Human Biology
How do the coordinated structures and functions of organ systems enable our bodies to maintain stable internal conditions? How does the human body combat disease?
How does a brain - less than 3 pounds of wrinkly pink matter - enable a person to sense their environment, think, feel, make decisions, remember things, and control every ...
Here's my current syllabus for an introductory college biology course for undergraduates planning on entering elementary teaching. This is NOT your traditionalcollege biology course. The goal of this course is ...
I used this to show my students what happens during menstruation. I have them fill out where the flow is, when ovulation happens, when the lining begins to shed, and ...
I have attached my rubric, and two worksheets for my sex ed project. In our library, we have blank papers To help the students with MLA format - I have ...
"Osmosis Jones" is a Warner Bros. Cartoon that follows the attack on a disease on a live action man (Bill Murray).
Grade level: Middle School, although probably suitable for integrated science class in high school as well.
Concepts: Diseases, human body systems
Found: Sometimes Blockbuster or other video stores will have it. I found it for $4 at a used bookstore!
Materials
- Frogs (order them from Carolina Biological catalog # 22-7444, 22-7445, 22-7446, 22-7464, 22-7465, 22-7466, between $3.35 - $5.95 depending on the quantity ordered and whether there is any color injection)
- Paper plate or dissection tray
- Scissors
- Scalpel or razor blade
- Forceps
- Optional: dissection probes
- Optional: dissection pins (especially useful if you have dissection trays on which to use them)
Sarracenia flower dissection Image courtexy of Noah Elhardt
Leopard frog in duckweed Image courtesy of Steven Dunlop
To learn about the structure and function of living things, it is essential to ...
What does it mean to be alive? Is a cactus alive? Is a seed alive? Is the air we breathe alive? What are the necessary characteristics? To hook students into ...
Physiology is the study of living things – their structure, organization, and biochemistry. This unit gives students an opportunity to discover the fundamental characteristics of living things and explore some ...
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