The plant kingdom power point covers plant characteristics such as cell type in adults, alternation of generation, vascular tissues, male and female gametes, flowers, root systems and geographic locations. The major plant clades are covered in order of how they most likely evolved or complexity. Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts & Bryophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms: Conifers, Cycads, Gingkoes, Angiosperms. A two page plant kingdom chart goes along with the power point and an answer key of the chart filled out. This lesson can take about two class periods, possibly three depending on how long your classes are.

The DNA Power point covers the historical discovery of DNA, naming important scientists and with explanation of Franklin's DNA photos. The structure of DNA and the nucleotides as well as Chargoff's rules and complimentary base pairing are presented. The DNA foldable covers the same topics and can be easily taught along side the power point or separately. It only requires one sheet of paper and easily fits into a composition notebook or spiral notebook.

The power point covers cell cycle, G0, G1, S, G2, and mitosis. There are slides for chromosomes, how mitosis is the driving force behind growth, development, regeneration and asexual reproduction. The power point also presents cancer and other disease causes by disrupted cell cycles.

This is an introductory power point into DNA It goes over DNA's history, scientists involved and it's basic structure nucleotides and importance of hydrogen bonding. Students will know the components of a nucleotide how they bond together to create DNA and write a complimentary DNA strand. Students will also learn the history of DNA's discovery.

This power point has 16 symbiotic scenarios. The students are to read each slide and analyze the pictures in order to choose which symbiotic level is depicted. The fours symbiotic relationships presented are endosymbiosis, commensalism, predation, parasitism and mutualism. I usually have my students work with a partner. It is a lot of fun to hear them talk about each situation using educational dialogue. This is an excellent follow up activity after the Symbiosis Power point to make sure the students understand the difference relationships.

Taxonomy is a system of classification used by scientists to organize organisms. The power point goes over the taxonomic levels and the main groups. Students will know the levels of taxonomy and the characteristics of the main groups. A brief review of viruses is included for comparison so students can see how viruses are not living.

Gene Regulation can be one of the most confusing concepts to each secondary science and college level biology classes. This power point breaks both prokaryotic and eukaryotic regulation down into simple terms that can be easily understood. The last slide asks the students to create a contrasting chart to write the differences of gene regulation between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Topics: Prokaryotic regulation Lac Operon Repressor Operator Eukaryotic regulation Transcription complex Repressor Histones RNA polymerase TATA Box

This Animal kingdom power point not only covers main characteristics of animals but also allows students to see how marching through the animal kingdom can give insight into how the kingdom evolved. Topics covered; body symmetry, embryonic tissue layers, body cavities, body structure, nervous system and cephalization, body systems, reproduction, phylogeny chart. The phylums covered; Porifera, Cnidaria, Acoela (platyhelmiths), Rotifers, Annelids, Mollusca, Arthropods, Echinoderms, Chordates.

The RNA foldable chronologically covers the properties of RNA as they were discovered. The differences of the structure of ribose and deoxyribose and the differences between DNA and RNA nucleotides. Students will learn how to transcribe DNA into RNA and the function of the three types of RNA: messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA. The RNA foldable requires one sheet of paper and easily fits into a composition notebook or spiral notebook. The teacher key is included. An excellent prep-lesson to protein synthesis.

The plant kingdom power point covers plant characteristics such as cell type in adults, alternation of generation, vascular tissues, male and female gametes, flowers, root systems and geographic locations. The major plant clades are covered in order of how they most likely evolved or complexity. Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts & Bryophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms: Conifers, Cycads, Gingkoes, Angiosperms.

A edgy take on lab safety and equipment review. Many times we repeat the same lab safety and equipment reviews every year. Make it creepy with the Asylum Lab Safety and Equipment Memory game. The students will need to match 25 pairs of cards. One card has a description and the students need to match it with a picture or explanation. The game allows the students to continuously review lab safety and equipment while having fun and being competitive. The cards are square and saved as a pdf. By adjusting your page count per printed page you can adjust the size of your cards. I suggest laminating them and keeping them year after year. I use one set per lab table. You can have the students compete within a single table or between groups.

