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Students build and investigate mini-ecosystems with soil and water components using 2 Liter bottles.

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 ...

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 ...

Here you will find a toolbox full of inquiry investigations on photosynthesis and respiration. Rather than the detailed lesson plans provided elsewhere at My Science Box, each experiment only contains ...

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 ...

To study the life cycle and structure of plants, students grow plants from seed, fertilize them, and collect seed, starting the process over again. With the right growing conditions, almost ...