Biology Lesson Plan Links

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Access Excellence Collection - This site offers a wide range of lessons and activities as well as a graphics gallery. Don't miss the DNA Jewelry lesson!

Actionbioscience.org - This web site provides articles by scientists, science educators, and science students on issues related to seven bioscience challenges: environment, biodiversity, genome, biotechnology, evolution, new frontiers, and bioscience education. In addition, the web site provides educators with lessons and resources to enhance bioscience teaching.

Amazing Biology Teacher Resources - Visit this webpage for a great listing of activities organized by topic. This website also provides management tips, games, puzzles, links, and more!

Animal Dissections - This website provides step-by-step guides for dissections of earthworms, starfish, frogs, and more!  

AskERIC - EduRef - Biology/Life Science - Visit this site for an assortment of lessons for biology and life science.

AT&T Enrich Biology Lessons - A collection of great lessons for cells, DNA, evolution, human biogy, and more!

Awesome Library - Biology - A large collection of links to biology lesson plans, projects, and other ideas.

Biology @ University of Arizona - An assortment of lesson plans for middle school and high school students exploring topics in biology, such as animals, plants, cell biology, and genetics.

Biology Corner Lesson Plans - Visit this excellent site for lessons and links for any biology class - ecology, dissection, plants, animals, evolution, cell biology, genetics, and more!

Biology Lessons - An assortment of lessons for molecules, cells, and population biology!

BioMedia - Explore the creature of the month, download free teacher's guides, or browse the gallery area!

Blue Web'n Life Science - A collection of links for life science lessons and activities. Also visit the Environmental Studies section.

Cell-to-Cell - Explore the world of cells with this great unit from Intel!

CFAITC.org - A wealth of resources are available at this site from the California Foundation for Ag in the Classroom. Click the link for Lesson Plans to start your search for great ideas organized by grade level, such as Where'd you get those genes? and Starting All Over Again (cycles in nature).

Classification Lessons & Activities - Visit this page from PBS Teacher Source for a large collection of lessons and activities exploring classification.

COIILS - Science Experiments Page - Check out this great resource for ideas to explore nature with your students, such as Schoolyard Inventory Activity, Schoolyard Flower Experiment, and more!

Discovery Channel School Lesson Plans - A large collection of lessons and activities related to life science. Be sure to check out their resources for plants, animals, ecology, and the human body.

Diversity of Life - Sea World - The Teacher's Guide (grades 7-12) was developed at Sea World to help you teach your students about seals, sea lions, and walruses and the ecology of the ocean in an active, hands-on way. The site provides areas for students as well as lesson ideas and assessments for educators.

eNature - This site offers online field guides and a wealth of information about the various creatures found in your backyard!

NOTE: Forensic science links are listed on the Chemistry Lesson Plan Links page.

Need lesson plans for genetics? Visit the Genetics Lesson Plans page.

InfoVisual - Visit this website for an assortment of images for zoology, human biology, and plants.

Lew-Port Biology Downloads - This page offers lab worksheets for protists, blood typing, lab safety, and more! Visit the main page for links to the Biology Fact of the Week, animations, and a Teacher Resource page.

Math-Science Learning Coalition - Biology Lessons - This site offers a wide range of biology lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school.

Middle School Science Lessons - Life Science - A large collection of great lessons for your biology unit!

MyScienceSite.com - Teacher Resources - Explore the resources available on this website for life science as well as other science units. The site provides many ready-to-use worksheets and lab ideas.

National Wildlife Federation - Explore this site for activities, resources, games, and more to celebrate National Wildlife Week!

Problem Solving in Biology - A large list of topics for environmental research projects! You are sure to find an idea to spark the interest of your students!

Proteacher - Life Science - An assortment of life science lesson plans and links for elementary teachers. Also visit the Health/Medicine section.

Sea World Educational Resources - This site provides Teacher's Guides that have been developed at SeaWorld and Busch Gardens to help you teach your students about how people interact with the environment.

Science-Class.net - Click the link for the "Microbiology & Cells, "Natural Resources", or "Anatomy & Physiology" to find new lessons for your classroom!

Simply Prairie - Explore this website to learn more about this online program exploring prairies. Visit the Educator's Page for complete details about the project and learn how you can join the Quadrat study or use the online tools to create a virtual prairie. Also visit the Student Index to find links for the online databases for birds, plants, insects, frogs, and butterflies as well as lots of other great resources for a prairie unit!

SMILE Program - Biology Index - A huge assortment of almost 200 single concept lesson plans and activities organized by category.

Teachnet - Biology - A wide range of biology lessons including plants, seeds, environment, and pond life are available at this site.

The Cell - This ThinkQuest site provides several lessons, quizzes, and more for your cell unit!

Wood's Hole Sea Education Association - Explore this website for an assortment of great lessons for all grade levels!

Yucky.com - Teaching with the Human Body - Browse the lesson plans available to help your students explore their "your gross and cool bodies" while learning about human anatomy.

 ZeroBio - An excellent resource for teachers and students! Explore this site for interactive biology games, worksheets,and much more! Don't miss the JavaGenetics section!