JoinAll Book Chapters
Book Chapter
This section enables students to model the fundamental life processes of many organisms, including humans, by using microorganisms. The section also e...
Book Chapter
Interacting with other Organisms
Life on Earth forms a complex web. Each organism depends on others for its health and well being. This section explores how such relationships are ess...
Book Chapter
All species of organisms live in communities and occupy ecological niches. Protozoa, by contrast, live in a wide variety of habitats, including soils...
Book Chapter
Life thrives or perishes depending upon its ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Over time, living organisms develop adaptive strategies th...
Book Chapter
Some students may not believe that it is possible for a puddle that appears larger to evaporate more quickly than one that seems smaller. The story in...
Book Chapter
In this activity, students will determine whether the shape of a water molecule is linear or bent...
Book Chapter
In this activity, students will use homemade pH paper to test a number of chemicals around the house....
Book Chapter
New Models of Leadership and Collaboration to Improve Science Education: The Role of Business
This chapter provides a brief overview of traditional business involvement in education improvement and then explores new models of involvement by bus...
Book Chapter
How Far to the Star? The Parallax Effect
In this activity, students conduct two experiments with parallax by viewing a pencil against a backdrop marked with equally spaced lines. In the first...
Book Chapter
Multigenre Lab Reports: Connecting Literacy and Science
The development of communication skills is a key component in any science program but most students don't see the connection between science and writi...
Book Chapter
Teaching about the natural, outdoor environment indoors can be done well, but it can be even more effective if the indoor environment is nature-friend...
Book Chapter
Waves Do Basic Math--Adding and Subtracting
So far we've been dealing with single sources of sound, and how they produce the pitches you hear. But you don't go to the symphony to hear a single ...
Book Chapter
Most textbooks go through the procedures for solving math equations before they ever get to word problems, which is a bit backwards. You should know ...
Book Chapter
You now know enough about force and motion to design a trip to the Moon. After all, if they can get a man on the Moon, you can understand science. In ...