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Critical thinking biology dbqs
Parts of the Brain and Nervous System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the brain, and its role in the nervous system, easy and engaging! Students will access a subject matter and student appropriate digital resource and complete five worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions and diagrams! This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resource. This webquest can be printed or used digitally! Links are shortened and student friendly. This resource is provided in PDF and Word forma
Grades:
6th - 12th
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CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Endocrine System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the endocrine system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete six worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educational value of them. This resource works great as an introduction to the endocrine system, as a sub-plan, or
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
BIOLOGY EMERGENCY SUB PLANS BUNDLE
This bundle of 11 EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Each page asks students to analyze text and graphs. Print it out, and you're ready to go.Included in this file is a PDF and a Word document so you can feel free to use "as is" or modify and differentiate to fit your classroom and students' needs. Enjoy!Topics include:Vaccines and Viruses4 Case Studies in Population GeneticsMitosis and CancerAnimal Be
The Sinking of the Lusitania: Solve the WWI Mystery w Primary Source Analysis!
Perhaps one of the most important events of World War One, the sinking of the Lusitania has fascinated kids and adults for years. Use this mystery to harness that fascination and engage students in an inquiry-based mission that they will remember all year long!In this mystery, students are posed with an engaging scenario - they are CIA Agents that must piece together once and for all how and why the Lusitania sank. They are presented with a variety of "exhibits," all cleverly designed to engage
Grades:
5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â GROWING WWI BUNDLE: Higher Order Thinking WWI Activities (SS5H2)
Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Save 50% off list prices on these Digestive, Skeletal, Immune, Muscular, Endocrine, Lymphatic, Nervous, Integumentary, Circulatory, Urinary, and Respiratory System Webquests!This value bundle includes 11 webquests that make teaching about the major human body systems easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including articles and animated videos. These webquests helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Transfer of Energy In Ecosystem: Reading, Food Web and Analysis
This EDITABLE activity asks students to pull information from text to build a food web for organisms in Yellowstone National Park, analyze their food webs, create a trophic pyramid, and determine how both the removal and reintroduction of wolves created a trophic cascade, affecting several other species in the ecosystem.The reading summarizes energy flow in an ecosystem, and gives a brief history of wolves in Yellowstone. Students are provided with a fact sheet for the major organisms found in
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS2-4
, HS-LS2-2
Also included in:Â Ecology, Populations and Biodiversity Bundle
Integumentary System Webquest | Skin Hair Nails Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the integumentary system and skin, hair, and nails easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete nine worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This resource works great as an introduction to the integumentary system, as a sub-plan, or as a reinforcement activity. A bonus creative letter writing extension activity is included that e
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Road to the American Revolution DBQ Document-Based Questions
American RevolutionDocument-Based Questions (DBQs) are a great way to expose students to primary sources as well as to make them think about an event in history and respond to it. This unit can be used in a few ways. You can project the full-page images on my board so that we can discuss them, and then the students answer the DBQ in their notebooks. I have also included the DBQs in printable format so that your students can answer on paper and digital Google Forms that you can send electronicall
Grades:
4th - 6th
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EMERGENCY SUB PLANS: Vaccines, Viruses and Bad Science
This EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Print it out, and you're ready to go! It asks students to read and analyze four different aspects of vaccinations: vaccine basics and herd immunity, the anti-vaccination movement, consequences of the movement, and analyzing graphs for correlation and causation. Included in this file is a PDF and a Word document so you can feel free to use "as is" or modify and
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Emergency Sub Plans Bundle 2 (Set of 5)
Lymphatic System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the spleen and parts of the lymphatic system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including an animated video, and complete four worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. Two bonus diagrams are also provided, detailing the lymphatic system and the parts of a lymph node!This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educati
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy Sources Project Bundle
Two dynamic renewable and nonrenewable energy sources projects. Student will apply research skills to learn about renewable and nonrenewable energy sources and then apply their knowledge to help a fictional community decide which two energy sources are best for their town. These projects put students in charge of their learning and keep them motivated with real life scenarios while improving their critical thinking, persuasive writing, and public speaking skills, and research skills. Minimal p
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Grades:
5th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-ESS3-1
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Muscular System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the muscular system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete six worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educational value of them. A diagram that students can fill-in is included. Students will learn about the role of th
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Historical Thinking Skills Activities
Historical thinking is a key skill for students to utilize when examining primary and secondary sources. In order for students to fully understand a source, they must examine it in-depth. These activities are designed to strengthen student's understanding of historical sources. They can be used with any type of historical document.
