CK-12 Life Science Honors For Middle School covers seven units: Understanding Living …
CK-12 Life Science Honors For Middle School covers seven units: Understanding Living Things; Cells: The Building Blocks of Life; Genetics and Evolution; Prokaryotes, Protists, Fungi, and Plants; The Animal Kingdom; The Human Body; and Ecology.
In this interactive, students look at actual endoscopic images from a healthy …
In this interactive, students look at actual endoscopic images from a healthy person and from M’Kenna, the patient presented in the unit. They take a tour of the digestive system stopping at different points to look at images. This is used in Lesson 2 of Unit 7.3 of the OpenSciEd curriculum.
Scientists have provided extensive evidence that the climate is changing. However, the …
Scientists have provided extensive evidence that the climate is changing. However, the way that this evidence has been presented by some sources has been inaccurate or misleading. In these activities, students will investigate the evidence of climate change based on the “10 Signs of a Warming World” infographic from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), evaluate the reliability of sources of information, and make their own conclusions based on the evidence.
In these activities, students will evaluate data to provide evidence to support …
In these activities, students will evaluate data to provide evidence to support the claim that “Human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, are adding more CO2 to the atmosphere. This is enhancing the greenhouse effect, trapping more heat and causing global temperatures to rise.”
Changes in climate can have direct and indirect on human health. In …
Changes in climate can have direct and indirect on human health. In these activities, students will review the negative impacts of climate change on human health, interpret data that provides evidence of these impacts, and discuss how state and local agencies are acting to try to decrease these impacts.Links are provided to folders on Google Drive with resources for each disease category.
Climate prediction models help us to understand how the Earth's climate is …
Climate prediction models help us to understand how the Earth's climate is changing over time and how it might change in the future. By predicting the potential impacts of climate change, we can prepare for and adapt to these changes. Accurate climate predictions can help inform policymakers about the potential consequences of their decisions and develop strategies for mitigating and adapting to climate change. In these activities, students work with simple climate prediction models.
Objective SWBAT explain how decomposers impact our everyday lives, beyond being a …
Objective SWBAT explain how decomposers impact our everyday lives, beyond being a part of natural ecosystems.
Big Idea In this lesson, students will research and investigate yeast. As a class, we will make bread and students will observe how the decomposition process aids the bread-rising process.
This Protein Purification video lesson is intended to give students some insight …
This Protein Purification video lesson is intended to give students some insight into the process and tools that scientists and engineers use to explore proteins. It is designed to extend the knowledge of students who are already somewhat sophisticated and who have a good understanding of basic biology. The question that motivates this lesson is, ''what makes two cell types different?'' and this question is posed in several ways. Such scientific reasoning raises the experimental question: how could you study just a subset of specialized proteins that distinguish one cell type from another? Two techniques useful in this regard are considered in the lesson.
This Protein Purification video lesson is intended to give students some insight …
This Protein Purification video lesson is intended to give students some insight into the process and tools that scientists and engineers use to explore proteins. It is designed to extend the knowledge of students who are already somewhat sophisticated and who have a good understanding of basic biology. The question that motivates this lesson is, ''what makes two cell types different?'' and this question is posed in several ways. Such scientific reasoning raises the experimental question: how could you study just a subset of specialized proteins that distinguish one cell type from another? Two techniques useful in this regard are considered in the lesson.
What do Prairie Chickens Need in Order to Survive Today's Prairie? This …
What do Prairie Chickens Need in Order to Survive Today's Prairie?
This middle school unit covering ecosystems, animal behavior and symbiosis was developed through the Storyline approach. Middle school students will be figuring out why prairie chickens have a very unique dance and understand the role cows play to help ensure the dance takes place. Using this approach, students engage in science concepts to help ensure the survival of the prairie chicken.
Detailed analysis of the biochemical mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and …
Detailed analysis of the biochemical mechanisms that control the maintenance, expression, and evolution of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Topics covered in lecture and readings of relevant literature include: gene regulation, DNA replication, genetic recombination, and translation. Logic of experimental design and data analysis emphasized. Presentations include both lectures and group discussions of representative papers from the literature.
An introductory course in the molecular biology of the auditory system. First …
An introductory course in the molecular biology of the auditory system. First half focuses on human genetics and molecular biology, covering fundamentals of pedigree analysis, linkage analysis, molecular cloning, and gene analysis as well as ethical/legal issues, all in the context of an auditory disorder. Second half emphasizes molecular approaches to function and dysfunction of the cochlea, and is based on readings and discussion of research literature.
This course develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum …
This course develops and applies scaling laws and the methods of continuum and statistical mechanics to biomechanical phenomena over a range of length scales, from molecular to cellular to tissue or organ level.
Basic molecular structural principles of biological materials. Molecular structures of various materials …
Basic molecular structural principles of biological materials. Molecular structures of various materials of biological origin, including collagen, silk, bone, protein adhesives, GFP, self-assembling peptides. Molecular design of new biological materials for nanotechnology, biocomputing and regenerative medicine. Graduate students are expected to complete additional coursework. This course, intended for both graduate and upper level undergraduate students, will focus on understanding of the basic molecular structural principles of biological materials. It will address the molecular structures of various materials of biological origin, such as several types of collagen, silk, spider silk, wool, hair, bones, shells, protein adhesives, GFP, and self-assembling peptides. It will also address molecular design of new biological materials applying the molecular structural principles. The long-term goal of this course is to teach molecular design of new biological materials for a broad range of applications. A brief history of biological materials and its future perspective as well as its impact to the society will also be discussed. Several experts will be invited to give guest lectures.
This courses focuses on the fundamentals of tissue and organ response to …
This courses focuses on the fundamentals of tissue and organ response to injury from a molecular and cellular perspective. There is a special emphasis on disease states that bridge infection, inflammation, immunity, and cancer. The systems approach to pathophysiology includes lectures, critical evaluation of recent scientific papers, and student projects and presentations. This term, we focus on hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), chronic-active hepatitis, and hepatitis virus infections. In addition to lectures, students work in teams to critically evaluate and present primary scientific papers.
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