Biology Lessons

Early Elementary

• Animal or Plant?
• Bee Stings
• Being Alive
• Do Plants Need Sunlight?
• Egg Fun
• Fish Heads: A Lesson on Adaptation
• Genetics: You Are Unique
• Have You Ever Met a Tree?
• High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?
• If I Have Acid in My Stomach, Why Don't I Melt?
• Living in a Tree
• Lost World Dinosaurs
• Making a Sponge Garden
• Mushroom Prints
• Reflexes: Why Does a Doctor Check My Reflexes When I Have a Check-Up?
• Taproot Experiment
• Taste and Smell: Why Does Food Seem Tasteless When You Have a Cold?
• Taste Buds
• What Are Fingernails Made Of?
• What Are Goosebumps?
• What Is an Insect?
• Why Do Feet Smell?
• Why Does My Voice Sound Different on a Tape Recorder?
• Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Own Webs?
• Zoo Vet - How is a zoo vet different from my puppy's vet?

Later Elementary

• Asthma
• Balloon Safari: How Does the Mara Ecosystem in Africa Work?
• Bee Stings
• Being Alive
• Body Fat: Is All Fat Bad?
• Bone Marrow: What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and How Does It Work?
• Bones: How Do Bones Get So Strong?
• Bottle Habitat
• Brain Injury
• Cancer Causes: Why Do People Get Cancer?
• Cancer Treatments: Is Cancer Curable?
• Coffee: How does a Coffee Bean Become a Cup of Java?
• DNA Fingerprinting: Can Blood Found at a Crime Scene Really Identify a Criminal?
• Dolphin Communication
• Do Plants Need Sunlight?
• Egg Fun
• Fingerprints: A Lesson in Classification
• Fish Heads: A Lesson on Adaptation
• Glaucoma
• Hearing: Can I Damage My Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?
• High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?
• Hip Replacement: How Do Artificial Implants Work in the Body?
• How Do Sharks Find Their Prey?: A Lesson in Classification
• How Does 3-D Work?
• How Does the Human Eye See?
• How Does the Oyster Make a Pearl?: An Exercise in Observation
• If I Have Acid in My Stomach, Why Don't I Melt?
• Inch of Skin
• Jungle Survival: How Do People Survive in the Jungle without Food or Water?
• Making a Sponge Garden
• Making a Water Sampler
• Malaria Tracking: How Can You Locate Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes?
• Mammoth Dig
• Medical Quackeries: Can This Machine Cure Me?
• Murder Mystery: How Do Forensic Scientists Help Solve Murders?
• Mushroom Prints
• Nicotine: Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?
• Novocain
• Olympic Training Center: How Can Biomechanics Help an Athlete?
• Peanut Power
• Pet Food
• Pretzel Prediction
• Proteins
• Rain Forest Animals
• Reflexes
• Reflexes: Why Does a Doctor Check My Reflexes When I Have a Check-Up?
• Taproot Experiment
• Taste and Smell: Why Does Food Seem Tasteless When You Have a Cold?
• Taste Buds
• Tears: Why Do We Cry?
• What are Fingernails Made Of?
• What Are Goosebumps?
• What Does Saving Trees Have to Do with the Ozone Layer?
• What Is an Insect?
• Where Do Dreams Come From?
• Where Does Jell-O Really Come From?
• Why Do Feet Smell?
• Why Does My Hair Get Curly When the Humidity Goes Up?
• Why Does My Voice Sound Different on a Tape Recorder?
• Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Own Webs?

Middle School

• AIDS: What Is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?
• Asthma
• Balloon Safari: How Does the Mara Ecosystem in Africa Work?
• Bee Stings
• Biological Rhythyms
• Blood Typing: What Makes Different Blood Types Different?
• Body Fat: Is All Fat Bad?
• Bone Marrow: What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and How Does it Work?
• Bones: How Do Bones Get So Strong?
• Bottle Habitat
• Brain Injury
• Broken Bones
• California Blackworms Curriculum: 7-12th grade toxicology activity
• Cancer Causes: Why Do People Get Cancer?
• Cancer Treatments: Is Cancer Curable?
• Cluster Busters: Solve disease mysteries, investigate environmental toxicants
• Cockroaches
• Coffee: How Does a Coffee Bean Become a Cup of Java?
• Diabetes: What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
• Diet and Nutrition
• DNA Fingerprinting: Can Blood Found at a Crime Scene Really Identify a Criminal?
• Dolphin Communication
• Fingerprints: A Lesson in Classification
• Fish Heads: A Lesson on Adaptation
• Glaucoma
• Hearing: Can I Damage My Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?
• High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?
• Hip Replacement: How Do Artificial Implants Work in the Body?
• How Do Sharks Find Their Prey?: A Lesson in Classification
• How Does 3-D Work?
• How Does the Human Eye See?
• How Does the Oyster Make a Pearl?: An Exercise in Observation
• If I Have Acid in My Stomach, Why Don't I Melt?
• In-Vitro Fertilization: What are "Test-Tube Babies" and How are They Made?
• Inch of Skin
• Jungle Survival: How Do People Survive in the Jungle without Food or Water?
• Making a Water Sampler
• Malaria Tracking: How Can You Locate Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes?
• Mammoth Dig
• Medical Quackeries: Can This Machine Cure Me?
• Modeling the Nervous System
• Murder Mystery: How Do Forensic Scientists Help Solve Murders?
• Mushroom Print
• Naturally Occurring Pesticides: 7-12th grade toxicology curriculum
• Nicotine: Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?
• Novocain
• Olympic Training Center: How Can Biomechanics Help an Athlete?
• Peanut Power
• Pet Food
• Photosynthesis: How Do Plants Make Food?
• Pretzel Prediction
• Prosthetic Limbs
• Proteins
• Race for the Cure – This activity simulates the extraction, identification, and separation of chemicals in or on plants using chromatography.
• Rain Forest Animals
• Reflexes
• Reflexes: Why Does a Doctor Check My Reflexes When I Have a Check-Up?
• Solar-Powered Car
• Steroids: Do Athletes Need to Take Synthetic Steroids?
• Taste and Smell: Why Does Food Seem Tasteless When You Have a Cold?
• Tears: Why Do We Cry?
• What are Goosebumps?
• What Does Saving Trees Have to Do with the Ozone Layer?
• Where Do Dreams Come From?
• Where Does Jell-O Really Come From?
• Why Don't Spiders Stick to Their Own Webs?
• Why Do You Need a Liver?
• Wild Lion Vets

High School

• AIDS: What Is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?
• Balloon Safari: How Does the Mara Ecosystem in Africa Work?
• Biological Rhythyms
• Blood Typing: What Makes Different Blood Types Different?
• Body Fat: Is All Fat Bad?
• Bone Marrow: What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant and How Does It Work?
• Bones: How Do Bones Get So Strong?
• Broken Bones
• California Blackworms Curriculum: 7-12th grade toxicology activity>
• Cancer Causes: Why Do People Get Cancer?
• Cancer Treatments: Is Cancer Curable?
• Cluster Busters: Solve disease mysteries, investigate environmental toxicants
• Cockroaches
• Coffee: How Does a Coffee Bean Become a Cup of Java?
• Diabetes: What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
• Diet and Nutrition
• DNA Fingerprinting: Can Blood Found at a Crime Scene Really Identify a Criminal?
• Dolphin Communication
• Glaucoma
• Hearing: Can I Damage My Hearing by Listening to Loud Music?
• High Jump: How Do High Jumpers Set New Records?
• Hip Replacement: How Do Artificial Implants Work in the Body?
• How Do Sharks Find Their Prey?: A Lesson in Classification
• In-Vitro Fertilization: What are "Test-Tube Babies" and How are They Made?
• Jungle Survival: How Do People Survive in the Jungle Without Food or Water?
• Malaria Tracking: How Can You Locate Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes?
• Medical Quackeries: Can this Machine Cure Me?
• Modeling the Nervous System
• Murder Mystery: How Do Forensic Scientists Help Solve Murders?
• Mushroom Prints
• Naturally Occurring Pesticides: 7-12th grade toxicology curriculum
• Nicotine: Why Is It So Hard to Quit Smoking?
• Olympic Training Center: How Can Biomechanics Help an Athlete?
• Photosynthesis: How Do Plants Make Food?
• Prosthetic Limbs
• Race for the Cure – This activity simulates the extraction, identification, and separation of chemicals in or on plants using chromatography.
• Solar-Powered Car
• Steroids: Do Athletes Need to Take Synthetic Steroids?
• What Does Saving Trees Have to Do with the Ozone Layer?
• Where Does Jell-O Really Come From?
• Why Do You Need a Liver?
• Wild Lion Vets