This site has different lessons on various topics. This link is directly to the civics database portions. Lessons are correlated to standards and have supporting materials.
Students review and become familiar with basic genetic concepts and terms, such as DNA, chromosome, gene, allele, homozygous, heterozygous, recessive and dominant genes, genotype, phenotype, complex traits, Medelian inheritance, and Punnett Square. Students apply these to identify and examine several examples of simple and complex genetic traits in several characters in Harry Potter. Students also examine inheritance patterns of magical ability in Harry Potter, and use the concepts they have learned to identify possible genotypes of the magical ability demonstrated by several characters in the series.
This site is really interesting because it is a blogging website that is maintained through a high school teacher and her students. There is also a contact email if teachers were interested in getting permission to allow their students to blog about anything biology related. This would be a great way to incorporate technology into the classroom while allowing students to learn from videos, podcasts, and articles created by other students from around the United States.
Online resource that provides numerous activities, interactive cartoons, and online labs. There is also a link provided on the website "Tips for teachers" that provides teachers with suggestions on how to incorporate this technology into the classroom
This a great resource that provides science articles for students to read. Also, they are also updated articles that stay up to date with "what's new" in biology.
An upper level textbook supplemental website, but great for giving background information and cross-curriculum lessons for introducing the Renaissance era and literary pieces.
This has a list of websites and resources that can be used when developing a lesson plan on persuasive writing. There is even help with writing the lesson plan itself.
