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Biology - HOT Science Lab

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Table of Contents<br />

Introduction ...............................................................................................................................5<br />

Next Generation Sunshine State Standards ..................................................................6<br />

Resources<br />

Materials ...................................................................................................................... 13<br />

<strong>Lab</strong>oratory Safety and Contract................................................................................... 19<br />

<strong>Lab</strong> Roles and Descriptions ........................................................................................ 20<br />

Writing in <strong>Science</strong> ........................................................................................................ 21<br />

Hands-on Activities<br />

First Nine Weeks<br />

1. Perfect People (Topic 1) .......................................................................................... 24<br />

2. Study of Abiotic and Biotic Factors (Topic 2) ........................................................... 30<br />

3. Limiting Factors (Topic 3) ........................................................................................ 36<br />

4. Designing Food Chains and Food Webs (Topic 4) .................................................. 42<br />

5. Human Impact – Effects of Acid Rain (Topic 5) ....................................................... 48<br />

6. Evidence for the Theory of Evolution (Topic 7) ........................................................ 54<br />

7. Examining the Fossil Record (Topic 7) .................................................................... 66<br />

8. Natural Selection (Topic 8) ...................................................................................... 73<br />

Second Nine Weeks<br />

1. Using a Dichotomous Key for Invertebrate Phyla (Topic 10) ................................... 80<br />

2. Classification of Fruits (Topic 10) ............................................................................ 86<br />

3. Cladistics (Topic 10) ................................................................................................. 96<br />

4. Plant Structure and Function (Topic 12) ................................................................. 105<br />

5. Exploring Flower Structure (Topic 12) ................................................................... 117<br />

6. Investigating the Effect of Light Intensity on Photosynthesis (Topic 12) ................ 123<br />

7. Cellular Respiration (Topic 13) .............................................................................. 128<br />

8. Animal-Vertebrate Fish "Perch" Dissection (Topic 14) ........................................... 133<br />

9. Circulation <strong>Lab</strong> (Topic 16) ...................................................................................... 137<br />

10. Take a Heart Hike (Topic 16) .................................................................................. 141<br />

11. The Deadly Fuchsia Disease (Topic 17) ................................................................ 146<br />

<strong>Biology</strong> HSL Page 3<br />

Curriculum and Instruction

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