PART 2: Punnett square exercise
In this part, students will practice solving mono hybrid and dihybrid punnett square problems to further enhance their understanding. They will have the opportunity to try both monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. This worksheet comes in colored and black and white version
Teacher Guide:
This resource includes a step by step (3 page) teacher guide with pictures to make the allele cards, including how to laminate them.I have also included suggestions and tips to assist the teacher.
Answer Keys:
Answer keys for part 2 inlcuded as well as sample answers for part 1
Grade Level:
This resouce is suitable for grades 7 to 12
Pre-requisite Knowlwdge:
It will be ideal if students have knowledge about mendelian genetics, dorminant and recessive alleles and how to solve mono and dihybride punnett sqaures problems.
Materials for student pair or individual
a. Allele cards (6 in total , 3 for father, and 3 for mother )
b. Hereditary worksheet ( individually, pairs or group)
c. colored pens ( to show phenotypes)
***Please check preview for sample worksheets to see if this resource meets your needs.
Turn your genetics and hereditary unit into an engaging lesson with this resource. My students love them each year and I’m confident yours will too. The preparation time will pay off in money and time as these cards can be reused each year.
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PROTEIN SYNTHESIS ACTIVITY
Get this ready to use, engaging activity to teach protein sysnthesis to your students. This resource is designed to help your students apply and see protein synthesis in action. Check out preview for detailed description.
It is a 2 part activity which includes:
Part 1: Deteriming the traits of 2 children
In this part, students will transcribe a DNA template strand and translate the mRNA codes into the appropriate amino acid chain. They will then determine the traits(gene type) that this amino acid chain corresponds to. The table for the 6 traits are included in students worksheet as well as the genetic code chart.
Materials Needed:
Colored pencil
Pencils
Part 2: Post Activity Questions
This part includes includes 12 questions relating to protein synthesis and mutation of genes. This can be used as an evaluation to guage students’ mastery of the topic.
All answer keys are included as well. Check preview to see answer keys.
GRADE LEVEL:
This resource is best suited for grades 9 to 12 students.
Turn protein synthesis from a complex and often boring topic into one that you and your students love. This resource will certainly help you reach that goal. I hope you find them helpful just as I have in my classroom.
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DNA MUTATIONS
Teach genetic mutation with this beautiful and engaging virtual simulation from Concord Consortium (No Sign Up needed). Students can randomly apply three different types of point mutations including substitution, insertion and deletion to see the impact on the final polypeptide chain. Afterwards, they will draw the amino acid chains and describe the impact the random mutations had on the amino acid sequence compared to the normal sequence prior to the mutation.
What’s included in this product?
The genetic mutation worksheet (pdf )
Link and QR CODE to virtual simulation
Step by step teacher guide with pictures
Answer key
Materials needed:
Digital device such as computer, smartphones , tablets
A copy of the worksheet for each student
System Requirements:
A) It works on Apple and Android devices
B) The activity runs in a Web browser. Suitable browsers are: Google Chrome (versions 30 and above) Safari (versions 7 and above), Firefox (version 30 and above), Internet Explorer (version 10 or higher), and Microsoft Edge.
c) No sign up or registration required for teacher or students
GRADE LEVEL:
Grade 7 to 12, Higher Education
**Students’ Pre-requisite Knowledge
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Students should ideally be familiar with what mutation is and how information from DNA is transcribed into mRNA which is translated into proteins.(central dogman)
I am confident this will be a great addition to your DNA and Mutations unit and will spark curiosity in the minds of our tech savvy students in your class.
Please reach out with feedback and questions at eazyscience221@gmail.com. Thank you and have a great class.