
SMILE PROGRAM BIOLOGY INDEX
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The following is a collection of
almost 200 single concept lessons. These lessons may be freely copied
and used in a classroom but they
remain the copyright property of the author.
The Biology lessons are divided into the following categories: Anatomy & Physiology, Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Genetics,
Environmental Studies and Ecology, Biochemistry,
General Biology and Miscellaneous.

Anatomy & Physiology
Gathering data about respiration by
Charles Buzek - John Spry School
Production of Sound by Valvasti Williams
Jr. - Perkins Bass Elementary School
Feely Balloons by Winnie Koo - Ravenswood
School
Investigating the Nervous System by
Barbara J. Baker - Doolittle West Primary
What Happens When You Eat? by Kelly
Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
Taste, Smell, Touch by Rocenetta Jacobs -
Roswell B. Mason Elementary School
Name That Taste by Gracie L. Jones -
Charles Carroll Elementary
Breathing Is Essential to Life by Dianne
Mehlinger - Arthur Libby School
Sound and hearing by Cecile Savage - John
Farren School
Bones, Bones, and More Bones by Juliette
Walker - Crown Community Academy
An Introduction to the Senses by Therese
R. Tobecksen - St. Andrew the Apostle
Making and Using a Gel Person to Teach Human
Anatomy by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
Give Me A Hand, I'm "Thumb-body" Special
by Ranada L. Johnson - Horace Mann Elementary
Measuring Work by Cynthia Clemons - John
Palmer
Exploring the Left and Right Sides of the
Brain by Kathleen Hall - Goethe School
Immunity and Disease by Gregory Carter -
William King Elementary
Healthy Colon with Good Digestion and Fiber
by Lenora Jean Black - Parkmanor School
Ears and Hearing by Angelica Wright -
Robert Fulton
Staying Young with Vitamin E by Kelly
Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
Rubber Egg by Angel Lee Gilbert -
Douglass Middle Academy
Learning the Bones and Muscles of the Head
and Face by Charles T. Buzek - John Spry School
Straight from the Heart by Cheryl L.
Trammell - Delano Elementary School
Respiratory System by Mona Turner -
Delano Elementary School
Mechanism of Vision by Celestine Miller
Jeffreys - Beethoven School
Movement Across the Membrane (Diffusion)
by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way High School
The Five Senses by Ollie L. Jamison -
Delano Elementary School
Cervical Vertebrae by Angel Lee Gilbert -
Douglass Middle Academy
Da I's Have It: A Fun Look At The Eye by
Ann Fultz - Charles Holden Elementary
Learning the Dissecting Planes by Charles
T. Buzek - John Spry School
Some Activities For Teaching the Mechanics of
Vision by Charles T. Buzek - John Spry School
Inhalation and Exhalation by Kelly Ludwig
- Lincoln-Way High School
Fingerprints--2 mini-teaches and a game
by Russ Osantowski - Carter Elementary
MuscleMania by Celestine Miller Jeffreys
- Beethoven Academic Center
Breathe In, Breath Out by JoAnn
Brooks-Williams - Overton Elementary
Listen To Your Heart Beat by Lula Carey -
Overton School
Internal Anatomy: A Fun Look At The Digestive
System by Ann Fultz - Charles Holden Elementary
Aspects of Individual Human Blood Pressure
by Ora Newman - Fulton Elementary School
Reliability Of Your Visual Sense by
William M. Gordon - Parkman Elementary School
How Air Moves In and Out of the Lung by
Dorothy Anthony - Luella Elementary
The Senses: Hearing and Sight by Vincent
McEnerney - Peck Elementary
The Investigation Of The Taste Buds by
Ola Jean McGehee - Yale Elementary
How the Body's Immune System Responds to a
Virus by Margaret Mikel - Robert Fulton Elementary School
The Female Reproductive Organs by Glenda
Faye Rowe - John P. Altgeld
The Sense Of Touch by Louise R. Wooten -
Henry Clay Elementary
The Tongue...A Sense of Taste by Dores H.
