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Exploring Enzyme Function Through Human Genetic Disease
As newborns, most of your students were screened for phenylketonuria and
galactosemia, genetic diseases caused by the loss or malfunction of a
single enzyme. Use this overview of those diseases to show students that
the seemingly abstract concept of the enzyme has real-life relevance.
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Introduce Your Classroom to Classification
Help your students understand 2 basic tools of biological taxonomy,
cladograms and dichotomous keys, with this intriguing lab activity.
Students, working in pairs, develop a system for classification and then
construct a cladogram and dichotomous key—all in about 45 min. Click the
link below to learn more.
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Understanding Unfamiliar Units: What Is a Light-Year?
Here’s an activity that gets your students moving while they practice
measuring and manipulating units. By putting time and distance traveled
into units students can directly relate to, the abstract concept of the
light-year is more easily understood. Learn more about this inexpensive,
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Teaching the Scientific Method with Effervescent Tablets
In this activity, students learn the scientific method by practicing it.
After a thorough introduction to the topic, students participate in an
endothermic reaction experiment illustrating each step in the scientific
method. An extension activity lets students explore further. Learn more
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Carolina Science Apps |
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Carolina Has an App for That
Carolina's educational apps for the iPod touch®, iPhone®, and iPad® are
here and ready to electronically aid your students. All of our apps are
available in a free "lite" version and a purchasable full-featured
version. Follow the links below to check them out at Carolina.com and
the iTunes® App Store. |
Carolina's "Wish List" Feature
With budgets slashed, teachers are looking for different ways to procure
needed supplies for their classes. Many are turning to parents and
community organizations for help. That’s why we teamed with teachers to
design and launch the new "Wish List" feature at Carolina.com. |
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Carolina's Flickr® Photostream
Our photographers have captured thousands of scientific images over the
decades, and we're giving you free access to selected ones via our
Flickr® Photostream. Click the icon to jump right in or the link below
to test the water.
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Wolfe® Microscopes |
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Save $50 on Select Wolfe® CFL Educational Microscopes
Join Wolfe® in celebrating their Golden Anniversary—and save, too! Simply
include promotion code ZM with your order*. But hurry, the celebration
ends on 10/4/2011.
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Featured Videos |
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Mantis Care
Learning how to hatch a praying mantis egg case isn’t difficult, especially if
you watch this video. It’ll show you the complete process—from setting up the
habitat, receiving the egg case, and watching nymphs emerge to feeding and
caring for the growing mantises—in less than 4 minutes. Select the link below to
see it.
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Themed Slide Sets
Create your own themed slide sets. Make slides by placing your specimen on a
flat or concave slide (depending on the specimen’s size), putting on a coverslip,
and sealing the edges with clear nail polish, clear-drying glue, or clear epoxy.
Use the slides to create sets on themes such as:
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The wonders of nature: wings (feather pieces), seeds, pollen, etc. |
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Crime scene hair analysis lab: cat, dog, human, etc. |
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Microscopic world around you: salt, dust, sand, spices, etc. |
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The beach up-close: different sands from around the world |
Submitted by:
Danielle O’Neill
Wildlife Science Center
Columbus, MN
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*This offer is limited to select Wolfe® CFL Educational Microscopes. To receive
$50 off your order, please include promotion code ZM when placing the
order by phone, fax, mail, or Web (type ZM in the Promotion Code box during
online checkout). Offer expires October 4, 2011; cannot be combined with
any other offer or contract pricing; excludes Carolina™ Curriculum materials;
and cannot be used to credit account. |
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