Below you will find web links, extra printables, and other resources to use along with the Biology units in the Layers of Learning curriculum. Here’s a link to our Amazon Store with lots of fun kits, games, and more resources to go with the Biology units.
Biology is sold as a single volume and as individual units, which are like chapters within the Biology book. Here’s a link to a free printable cover to accompany all of your Biology PDF units.
Living Things
- YouTube playlist for Living Things
- Bozeman Science Biology Page (see Library List within unit for specific videos to go with this unit)
- Nature’s Notebook observation and data collection opportunity
- Play with this interactive model of a cell
- Play with the cell viewer
- A series of lessons about cells from Khan Academy
- Article for kids about DNA and what it is
- Explore an interactive simulation of a DNA molecule
- An animation of cell division (meiosis)
- Make the cell divide with a meiosis simulator
- Read this excellent article with videos about asexual reproduction
- A good article for high schoolers about bacteria
- A simple article about bacteria for younger kids
- A fun game about the characteristics of different animal groups for classification
Biodiversity
- YouTube playlist for Biodiversity
- Biodiversity for Kids – from the Museum of Natural History
- Biodiversity website for kids
- Heredity and genetics games
- Genetics Jeopardy
- Simple genetics games for kids
- Genetics, Punnett Squares, & Heredity by Khan Academy
- Practice Quiz about Inheritance
- Punnett Square Quiz
Plants
- YouTube playlist for Plants
- Khan Academy on Photosynthesis
- Bozeman Science:
- DK Find Out – Plants
- Science4Fun – Plants
- Parts of a Plant Game
- Garden Calendar
- Arbor Day Foundation Website
- Tree Ring Art Project
- Mushroom Field Guide Printable
- Ducksters Plants Quiz
- Plant Anatomy Quiz
Invertebrates
- Invertebrates YouTube Playlist
- Insectidentification.org
- Bugguide.net
- Kids Britannica Invertebrates Site
- Invertebrate Animals from DK Find Out
- Biology4Kids.com – Invertebrates
- Over 100 Quizzes and Trivia Questions about Invertebrates
- Insect Quizlet
- National Geographic Kids – Insects
- The Big Bug Memory Game
- Bug Bash Game
- Spider Quizlet
Cold-Blooded Vertebrates
- YouTube Playlist of Cold-Blooded Vertebrates
- A National Geographic Kids set of articles on fish
- An article about fish biology for middle grades and up
- If you are thinking of getting some fish, here are good starters for kids
- Read an abstract on shark transmitters that help scientists understand when sharks are giving birth. You can read the entire paper too.
- National Geographic Kids has some great articles on reptiles.
- National Geographic Kids on amphibians
- Listen to the calls of various frogs and toads
Warm-Blooded Vertebrates
- YouTube Playlist for Warm-Blooded Vertebrates
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- National Geographic Kids’ site about Birds
- Free Printable Bird Memory Matching Game
- Owl Pellet Virtual Dissection Game
- Live Bird Cams from Audubon
- National Geographic Kids site about Mammals
- Use this free three day video lesson plan to follow dolphin researchers in Hawaii and learn what they really do.
- Fetal Pig Dissection Learning Tools and Quizzes
- Mammal Facts for Kids
Ecology
- YouTube Playlist for Ecology
- Bozeman Science Links – Go to Unit 10: Ecology
- Kids Discover Site about Ecology
- Build-A-Biome Online Activity
- Food Chain Game for Kids
- Website the explores extinct animals
- Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Quizlet
- Interested in Ecology? Here’s how to become an ecologist
- Ecology online games, virtual labs, and more
Human Body
- Human Body YouTube Playlist
- Bozeman Science Biology Lessons (scroll down to the Human Body section
- DK FInd Out Human Body Quiz
- Duckster’s Human Body Page
- NatGeo Kids Fun Facts about the Human Body
- Simple Human Body Games for Kids
- Wow Science: The Human Body Activities
- Organs & Systems Matching Game
- Human Organ Systems Quizlet and Flashcards
- Test about the human body
- Our Amazon Store has terrific resources for the human body, including dissection kits, that can make learning this topic really fun.
Health
- Health YouTube Playlist
- Khan Academy Reproductive System series of lessons
- Free printables for kids about healthy eating
- A series of video lessons that take you through P.E. skills like striking, throwing and catching, fitness, and more
- Articles from KidsHealth.org
- Health for Kids website with games and more
- Kid’s Healthy Eating Plate – a visual guide to nutrition
- Games and resources to help kids develop healthy habits
- MyPlate Nutrition Quiz
- Eat Up! Nutrition Trivia
- Be Internet Awesome – a program to teach kids web safety
- Safety Resources for Families
- Amaze Sex Ed Resources
- CDC.gov/STDs