Biology

Complete Life Science Question Quest Set

By Gari F. Walz. The best game for teaching life science… this game provides serious fun! Nasco’s Question Quest involves the entire class in a challenging game that will keep every student engaged and learning. Question Quest employs... More.

Life Science Question Quest Card Set

By Gari F. Walz. The best game for teaching life science…this game provides serious fun! Set of 150 life science “question-and-answer” cards covering six categories: Protists and Fungi, The Plant World, Invertebrate Life... More.

Diversity of Life: The Illustrated Guide to Five Kingdoms Coloring Book

This sophisticated coloring book presents beautifully-detailed illustrations of the variety of life on Earth and offers a visual understanding of the enormous diversity this planet supports. It opens with an introduction to the classification system... More.

Classification of Living Things Lab Investigation

Introduce your students to the biodiversity of the five kingdoms through the process of classification. Students view illustrations of various life forms and use a simple, dichotomous key to determine the appropriate kingdom and phylum of each. TheyR... More.

How Do Organisms Respond to Stimuli? Lab Investigation

Your students will get a first-hand look at Euglena, its structure, and movements. They’ll also examine this green flagellate’s adaptive behavior patterns, or “taxes,” toward light of various intensities and even deter... More.

Classifying Animals

How and why do biologists classify animals? Students work together to arrange a set of 18 animal cards into groups and then adjust their groupings as they learn how scientists classify animals into phyla. By identifying the common features of animals wi... More.

Hands-On Life Science Activities

Offers compelling activities that help teach students thinking and reasoning skills along with basic science concepts and facts. Activities follow the discovery/inquiry approach and encourage students to analyze, synthesize, and infer based on hands-... More.

Biology Inquiries

This exciting supplement to biology instruction is filled with innovative and original ideas developed by the author and tested in classrooms. The unique approach – teaching biology through active inquiry rather than memorization – will help... More.

Write to Know: Nonfiction Writing Prompts for Secondary Biology

Ready-to-use nonfiction writing prompts for biology with classroom implementation ideas and scoring guides. Writing is a cognitive process that allows students to “show what they know,” which not only aids teachers in assessing stude... More.

Complete Set of Ecosystems in Action Books

What happens if an animal becomes extinct? Show life science students the diversity and interdependence of plants and animals living in different ecosystems. Illustrates not only how the ecosystems work in a balanced state, but how human interaction has... More.