DNA

Stephanie
DNA DNA can be an abstract concept to students. It helps if the kids know what atoms and molecules are. We had already gone through that last year. I contrasted the complicated large DNA molecule with much simpler ones like water. The DNA is coiled up inside the nucleus of…
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Sugar Rush Sundaes

Stephanie
We're getting very close to Wreck-it-Ralph 2 coming out! I am very excited about this because I loved the first movie and Vanellope is one of my all time favorite characters. I have made a series of ice cream sundaes to celebrate the sweet little racers from Sugar Rush. Many…
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Hanazuki Party

Stephanie
Hanazuki started out as an online cartoon by Hasbro. I think it eventually moved to TV in the US. As far as I know there will be a season 2 of this show. The toys were in Australia, but only the first wave. I was lucky to pick up a…
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Dinosaurs and the Fossil Record

Stephanie
Fossil Record and Mass Extinctions One of the observations Darwin used as support for life on Earth changing over time was the fossil record. Animals and plants appear and disappear from the fossil record. One of the most famous examples of this phenomenon is presence and extinction of the dinosaurs.…
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Vertebrate Development

Stephanie
Vertebrates Animals are split into two groups based on whether or not they have a backbone. Vertebrates are animals with a backbone and a skeleton with muscles attached to it. Invertebrates have a soft body and in some cases is supported and protected by an exoskeleton or shell. Vertebrates include…
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