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How Do Small Changes Make Big Impacts on Ecosystems (Part 2)

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How Do Small Changes Make Big Impacts on Ecosystems (Part 2)

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Storyline where students investigate the claim that planting trees can help combat climate change.

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In this second part of a two-part high school ecosystems unit, students investigate the claim that planting trees can help combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and storing carbon in wood. Students' questions about where and how trees do this, sparks a series of investigations to pursue to track down where the carbon is going as it moves into and through different tissues in the tree (leaves, wood, and roots) that help students develop a model for how matter transformations and energy flow occurs in organisms and ecosystems.

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How Do Small Changes Make Big Impacts on Ecosystems? (part 2) - Next Generation science storylines

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In this second part of a two-part high school ecosystems unit, students investigate the claim that planting trees can help combat climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide and storing carbon in wood.

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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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Storyline where students explore the evolution of bacteria and why antibiotics do not work in some situations. They create a model to demonstrate this phenomenon.

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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 resource provides a lesson plan that includes a virtual lab where students build phylogenetic trees to explore evolutionary relationships.

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NOVA Evolution Lab Lesson Plan | PBS LearningMedia

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Explore the evidence for evolution through phylogenetics with this lesson plan from NOVA's Evolution Lab. First, students consider and discuss how we understand and organize the biodiversity that exists on Earth. Students are then introduced to phylogenetic trees and practice building them with the Build a Tree interactive.

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This simulation allows students to observe the effects of natural selection on bunny populations in different environments.

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Explore how organisms with different traits survive various selection agents within the environment.

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Surprisingly STEM: Microgravity Plant Scientist 

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Surprisingly STEM: Microgravity Plant Scientist 

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This video shows how a NASA horticulturalist can grow microgravity plants in space.

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Surprisingly STEM: Microgravity Plant Scientist - NASA

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Matt Mickens, a NASA horticulturalist, is a pretty fun-gi! In his in-tree-guing role, he researches methods for the unique challenge of growing plants in space!

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In this lab, students will explore the biosphere. Specifically they will explore the environment surrounding their school and make observations.

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Water in the Biosphere | Precipitation Education

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This lesson helps students learn about the biosphere by making observations and using a dichotomous key. This website, presented by NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, provides students and educators with resources to learn about Earth’s water cycle, weather and climate, and the technology and societal applications of studying them.

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This lab allows students to explore and design RNAs that could be the heart of future RNA therapies.

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Nature's best kept secret is a wonder molecule called RNA. It is central to the origin of life, evolution, and the cellular machinery that keeps us alive. In this Lab you'll play the role of a molecular engineer by solving RNA folding puzzles. Then take your skills to Eterna, where you can design RNAs that could be at the heart of future life-saving therapies.

GAME ENGINE BY THE ETERNA PROJECT
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Video Intro About this Lab Educator Guide

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Design biomolecules that could treat cancer and other diseases.

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How Can Science Help Make Our Lives Better?

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How Can Science Help Make Our Lives Better?

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Storyline where students investigate what causes Muscular Dystrophy by learning the role of proteins, DNA, and inheritance.

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How Can Science Help Make Our Lives Better? — Next Generation Science Storylines

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In this high school unit on genetics and heredity, students explore muscular condition (Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy) common to a group of boys. Students questions about what causes this condition leads to investigations about the role of proteins, DNA, and inheritance in the disorder. In the first part of this unit students figure out how heritable traits and disorders are related to the structure and function of proteins. In the second part of this unit students investigatehow we can use genetic engineering technologies to cure genetic disorders and explore the ethical implications of need technologies such as, CRISPR-Cas9.

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Video describing non-identical twins that look completely different.

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Non-Identical Twins | Good Morning Britain