The Historical Thinking Skills Activities includes:
***Teacher Resources***
1. What is Historical Thinking (A letter for the teacher)
2. Think and Link – the step
Grades:
5th - 8th
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EMERGENCY SUB PLANS: Evolution of Skin Color In Humans
This EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Print it out, and you're ready to go! It asks students to read and analyze four different aspects of the evolution of skin colors: indigenous populations and human migrations, UV exposure in different regions, Folic acid & Vitamin D. Students will analyze these different aspects and how they relate to biological fitness in different regions. This activity
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-4
Also included in:Â Natural Selection and Evolution Bundle
Emergency Sub Plans: Claim, Evidence, Bad Science
We are constantly bombarded with "clickbait" headlines making all sorts of scientific claims. Unfortunately, if it sounds too good to be true, or too crazy to believe, it probably is. Although it may seem that these headlines are harmless, they actually can carry some pretty heavy consequences for our health, actions, and decision-making. How do you know if a claim is true? Let's take a look at four headlines from different news agencies and examine the claims, evidence and science behind th
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Grades:
7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Emergency Sub Plans Bundle (Set of 5)
Comparative Embryology NGSS LS4.A MS-LS4-3 Card Sort CER Reading
Students are wowed by this 90 minute Comparative Embryology card sort, reading passages, questions and CER activity! If you are teaching NGSS Performance Expectation MS-LS4-3 Analyze displays of pictorial data to compare patterns of similarities in the embryological development across multiple species to identify relationships not evident in the fully formed anatomy, this resource is perfect for you! Students attempt to organize random cards of different stages of embryonic development of a huma
Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-LS4-3
Four case studies in population genetics
What do blue people, the Irish Potato Famine, a Mars Colony, and a Norwegian seed vault have in common? Students should be able to tell you by the end of this lesson. This 4 page, EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment can be completed individually, in a small group, or discussed as a class, and is perfect for a low-key day or an emergency sub plan during a population genetics unit. Each page asks students to analyze text and previous knowledge, then respond to analysis questions. Print it out, and y
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Grades:
8th - 12th
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NGSS:
HS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-3
, HS-LS4-4
, HS-LS4-5
Also included in:Â Population Genetics Unit Bundle
Environmental Impacts on the Human Population - 6 Case Studies HS.ESS3-1
This activity is included in my 1.3/1.4 Lesson Segment BundleThis series of case studies on examples of natural hazards, availability of resources, and climate changes that have impacted the human population. This is taught in my Living Earth class - a 3 Course Model incorporating ESS standards.HS-ESS3-1. Construct an explanation based on evidence for how the availability of natural resources, occurrence of natural hazards, and changes in climate have influenced human activity.For each case st
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9th - 12th
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Claim Evidence Reasoning Practice Reading Evolution Mass Extinction Digital
Students read an article, find the claim/s the author makes, find the evidence the author uses then combine the two in a paragraph. They learn about evidence from a study which claims that human impacts are a major factor causing the 6th mass extinction through a C.E.R. (Claim Evidence Reasoning) graphic organizer. This is great for getting your students to explain phenomena in a meaningful way and it allows you as the instructor to adequately assess their understanding of concepts. The students
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Grades:
6th - 12th
NGSS:
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-LS4-1
, MS-ESS3-5
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
Slavery in the Southern Colonies: A Socratic Seminar
Looking for a higher order thinking activity? Need a way to close out a unit on the Southern Colonies? Do you want to do a Socratic Seminar with your students? Students will evaluate three primary source documents to answer document-based questions. Students will engage in higher-level thinking and improve listening and speaking skills during this common-core supported activity. This activity is appropriate for 5th-7th graders and meets the Common Core Standards for Speaking and Listening.
If
Grades:
5th - 8th
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Emergency Sub Plans: Climate Change 101
This 4 page, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Each page asks students to analyze text and graphs. Print it out, and you're ready to go. This assignment provides a broad outline for the causes, effects and solutions to climate change and requires students to: 1. examine the differences between weather (short term trends) and climate (long term trends).2. connect human activities (carbon emissions) to climat
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-6
Also included in:Â Emergency Sub Plans Bundle (Set of 5)
Bones and Skeletal System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the bones and skeletal system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources, including a fun animated video, and complete seven worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions. This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educational value of them. A diagram that students can fill-in is included. Students will learn about th
Grades:
7th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
Heart and Circulatory System Webquest Human Body Systems Activity
This webquest makes learning about the parts of the heart and the circulatory system easy and engaging! Students will access subject matter and student appropriate digital resources and complete four worksheets with fill-in-the blank and free response questions and a diagram! This webquest helps organize what students learn from the digital resources and ensures they maximize the educational value of them. This resource works great as an introduction to the heart and circulatory system, as a sub
Grades:
6th - 12th
Types:
CCSS:
NGSS:
MS-LS1-3
, HS-LS1-2
Also included in:Â Human Body Systems Webquest Activity Value Bundle | 11 Webquests 50% off
EMERGENCY SUB PLANS: Genetically Modified Foods
This EDITABLE, No-Prep assignment is meant to be completed individually and is perfect for an emergency sub plan in any science class. Print it out, and you're ready to go. This assignment asks student to: analyze the history of genetically modified foods, explain how they are made, investigate the controversy surrounding GM's and the rise of "superweeds," and finally assess the food needs in future generations. Included in this file is a PDF and a Word document so you can feel free to use "a
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Grades:
8th - 12th
Types:
NGSS:
HS-LS1-1
Also included in:Â DNA, Transcription, Translation and Protein Synthesis Bundle
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