MERLOT Search - materialType=Assignment&category=2605&nosearchlanguage= http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:57 PDT Thu, 23 May 2013 21:27:57 PDT MERLOT Search - materialType=Assignment&category=2605&nosearchlanguage= http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 Creating a Website and Blog in WordPress (WP) http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=548984 Step-by-step instructions on getting a website started in WordPress. It assumes that students have their own domain name and a WordPress hosting account at wordpress.org (not wordpress.com). The author recommends GoDaddy for both of these services. For further information, see http://theresabclarke.com/100_credit Biology Junction http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=488496 A collection of biology worksheets and other helpful teaching materials authored or compiled by Cheryl Massengale. Human genetics survey http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=412531 Can be used as an intro to traits. Students take a class survey and see what traits dominate the class. A Recipe for Traits http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=403462 This is a lab and discussion activity that allows students to make a DNA "recipe" that they can then translate into a drawing of the phenotypic characteristics from the genotype of their organism. Activity Sheet for Digestive System http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=484047 Activity sheet for Digestive System. Activity Sheet for Nervous System http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=484039 Activity sheet for Nervous System. Activity Sheet for Plant Anatomy http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=484042 Acivity sheet for Plant Anatomy. Activity Sheet for Respiratory System http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=484036 Activity sheet for Respiratory System. Adaptation: A Way of Life, Plant and Animal Desert Adaptations http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=406616 Here you can find various activities and lesson plans to help teach students about how animals and plants are able to adapt to a desert and its dry environment. It is an excellent tool for learning about the characteristics that living organisms have developed through-out time for the preservation of moisture and environment protection, and therefore being able to exist in extremely high temperatures. Being P-Waves and S-Waves http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=490899 Teach students about P-waves and S-waves by having them model them with their own bodies.