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Benefits of Schools

This activity explores images of animals that live in groups, which serve as phenomena for learning about animal behavior.

Anatomy & Physiology
Science Practices
Phenomenal Images
High School — General
High School — AP/IB

Deadly Straw

This activity explores an image of a mosquito’s mouthparts, which serves as a phenomenon for learning about vectors of disease.

Anatomy & Physiology
Science Practices
Phenomenal Images
High School — General
High School — AP/IB

Niche Partitioning Activity

In this activity, students make claims about different niche partitioning mechanisms based on scientific data.

Anatomy & Physiology
Ecology
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Lactose Intolerance: Fact or Fiction

In this activity, students evaluate and discuss statements about the evolutionary relationship between milk consumption and lactose tolerance discussed in the short film Making of the Fittest: Got Lactase? The Co-evolution of Genes and Culture.

Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB

How Novel Icefish Genes Can Improve Human Health

This lesson supports concepts covered in the film The Birth and Death of Genes. After watching the film and reading a couple of scientific passages, students explain how understanding about icefish adaptations might help develop treatments for health conditions.

Anatomy & Physiology
Evolution
Science Practices
Lessons
High School — General
High School — AP/IB
College

Factors That Affect the Mosquito Life Cycle

In this lab activity, students rear mosquitoes to test variables that might affect the mosquito life cycle.

Microbiology
Anatomy & Physiology
Science Practices
Labs & Demos
High School — General
High School — AP/IB