It is important to promote writing across the disciplines. Sometimes it is difficult to come up with writing prompts. These task cards are specific to secondary science and they cover biochemistry. There are writing prompts for the four biomolecule groups, enzymes, water and the elements that make up life. I have included the prompts in the power point format and pdf file format so you can choose which file you would like to use. By adjusting the page settings during printing you can print 6 or 8 prompts per page. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, pop quiz or closing. It is a good exercise to make the brief students write longer and the novel writers write shorter answers. There are 35 writing prompts with instructions as to how many sentences they should write. You can edit the power point file to adjust the sentence requirements.

It is important to promote writing across the disciplines. Sometimes it is difficult to come up with writing prompts. These task cards are specific to secondary science and they cover lab safety and equipment. There are writing prompts for the lab safety procedures, equipment, MSDS, NFPA, behavior and dress. I have included the prompts in the power point format and pdf file format so you can choose which file you would like to use. By adjusting the page settings during printing you can print 6 or more / less prompts per page. This activity can be used as a bell ringer, pop quiz or closing. It is a good exercise to make the brief students write longer and the novel writers write shorter answers. There are 30 writing prompts with instructions as to how many sentences they should write. You can edit the power point file to adjust the sentence requirements.

This Genetic Engineering Worksheet covers PCR, chromosome painting, karyotypes, DNA fingerprinting, stem cells, recombinant DNA, and others. There are real examples of glowing animals, the regeneration of organs, BT corn and diabetes treatment. This worksheet set has the answer key included and can be used alone or with the Genetic Engineering Power point I have available in my store. You can purchase it as a bundle with the Genetic Engineering Power point too. Remember to leave feedback. Thanks :)

Plant Kingdom Chart which covers plant vocabulary, plant clades, can be used alone or with the Plant Kingdom Chart. Answer key is included.

This power point presentation can be done over a few days. It begins with the atom, chemical bonding and the elements of life (CHNOPS). Then it goes over dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis followed by the four biomolecule groups: carbohydrates, lipids, protein, nucleic acids.

This is a problem set which follows a lesson covering genetic disorders and mutations. The students will model deletion, insertion, inversion and duplication mutations on single strands of DNA and explain how the mutations affect the polypeptide chain. There are two free styles of codon charts and the teacher key are included. This problem set is a great follow up to Genetic Disorders: Mistakes in the DNA code, DNA mutations Worksheets w/t Key or Genetic Disorders: Mistakes in the DNA code, DNA mutations Bundle: PPt and WS The display file is for advertising purposes only.

The RNA Power point chronologically presents the properties of RNA as they were discovered. The differences of the structure of ribose and deoxyribose and the differences between DNA and RNA nucleotides. Students will learn how to transcribe DNA into RNA and the function of the three types of RNA: messenger RNA, transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA. Excellent introductory lessons for DNA processes, DNA replication, and protein synthesis.

This Plant Kingdom has two plant kingdom power points. One goes over the anatomy and traits of plants, then covers each plant clade (group) individually and their characteristics,. The plant clades or sequenced in evolutionary order and there is a chart included for the students to fill out while covering the power point. The plant clades are mosses, ferns, gymnosperms: conifers, gingkos, cycads, and angiosperms. The second power point goes over special topics in plants such as tropisms and adaptations. There is a third power point called Plant questions, you can do these as a whole class or upload them to a website so students can work on the questions individually or in pairs. There is one plant question per slide and they all have photographs or diagrams to help the students answer correctly. The last file is a set of writing task cards which covers all the plant information. I also have these items listed separately but you save purchasing as a bundle. Printing in grayscale will ensure maximum detail if you are not printing in color.

Students will cover DNA replication in detail with all the enzymes such as polymerases and helicase. Students have diagrams to color and questions to answer. Complimentary DNA base pairing is also reviewed. Students will also learn about protein synthesis; DNA transcription and DNA translation. There are student practice problems for converting template DNA into a mRNA and from mRNA to codons and finally amino acids. Anticodons are covered. The worksheets can also be used as foldables and placed into a composition interactive notebook. This is an excellent resource for AP Biology and college level Biology courses.