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Grades 6–10. How familiar are your students with biodiversity and interdependence? In this group of interactive whiteboard activities, students label cells, do vocabulary enrichment, discuss human impact on the environment, and more. Access for 32 students per year for 60 months.

Grades 6–10. How familiar are your students with biodiversity and interdependence? In this group of interactive whiteboard activities for STC-Secondary™, students label plant and animal cells and identify whether an organelle belongs to an animal cell, plant cell, or both. Vocabulary enrichment activities focus on biomes around the world and organelles and their functions. Students also work in groups to discuss human impact on the environment. They determine whether actions are friendly or unfriendly toward Earth and propose more Earth-friendly alternatives for the actions that are unfriendly toward Earth. Access for 32 students per year for 60 months.

STC-Secondary™ is a 16-unit, inquiry-centered middle school science curriculum developed by the Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC). Each STC-Secondary™ unit provides opportunities for students to experience scientific phenomena firsthand. A comprehensive, research-based curriculum, STC-Secondary™ is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards*.

*Next Generation Science Standards® is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.