Cook - Myra Bradwell School
What is blood and how it circulates in and
out of the heart by Merry Jelks - A.C. Powell Elementary School
Skeletal System And External Body Development
Of A Full Term Fetus by Joi Lewis
The Adverse Effects of Birth Control on the
Female Anatomy by Deneen Signator - D.S. Wentworth
The Brain Reflex System And How It Works
by Bobbitt, Ruby - Chalmers Elementary School
Using Your Senses by Daniels, Elizabeth
A. - Collins High School
The Human Ear by Kall, Maureen
How Do Toxins Affect the Human Body? by
Hale, Patricia - Nansen Elementary School
Cardiorespiratory Fitness by O'Malley,
Paul - Senn Metro Academy
What's Covering You? and Why? by
Weathersby, Dorothy - Sherwood School
To Have Or Not To Have Oxygen (Part I -
Fermentation) by West, Anna - DuSable High School
The Bone Connection by Artis, Emma -
Emmet School
Nutrition by Gilmore, Marie - Raster
School
Genetic Variations in Hand Span Size by
Richard Chilton - Chicago Vocational High School
Comparison of Respired Air Volume by
Matthew F. Mendyk - Steinmetz High School
The Eye and Color Images by Lacy Grigsby
- Paul Robeson High School
Zoology
Embryology: From Egg To
Chick by Ben Butler Jr. - Laura Ward
Be A "Peder-Reader" - A Discovery Activity
by Lilla E. Green - Hartigan Community Arts Specialty
Cool Coral Reefs by Frana L. Allen -
Skinner School
Sea Activities by Pedro Rodriguez -
Bateman School
Animals: Here and Now by Marvin W. Bragg
- John Hope Community Academy
Insect Classification by Mushtaq Ali
Khawaja - Bateman
Bernoulli's Principle and Winged Flight
by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
Teeth Identification in Omnivores, Herbivores
and Carnivores by Allen Nelson - John P. Altgeld
Insects: Grasshoppers by Wanda
Williamson-Johnson - Crown Community Academy
Insect Inquiries by Allen Nelson - John
P. Altgeld
Wonderful Worms by Judith Lessin - Rogers
Elementary School
Know Your Cousins - Monotremas, Marsupials,
and Placentals by Wilma Haynes - Ruggles School
A Fish Tale by Frances A. Henry - John
Whistler School
Bird Beaks by Katherine Hill - Helen J.
McCorkle
Sharks by Myrtie Bryan - Martha Ruggles
Dinosaurs---Read All About Them! by
Roberta Fried - Douglass Math and Science Academy
Making Your Dog Your Best Friend by
Patricia Guthrie - May Community Academy
Testing Fats in Food by Patricia A. Banks
- Rosa L. Parks Middle School
Toothpick Worms by Judy Hobson - TAMS
The Earthworm by Carolyn Matthews - Curie
High School
The Amazing Starfish by Doris Agbefe -
South Shore Community Academy High School
A Guinea Pig Makes An Excellent Classroom Pet
by Curtis Brasfield - Horace Mann
Animal Behavior: "Groggy Goldfish" by
Pearlie M. Hayes - Henry Clay Elementary
What Can You Learn From A Mealworm? by
Jessie Rucker - Curie High School
Animal Life Histories Derived From Morphology
by Charles Buzek - Spry Elementary School
Marine Life: Whales by Myrtle Guice -
Powell Elementary School
Marine Life: Anatomy of a Humpback by
Carolyn Hawkins - Adam Clayton Powell Elementary School
Classification of an Echinoderm by Dill,
Henry - Kennedy High School
But, Why SEX? by McVeigh, Steve - Dunbar
VHS
Owl Pellets by Robles, M. Elena - Kenwood
Academy
Animals and Their Coverings by Sorenson,
Beverly - Darwin School
Animal Behavior by Turner, Homer D. -
Hubbard High School
Classification of an invertebrate:Sponge
by Giles, Carol - Collins High School
The Acetate Animal Hunt by Carter, Linda
- DuSable High School
Reconstructing A Fossil Pterosaur by
Elder, Nathan R. - Farragut Career Academy
How and Why Chameleons Change Colors by
Ross, Shirley - Neil School
Botany
Let It Grow by Virginia
T. O'Brien - Higgins Community Academy
Which Sex is it? by
Pamela Moy - Morgan Park High School
Fun Activities Using Seeds
by Imara Abdullah - Douglas Academy
Data-gathering Activities Relating to Trees in
Their Environment by Charles Buzek - John Spry School
Investigating the Structure of the Flower
by Charles Buzek - John Spry School
Transportation in Plants by Matthew
Gibson - Joliet West High School
Structure Of A Plant by Sheila Mckinnon -
Sherman School
Structure of Seeds and Effects of Fertilizer
on Plant Growth by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
A Close Encounter of the Tree Kind by
Charles T. Buzek - Spry School
Aztec Floating Gardens by Vanessa
Villalobos - Oscar Mayer Elementary
How Plants Spice Up Our Lives by Trudy S.
