MERLOT Learning Exercises Search - material=85054&backPage=%0A%0A%0A%0A%2Fmaterials.htm%3FcontributorUserId%3D18516 http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT learning exercises Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:01 PDT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:22:01 PDT MERLOT Learning Exercises Search - material=85054&backPage=%0A%0A%0A%0A%2Fmaterials.htm%3FcontributorUserId%3D18516 http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 Light Waves http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=285272 An assignment to help your students understand how light travels using a slinky. Cookies and Color http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=283691 Students will practice mixing colors using food coloring and frosting. Aimed for use of discussion of wavelengths and how they determine what colors we see. Also for use in discussing primary and secondary colors. Fun With Fomites http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=282133 Students will observe how different objects may contain microbes. They will observe multiplication of microbes. Apple Observation http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=282128 Students will get familiar making observations and using the scientific method during future laboratory work. Investigating Osmosis using Elodea Cells http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=282103 During this activity students investigate the concepts of osmosis and diffusion using Elodea cells. What is DNA? http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=272938 In this activity students extract DNA from bananas. They will see that DNA is a component of living things and that DNA can be extracted and observed. Comleting the Square http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=255355 In this lesson students will learn... Inscribed Angles http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=255330 In this lesson I... Biology: Chromosomal Defects http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=254016 The Students will be able to apply the material learned in genetics to a true event. The students will learn that variations are necessary for the success of a population but not all mutations are favorable. The students will be cytogeneticists for a day in oder to determine the chromosomal defect Biology : Bird Beak Evolution Lab http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewAssignment.htm?id=254015 This lab contains an introduction to Mendelian genetics and contains an activity that can be done with middle school and high school students.