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Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
Activities for Use with Middle School Students
Many of our activities can be adapted for use in middle school classrooms. Activities that are aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards and could be used with middle school students include:
A Scientific Investigation – What types of food contain starch and protein?
Understanding the Functions of Proteins and DNA
Structure and Function of Cells, Organs and Organ Systems
Introduction to Osmosis
How do biological organisms use energy?
Mitosis – How a Single Cell Develops into the Trillions of Cells in a Human Body
Meiosis and Fertilization – Understanding How Genes Are Inherited
Some Similarities between the Spread of Infectious Disease and Population Growth
Food Webs, Energy Flow, Carbon Cycle, and Trophic Pyramids
Evolution by Natural Selection