Amazingly, I used thinkfinity.org and on my first search under 9-12 science, I found two activities that I would like to use in my classroom (normally it takes me forever to find things that I can use without me having to tweek them to my liking.
The first thing I found was a research/interactive activity that deals with cell division and how it relates to skin cancer. This is a direct correlation to the CEs I'm expected to teach in my biology class so having one place to go was nice for a change. The activity first involves completing some research and completing some tutorials, and then leads to an activity that requires the students to apply their knowledge to patients who need consultation on potential cancerous tissue in their skin. This activity looks like it could be completed by my students within one block and would be a great application & synthesis activity following our learning of the cell cycle. URL: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/pdfs/skincancer1_actsheet.pdf
Another link I quickly found was a list of short (3-5 minutes) videos that shows how science applies to everyday and extraordinary situations. The original link takes you to a series of videos that show how science applies to the winter Olympic events (and the videos are made by NBC & its Olympics video crews), but further searching found links to more videos as well. I would like to use these to help reinforce some of the topics I cover in all of my classes, especially the physics pieces that I teach in my physical science class.
URL: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tools.php?DocID=213
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