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What's the Big Idea? Understanding the Laboratory Experience in the AP* Chemistry Curriculum If you teach AP* Chemistry, you’re already aware, or need to be, that changes to the course curriculum are here, which means you’ll probably have to change your classroom instruction. To help relieve your anxiety, here’s an overview of the course revisions, some important dates to remember, and 2 ways Carolina can help to ensure your success during this transition. View »
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Using the Concepts Associated with Providing Clean Drinking Water to Teach Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach Introducing students to the issues associated with safe drinking water is a great real-world, interdisciplinary way to teach science. View »
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Phases of the Cell Cycle A concise take on the life cycle of a typical eukaryotic cell. View »
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Infographic: Bring Your Genetics Lessons to Life with Model Organisms Carolina offers unique opportunities to work with model organisms—such as genetic corn (Zea mays), Wisconsin Fast Plants® (Brassica rapa), and fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)—in your genetics labs. View »
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Structure and Function in Plant and Animal Cell Osmosis Use this fun, interesting lab activity to show students how various structures within plant and animal cells are affected by osmosis. View »
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Give Your Students Real-World Experiences with Authentic CSI Tools Put the fun into forensic science and apply STEM principles with authentic CSI tools. Your students will enjoy investigating the scene of a crime. And who knows? You might even inspire them to pursue forensic science as a career. View »
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Carolina's Recommended Reading for AP® Biology Teaching AP® Biology this year? Go beyond the textbook and take students on an exploration of key concepts with these teacher-tested and recommended books. View »
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Infographic: Ecosystem Services Clean water, pollination, and flood control are several of the free services that ecosystems provide to human kind. This infographic shows how ecosystem service provide huge economic and health benefits to humans. View »
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Infographic: Types Of Gears Learn about the many types of gears and where you may find them in the world around you. View »
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Infographic: Simple Machines This infographic profiles four of the six simple machines: inclined plane, pulley, lever, wheel and axle. View »
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Using Interactive Case Studies to Meet the New Science Standards Learn about the benefits of using Interactive Case Studies to teach science concepts View »
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Fever and Immune Response The human body uses many mechanisms to maintain a stable internal environment known as homeostasis. A fever is a good example of a response that takes the body outside of its normal temperature range in an effort to eliminate infection. View »
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Carolina’s Teacher- and Student-Focused Kit Development Process Carolina's kit development team approaches each kit as a tool to be honed so that it is easy to use, engages students, walks them toward success, and eases teacher workload. Learn more about the process in this short white paper. View »
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Human Body: Lymphatic System Teach the vital role of the lymphatic system with this infographic. View »
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Human Body: Lymphatic System Review Review lymphatic system structure and function with this graphic organizer. View »
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The Role of the Lymphatic System This activity focuses on the lymphatic system and kinds of allergic reactions. View »
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Think Single-Celled Organisms Are Simple? Think Again! The Slime Mold Physarum polycephalum, a Single-Celled Organism for Student Investigations The slime mold Physarum polycephalum, a single-celled organism, can be used for demonstration and discussion of many subjects, including life cycles, chemotaxis, cytoplasmic streaming, and basic decision-making. View »
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Human Body: Muscular System Use this infographic to teach the structure and function of skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle. View »
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Teaching the Cell Cycle and Mitosis Mitosis is a foundational cell process that lays the groundwork for understanding complex topics such as growth, reproduction, and disease. Use this helpful guide to plan your lessons for teaching mitosis to your students. View »