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Why Don't Antibiotics Work Like They Used To?

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Why Don't Antibiotics Work Like They Used To?

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This is a whole series of lessons from Next Gen Storylines. It uses a case study of a girl who contracts an infection of antibiotic resistant bacteria as an anchoring phenomena for natural selection. From there, students develop their own model to explain changes in the bacteria, and extend this to other cases, including a population of birds.

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Why Don't Antibiotics Work Like They Used To? - Next Generation Science Storylines

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This high school unit on natural selection and evolution starts out with students exploring the case of a young girl with a life-threatening infection of pan-resistant bacteria. This case sparks questions that lead them to investigate the growing prevalence of such cases and discrepancies between antibiotic use in their communities and CDC recommendations.

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This is a really cool time lapse series that shows how CO2 is absorbed around the world and how that changes through the seasons. Great as a phenomenon for teaching the carbon cycle!

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This site is a curated collection of science phenomena for the NGSS, along with phenomenon based learning resources and help for how to use phenomenon to drive student questions in the classroom centered around 3 dimensional teaching and learning.

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This looks like an ant but its not! This isCyphonia clavata, a species of treehopper that has evolved a growth on its back that looks just like an ant. This is a perfect example of mimicry!

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This site is a curated collection of science phenomena for the NGSS, along with phenomenon based learning resources and help for how to use phenomenon to drive student questions in the classroom centered around 3 dimensional teaching and learning.

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Uncovering Evolutionary Relationships with Extinct Species

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Uncovering Evolutionary Relationships with Extinct Species

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A video series with great animations of what extinct species might have looked like. Perfect for discussions about shared ancestry, students can look for similarities and differences with related modern species.

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Uncovering Evolutionary Relationships with Extinct Species | Museum Alive With David Attenborough | PBS LearningMedia

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These video from Museum Alive with David Attenborough introduce several extraordinary long-extinct species, brought to life with CGI and based on real specimens from London’s Natural History Museum. As Attenborough guides viewers through the museum, students learn how scientists reconstruct past life and trace evolutionary links. In the support materials, students use the clips to compare extinct and modern organisms and build arguments about how closely related they may be.

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This is a simulation of bird breeding. The goal is to breed birds that have desired combinations of characteristics. A great simulation to tie together genetics along with the ideas of artificial selection.

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Students can notice the differences between how different species of cats hunt their prey, and use this as a jumping off point to talk about adaptations and different strategies for survival in different ecological niches.

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Comparing Big Cat Hunting Strategies | Big Cats, Small World | PBS LearningMedia

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In this video from Big Cats, Small World, students observe a mother cheetah named Phefo as she hunts impala to feed her cubs. With bursts of speed, stealth, and precise timing, she brings down prey in the open grasslands. Her strategy relies on unique adaptations like speed, agility, and daytime vision. Support materials include a big cat hunting strategy comparison where students compare cheetahs, lions, leopards, and other big cats to see how each is adapted to survive in its environment.

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Series of 4 videos about forests in different biomes and unique roles each one plays in the carbon cycle.

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Forests’ Roles in Earth’s Carbon Cycle | The Future of Nature | PBS LearningMedia

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Forest ecosystems are complex communities, and interactions between different species of animals and plants keep each forest healthy while playing critical roles in the carbon cycle of Earth.
In these case study clips, students learn about the carbon storage mechanisms that occur within different forest biomes: boreal, temperate, and tropical. The clips also introduce students to the scientists who study these biomes as well as the technologies experts use to determine carbon storage values. Engagement activities include analyzing graphs of actual data of carbon storage per forest biome, designing an ideal forest to help rebalance Earth’s carbon cycle, and mapping the carbon drawdown in a local landscape.
About the AuthorKathy Biernat is an award-winning educator with over 20 years of teaching middle school students, believing “hands on=minds on.” She has a BS from Marquette and an MS from University of North Texas. While she left full time teaching to pursue curriculum design work, she couldn’t stay away from the classroom entirely and can still be found running science labs at Saint Alphonsus in Greendale, WI.

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Carbon Dioxide, Plants and Phytoplankton

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Carbon Dioxide, Plants and Phytoplankton

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Series of visualizations highlighting relationships between plants and the levels of atmospheric CO2. Students interpret the maps and graphs and draw conclusions based on the data.

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Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Plants, and Phytoplankton | PBS LearningMedia

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Explore the relationship between carbon dioxide in the air and photosynthesis by land plants and ocean phytoplankton in this media gallery with data visualizations from NASA. Use this resource to help students visualize a part of the global carbon cycle and to provide opportunities to interpret qualitative and quantitative data.

