Biology Labs
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Population Growth Rates Lab Free Lesson Plan (PDF)
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A fun predator prey activity that focuses on removal of a limiting factor and how that affects the resilience of the prey population and its environment. Students participate in an activity that models a population of rabbits. Students learn how density-dependent factors affect a population size.NGSS Standard
HS-LS2-1
HS-LS2-2
HS-LS2-6
MS-LS2-4 (Ecosystem Affect on Populations)
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Plant Growth Homeostasis Lab Free Lesson Plan (PDF)
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Students will learn how to disrupt homeostasis in plants and use this disruption to understand biological processes. Students will be able to integrate how many processes are involved for plants to grow. Students will be able to design a guided inquiry experiment.NGSS Standard
HS-LS1-3
HS-LS1-4
HS-LS1-5
HS-LS1-6
HS-LS1-7
Common Core Standard
RST 9.10.3, 9.10.5, 9.10.7, WST 9.10.1b, 9.10.1e, 9.10.2a, 9.10.7, 9.10.9
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Stem Cell Lab Free Lesson Plan (PDF)
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Students will practice designing their own experiment. Students will experience pluripotent stem cells by watching a stem grow roots. Students should also recognize that plants grow by cell division.NGSS Standard
HS-LS1-4
Common Core Standard
RST 9.10.3, 9.10.7, WST 9.10.1e, 9.10.2f, 9.10.7
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Food Webs and Pond Water Lab Free Lesson Plan
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Students are going to construct a food web, identify aquatic organisms, and determine environmental impacts to aquatic ecosystems.NGSS Standard
HS-LS2-4
MS-LS2-3 (Cycles & Energy Flow)
Published by Tracy Trimpe
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Characteristics of Life Lab Free Lesson Plan (PDF)
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Students will learn use their observation skills to determine if an object is living, dead, dormant, a product of a living thing, or never alive using the main characteristics of life.NGSS Standard
HS-LS1-3
HS-LS4-2
MS-LS1-1 (Cell Types)
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab Free Lesson Plan (PDF)
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Students will extract DNA from both bananas and strawberries. This is a great lab to do while introducing biomolecules for nucleic acids.NGSS Standard
HS-LS3-1
Published by NGSS Life Science
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Cheek Cell Lab Free Lesson Plan
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In this short lab, students take a sample of cheek cells from themselves using a toothpick, put a stain on the slide along with the cheek cells, and observe the nucleus and cell membrane under a microscope. Students also answer analysis questions about the procedure and cells.NGSS Standard
MS-LS1-2 (Cell Organelles)
MS-LS1-3 (HBS)
Published by Shannan Muskopf
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Peppered Moth Modeling Lab Free Lesson Plan
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Students will simulate how predators locate prey in different environments using forceps, newspaper and colored papers. Students will analyze how color affects an organism's ability to survive in certain environments.NGSS Standard
HS-LS4-2
HS-LS4-3
MS-LS4-6 (Trait Frequencies)
Published by Shannan Muskopf
More lesson plans are in the works.