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Weston Middle School Weston, MA	Life Science Activities
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	Activity	Description	Links
	Pond Visit
	Cow Eye Dissection-		http://www.exploratorium.edu/ learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html
	Optic Illusions-Blind Spot-		Blind Spot Visual Cortex How Color Vision Works Optical Illusions: Wisebytes Kanizsa Triangle Magic Eye Illusions: Ducky Magic Eye Heart fishy candy heart simpsons illusion Other Illusions: http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/illusion/illusions.htm Serendip Playground- Neurobiology
	Tree Ring Analysis		The Life of a Tree
			GATTACA
			Gene Therapy- Tools of the Trade Gene Therapy and Science Fiction
	Strawberry DNA		http://www.ncsu.edu/kenanfellows/2002/pligon/biotech/labs/strawberry.html
	Pig Heart Dissection		Video- Sheep Heart Dissection Heart Anatomy- Flash Movies Open-heart surgery Video How does the Heart Work?
	Virtual Frog Dissection		Frog Guts.com
	Sheep Brain Dissection		Exploratorium: The Anatomy of Memory The Secret Life of the Brain: 3-D Brain Anatomy Sheep Brain Anatomy Mapping the Brain Edheads Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery, True Horror: Aldini In Search of Frankenstein Aldini at Newgate(article)
	Winter Tracks		Nature North http://www.ussartf.org/animal_tracking.htm
	Winter Ecology
	Science of Maple Syrup		Youtube- Collecting Maple Syrup- Part 1 Making Maple Syrup- Part II- Making Syrup
	Science of Bread		http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/bread/index.html
	Virtual Surgery		Edheads Virtual Hip Replacement Surgery, http://www.edheads.org/activities/hip/index.htm Edheads Virtual Knee Replacement Surgery, http://www.edheads.org/activities/knee/index.htm
	Growing Sprouts Wheatgrass.com- Sprouting Supplies		The Science of Seeds Parts of a Seed Chart- Monocots vs Dicots Video- Seed germination Watching Corn grow Investigating Seeds- Monocots vs Dicots Video: How to Sprout Seeds in a Paper Towel Video: Growing Mung Beans in a Paper Towel How to Grow Sprouts
	Science of Thanksgiving		Understanding the Science of Thanksgiving- NPR Turkey, Tryptophan, and Sleepiness- An Urban Myth? White Meat vs. Dark Meat Why does Cream Whip? Turkey Wing Dissection
	Squid Dissection-		http://www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/squid.htm nt/00000055
	Bacteria Cultures		Collecting Bacteria What are bacteria? The Microbe Zoo Virtual Museum of Bacteria Counting Bacteria Colonies Titer of bacteria= # colonies counted x dilution x 1ml/vol(ml) of sample Spreading Technique for Bacteria Counting
	Protein Synthesis		Activity Description Lesson Plan
			Kidney Dissection


	Revised March 2009 by Jonathan Dietz, dietzj@mail.weston.org

Life Science Activities