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DIVERSITY OF LIFE COURSE MATRIX
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FOSS READINGS
EXTENSIONS

1.
What Is Life? (5 sessions)
Lab
Living/Nonliving Game
• Life on Earth • Modify the environment

2.
Introduction to the Microscope (3–4 sessions)
Lab
Virtual Microscope
Lab Techniques videos
Database
• Brine shrimp
• Maintain the brine shrimp

3.
Microscopic Life (5–6 sessions)
Database
Elodea leaf tissue
• Collection— Paramecia
• Collection—
Microorganisms Lab
• Lab- Technique Videos
The Lowly Paramecium • Model paramecium feeding

4.
The Ribbon Of Life (2 sessions)
Database
• Cheek cells Lab
• Cells and the Ribbon of Life
Cell: The Basic Unit of Life

 


5.
Seeds of Life (5 sessions)
Lab
• Lab-Technique Videos
Database
• Collection— Roots
• Collection— Seeds
Seeds and Roots • Grow monocots and dicots
• Pull a few weeds
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