The student will explore an area outside the classroom and catch various insects. After they have captured the small creatures, the children will observe what they look like and find the names of the insects in nature guidebooks. Also, the children will discover what the insects like to eat in the guidebooks. First hand observation is a wonderful teacher!
To help students understand the facts and issues surrounding HIV and AIDS by creating a newspaper supplement containing information gathered from research.
An effective way of preventing the spread of AIDS is through education in the form of community awareness campaigns.
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.
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.