Moore - Scott Joplin Elementary School
Plant Actions by Angelica Wright - Robert
Fulton
How Buds on Trees Survive the Cold (and
Related Mysteries) by Ben Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
Structure and Function of Seeds by Ben
Stark - Illinois Institute of Technology
Seed Germination by Calvin Harris -
Bethune Elementary
The Structure of A Flower by Dorothy J.
Brandon - Anton Dvorak Elem. School
Birth of a Plant From a Seed by Janet A.
Elkins - Douglass Middle S & M Academy
Indoor Gardening by Patricia H. Haynes -
Wirth Elementary School
Photosynthesis by Karen F. Adams -
Burnside Scholastic Academy
Tree Identification by the Use of Leaves
by Elaine E. Messal - Henry Clay Elementary
Seeds-Seed Sort by Anna Summers - Henry
Clay Elementary School
Algae--Where does it Live? by Mary Ellen
Dote - St. Cletus School
What are Some Substances That Will Cause
Algae To Grow? by Liz Jones - Yale School Elementary
The Parts of A Perfect Flower by
Guinevere Miller - Englewood High School
Photosynthesis: A Controlled Experiment
by Coley, Juana - Rosa Parks Middle School
Four Parts of a Green Plant and the Functions
of each Part by Hawthorne, Sarah F. - Coles Elem. School
The Effects of Light & Temperature on the
Growth & Development of Plants by Robinson, Minnie - Fenger
High School
From Flower to Fruit by Ward, Joy A. -
Hope Community Academy
Growth of Plants and Bacteria by Chaffin,
Mildred C. - Hyde Park Career Acad.HS.
Showing Nature's Way-Plant Development &
the Plant Parts We Eat by Ewers, Katherine - Burke Elementary
School
Germination: Name That Seed by Blonzella
Campbell - Chicago Vocational High School
Microbiology
Cell Structure and Function by Barbara J.
Baker - Doolittle West Primary School
Mold Investigations by Ben Stark -
Illinois Institute of Technology
Micro-organisms by Janet Elkins - F.A.
Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
Micro-organisms by Janet Elkins - F.A.
Douglass Middle Math & Science Academy
Cell Division and Mitosis by Nicholas
DiGiovanni - Naperville Central High School
Cell Size and Division or How Big Would You
Want To Be by Nicholas DiGiovanni - Naperville Central High School
The Effects Of Osmotic Balance And Imbalance
In Living Cells by Wayne Brown - Collins High School
Cells, The Structural and Functional Units of
Life by Carollyn V. Warlick - South Shore High School
A Hands-On Approach to Teaching the DNA
Structure and FUNCTION by Carter, Linda - DuSable High School
Plant and Animal Cells by Will White -
Copernicus School
Genetics
People Are Like Peas in a Pod by Eartha
Sherrill - Daniel Hale Williams School
DNA Extraction with Kitchen Chemistry by
Donna M. Bronson - John B. Drake
Monstrous Mutations by Pamela S. Moy -
Morgan Park High School
DNA/Genetics by Sandra E. Broomes -
William T. Sherman School
Groovy DNA Beads by Celestine M. Jeffreys
- Hales Franciscan High School
Wearing My Genes: Basic Principles of Heredity
by Anita Jacobs - Horace Mann
Inheritance in Maize (Indian Corn) by
Renee Allen - Louis Wirth Experimental
Traits by Jennifer Wesley - Scammon
Elementary School
Principles of Heredity by Williamson,
Morris - Esmond School
Beans and Genes/Genetic Probability by
Joyce Craft - Hyde Park Academy
Environmental Studies & Ecology
Saving Humpty Dumpty by
Christine Etapa - Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
Life in a Drop of Water
by Marva L. Anyanwu - Wendell E. Green
Topics in Environmental Science by
Willie Hoskins - Williams School
How Pollution Disrupts Our Natural Environment
by Sheila Mckinnon - