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Archive: Science Update: Protecting the Elusive & Endangered Hawaiian False Killer Whale, December 2, 2021

False killer whales live throughout the world, but the ones found in the Hawaiian Archipelago are some of the most-studied—and rarest—marine animals. In this Science Update, learn about this species in general and get to know the main Hawaiian Is...

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Journal Article

Going Viral

By Laura C. Todd and Brooke A. Whitworth

Middle School Biology Life Science Literacy Teaching Strategies

Journal Article

Green Plants, Red Glow

By Kathy-Uyen Nguyen, Andrew R. Ratchford, Jason L. Painter, Rachael Polmanteer, Ann E. Norcross, and Jonathan S. Lindsey

Middle School Biology Interdisciplinary Life Science Literacy

Lesson Plan

Chicken Eggs

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about food, transformation of matter, growth and development, conservation of mass, and systems. The concepts underlying this probe are complex. It is not important that students kno...

By Page Keeley and Joyce Tugel

Middle School High School Assessment Life Science

Lesson Plan

Rotting Apple

The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living material as it uses it for energy...

By Page Keeley, Francis Eberle and Chad Dorsey

Assessment Life Science

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