Teaching Activities

Activities designed to meet the Georgia State High School Science Standards – Biology, Physical Science and Chemistry

Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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Ecology	Bacterial Colonization Bio Accumulation Calculating Leaf Breakdown Classroom Microbes Decomposition – What Happened to My Pigs? Ecological Succession Food Webs Homeland Invasion Leaf Decomposition – Making Tea Leaf Decomposition – What’s for Lunch? Leaf Packs Let’s Go Native Microbial Mix Up The Benthos: A Lesson in Temperate Reef Biodiversity The Journey of Rain Ticks and Lyme Disease

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Biotechnology	Cyber DNA DNA Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Debate – Select Topics Micropipetting Practice Mosquito Bioinformatics Virtual Labs: DNA Extraction, Gel Electrophoresis, Polymerase Chain Reaction and Cloning Who Ate the Cheese? (PCR Simulation)

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DNA	DNA Barcoding DNA Barcoding – Ticks DNA Candy Model DNA Isolation – Cattails DNA Isolation – Split Peas DNA Isolation – Strawberry Extraction DNA Isolation – Tick Extraction DNA Pipecleaner Model

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Environmental Stewardship and Conservation

Biodiversity Bird Migration Biotic Water Testing Carbon Emissions Carbon Footprint Ecosystem in a Bottle Green Build Models Human Carrying Capacity Human Impacts: Down the River Insect and Arthropod Identification Island of Conservation It’s An Invasive World Kingdom Scavenger Hunt Mining for Chocolate Chips Mutation Invasion Non-renewable Resources Oil Spill – Clean Up Oil Spill – Bio remediation Owl Pellet Biomagnification Properties of Water Renewable Resources Bingo Saving a Species Species Diversity Water Quality Testing Watery Blues Watery Blues Inquiry Water Cycle Simulation Where’s My Watershed?

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Evolution

Alien Fitness Bacterial Diversity and Evolution Bioinformatics and Phylogenetics Bottleneck Effect Cladograms Create Your Own Aquatic Organism Dichotomous Key – Insect Dichotomous Key – Pasta Plankton Disease Detectives Fishy Mendelian Genetics Fossil Find Genetic Inheritance Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Model Insect Phylogenetics Monster Genetics – Punnet Square Monster Fitness Natural Selection – Battle of the Beaks

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Biology	Antibiotic Resistance Apopotosis Chromatography Energy in Nuts Enzymes Enzyme Inquiry Funky Breathe Identifying Cancer Risks Macromolecules in Food Meiosis Models Oreo Mitosis Osmosis – Candy Bears Osmosis – Sandwich Bags Yeast Respiration

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Other	Cell City Dragonfly Nymph Toxicity Percentage Composition Stop the Bleeding! Transformation of Ecoli Vectors and Disease Zebrafish Development

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Forensics	Blood Splatter Dusting for Fingerprints Fiber Burn Hair Identification Microscopes Shoe and Tire Impressions

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Physical Science	Acids and Bases Classification of Reactions Chemical Reactions Electricity Endo and Exothermic Reactions Gas Laws Half Life Law of Conservation Law of Motion Light and Sound Luminescence Magnetism Mouse Trap Cars Periodic Table Taboo Phase Change Potential and Kinetic Energy Rates of Reactions Rates of Solubility Series and Parallel Circuits Simple DC Motor Simple Machines Slinky Waves Solubility
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Energy	Biogas Hydrogen Fuel Cell Passive Solar Heating Nuclear Energy
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Scientific Method	How to Read a Scientific Paper Reading a Scientific Paper – Brain Eating Amoeba Article

Last updated: 8/9/2021