Life Sciences and Technology

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Life Sciences and Technology

• TAMU QUMethods for Teaching Science

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Life Sciences Content for the Middle Grades

• Structure and function in living systems
• Diversity and adaptation of organisms
• Reproduction and heredity
• Regulation and behavior
• Populations and ecosystems

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Unit Starter Ideas

• Structure and Function in Living Systems
• CellsWhat are they? What do they do?
• Body Systems
• Reproduction and Heredity
• You and Heredity
• My traits and My Environment
• Regulation and Behavior
• Changes on My Inside
• Changes on My Outside

• Populations and Ecosystems
• Producers
• Consumers
• Diversity and Adaptation
• Special Species
• Dinosaurs Disappearance

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Common Curriculum Topics

• Characteristics of Living Things
• Plant and Animal Life Processes
• Life Adaptations and Change
• Populations
• Environment
• Ecosystems

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Classroom Enrichment Ideas

• WebQuests
• Learning Centers
• Interactive Bulletin Boards
• Field Trips
• Cooperative Learning Projects
• Guest Speakers

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Internet Resources

• Electronic Zoo
• Netvet.wustl.edu/pix.htm
• Eric Life Science Lesson Plans
• Ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Science
• The Natural History Museum (London)
• Quest www.nhm.ac.uk/education/quest/index.html
• Life Galleries www.nhm.ac.uk/museum
• The Wild Ones
• www.thewildones.org
• Sea World
• Content www.seaworld.org/infobook.html
• Resources www.seaworld.org/teacherguides/index.htm
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• The Tree of Life
• Tolweb.org.tree/phylogeny.html