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Vinegar and Eggshell Modeling Ocean Acidification

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Vinegar and Eggshell Modeling Ocean Acidification

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This is a cool way to show students the effect of acid on shells. Its an ideal jumping off point to discussing ocean acidification, there are several data visualizations to go with it. As an extension, students could use aquarium coral and record its mass before and after sitting in solutions of differing pH

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Vinegar is to an Eggshell What Ocean Acidification is to Marine Ecosystems? - Science On a Sphere

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As CO 2 levels in the ocean rise, the pH of the seawater decreases, which can have a "dissolving" effect on some animals-such as coral-similar to the way vinegar dissolves an eggshell.

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A simulation of all the steps in protein synthesis, allows students to see how changes in the DNA sequence will affect the protein

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Explore how the code embedded in DNA is translated into a protein. Click Transcribe to zoom into the cell nucleus and...

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A simulation modelling diffusion and osmosis, great for learning about cell transport.

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This simulation can be used to study molecule movement across a semipermeable membrane. Three solutes of varying sizes are available for experimentation. The membrane separating the two sides of the beaker is impermeable to the large molecule and permeable to the medium and small molecules. For more information see the . Virtual lab worksheet options are available in Google Drive.

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Diffusion and Osmosis | Biology Simulations

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Experiment with molecule movement across a semipermeable membrane

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This video is about the phenomenon of cooperative hunting among different species of birds and crocodiles at Katavi National Park in Tanzania. Its full of great examples of different interactions in an ecosystem.

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Mutualism or Opportunistic Alignment? | Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise | PBS LearningMedia

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In Katavi: Africa’s Fallen Paradise, animals in Tanzania’s Katavi National Park face extreme drought. Crocodiles and birds gather at a shrinking pool. Rather than compete, they align their hunting, trapping fish forced to the surface by low oxygen levels. This rare moment of cooperation among predators offers a powerful look at survival. In the activity, students construct a scientific explanation: Is this mutualism or opportunistic alignment?

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This is a great simulation that could o under genetics or Evolution, it really works for both! Students discover the genetics behind different fur colors in deer mice, and how those colors provide advantages under different conditions.

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A collaboration between Michigan State University & the Concord Consortium

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Deer Mouse Fur Color: From the Field to the Beach

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"Recreate this image 101 times" with The Rock

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"Recreate this image 101 times" with The Rock

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This is silly, but it's also a great hook to get students thinking about the whole idea of gradual change over time. When exactly does this image morph into something that is no longer recognizable as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? Just like the questions of when does a species turn into a new species?

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From the ChatGPT community on Reddit: I tried the “Create the exact replica of this image, don’t change a thing” 101 times, but with Dwayne Johnson 🗿

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Explore this post and more from the ChatGPT community

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Simulation of inheritance patterns in pea plants. Part of an even larger collection of resources about the origins of the wrinkled peas. Great for genetics unit!

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What were the pea plants that your friend was gifted? Is knowing the seed shape of a pea sufficient to determine genotype?
Some pea seeds are round, while others are wrinkled. In this lesson, students breed pea plants and examine the offspring, gathering information about the parents and making the connection between genotype and phenotype.

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In this simulation, students can examine different human tissues and look for structural differences between major cell types

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Unit 7.3 L12 Inside our Bodies – Virtual Microscope - OpenSciEd

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This is another virtual microscope resource. This one involves onion skin and compares the effect of hypotonic and hypertonic solutions on the cells

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Click the image to more closely observe the sample.

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A virtual lab where students can study the effects of several different factors on glucose production in plant cells.

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Unit 7.4 L5 Matter Cycling – Chloroplasts and Food - OpenSciEd

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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Virtual Lab

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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Virtual Lab

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This is a very detailed virtual lab experiment. Students measure CO2 levels as a result of plants with and without light. Great for making connections between both photosynthesis and cellular respiration

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This protocol simulation allows us to address fundamental questions about photosynthesis and cellular respiration. It…

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Whiteboard ink can float on water! Students explore this phenomenon and use it to learn about intermolecular forces, polar and non-polar molecules. This is more of a chemistry topic, but it works well in biology too when students are studying cell membranes. Can be turned into experiments comparing how different inks behave.

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I learned about this phenomenon when a teacher spilled their water on my whiteboard. Make sure to use a plate with an impermeable surface. It's a great phenomenon for intermolecular forces. Surface chemistry, temperature, color, ink type, polarity, salinity, and many more factors affect this phenomenon.

Web Resources: Drawing on Water - It is so surreal - YouTube

Tagged: hs-matter-structure-and-properties, HS-PS1-3, cool, 5-PS1-1

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Floating Whiteboard Ink - The Wonder of Science

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Description : I learned about this phenomenon when a teacher spilled their water on my whiteboard. Make sure to use a plate with an impermeable surface. It's a great phenomenon for intermolecular forces. Surface chemistry, temperature, color, ink type, polarity, salinit