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Every day, billions of new cells are produced, so mitosis occurs billions of times. Whether it's for new skin cells, muscle cells, or onion root cells, the process of mitosis is the same. In this lab, the student observes chromosomes and identifies specific steps in the process of mitosis.

NSDL is the nation's online portal for education and research on learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The National Science Digital Library has a wealth of high quality digital resources to teach almost any topic in K-12 math and science. NSDL has constructed the following collections of "resource packs" for teaching to particular K12 subject areas, drawing resources from NSDL Pathways and other NSDL projects, and gathering these topical resource sets into a single location. (Author: Laura Moin) Atomic Structures Energy Evolution Mathematics Water Quality

tattooing and its effects on the body, more in depth than for basic biology

Introductory Activity in evolution unit; typically adapt to design a moth (no other instructions), select a student predator, attach the moths, let the predator in, repeat twice, then design a moth and model a natural disaster by moving to a different habitat (hallway).

Early classification systems probably grouped organisms as to whether they were beneficial or harmful. Another ancient classification system recognized 5 animal groups - domestic animals, wild animals, creeping animals, flying animals, and sea animals.