Jessica Luera
University of Houston
TX

So there are a number of things you can do; I too have trouble finding lessons on-line. If you are new to teaching I would suggest getting a mentor; maybe talking this over with the administrator or another teacher in your grade level about resources available. If you are student teaching I would ask the teacher you are observing about resources. There are also lesson plans and ideas on NSTA. You ...

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You can start by reading Children's Literature that focuses on this topic possibly food web or food chain. You can then demonstrate a personalized visual by informing students what you ate for breakfast or for lunch. You can then create a web or chain based on this information, this can be used as a model so that you engage your students by having them create their own chain or web based on what t...

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So I think demonstrating flowers would be a great way of showing this. Some flowers have genetic mutations known as hybrids due to the flowers that grow next to them or in the area which can be seen in the color of the petals. Flowers also have a mutation called double-flowered. There are also charts that students can fill out to determine the percentage or chance of a mutation; however this chart...

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