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Misconception About the Methods of Scientific Investigations (Nature of Science)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand that scientists plan and carry out many different types of scientific investigations, and ...
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Misconception About Life On Earth (Evolution)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand biological evolution and the mechanisms that drive it. This activity is also designed to a...
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Misconception About Bacteria (Microbiology)
The purpose of this activity is to help students learn about the wide diversity of bacteria found on Earth and some of the roles bacteria play in biol...
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Misconception About Interactions That Take Place Between Organisms (Ecology)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand some of the different types of interactions that can, and do, take place between organisms...
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Misconception About Plant Reproduction (Botany)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand plant reproduction and the difference between sexual and asexual forms of reproduction. Th...
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Misconception About Inheritance of Traits (Genetics)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand that acquired traits, such as injuries and specific skills, are not passed down from paren...
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Desert Snakes (Mechanics Of Evolution)
In this chapter, the purpose of the activity is to help students understand how natural selection can shape the traits of a population found in differ...
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Misconception About Insects (Ecology)
The purpose of this activity is to help students learn about the important role that insects play in ecosystems and the specific role that termites, w...
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The purpose of the activity, in this chapter, is to help students understand Mendelian genetics (including the law of segregation and the law of indep...
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DNA Family Relationship Analysis (Genetics)
The purpose of the activity, in this chapter, is to help students understand the molecular basis of heredity and the role that DNA technology can play...
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Evolutionary Relationships in Mammals (Genetics and Evolution)
The purpose of this chapter is to help students understand how modern phylogenetic systematics (i.e., the classification based on evolutionary history...
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Decline in Saltwater Fish Populations (Ecology and Human Impact on the Environment)
The purpose of this chapter is to help students understand the factors influencing the survival of organisms in an environment, focusing on the interd...
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History Of Life On Earth (Trends In Evolution)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand the diversification and extinction of species within families during the history of life o...
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Surviving Winter in the Dust Bowl (Food Chains and Trophic Levels)
The purpose of this activity is to help students understand food chains, the interactions between trophic levels, the interdependency of organisms, an...
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Assessments and Student Samples
This Assessment chapter is meant to help teachers identify the components of an argument in students’ work and how to use the rubric to provide feed...