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Lesson Plans - 8th Grade

Ladybird Beetle Rearing

Raising ladybird beetles is time consuming and difficult since the larvae are active and voracious predators of aphids and scale insects. It is not recommended to try raising the beetles in the classroom without a constant source of aphids. Eggs can be placed outside on plants with aphids.

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Surviving AIDS

To help students understand the facts and issues surrounding HIV and AIDS by creating a newspaper supplement containing information gathered from research.

Africa’s Struggle With AIDS

This lesson is designed to help students understand the enormity of the impact of AIDS on the population of Africa, by comparing its effect there with its effect on the population of the world in general, and especially on that of the United States.

HIV project

Students will be able to research and find possible solutions to a problem using a biological database.

Students will be able to read and understand amino acid sequences and alignments produced by Biology Workbench.

Students will be able to identify common mutation locations in HIV-1 envelope proteins and human CD4 proteins and make research/treatment recommendations based on this information.

Knowing Your Risk for HIV/AIDS

Knowledge: To know the means of transmission for HIV.

o Attitudes: To accurately perceive their own risk for HIV.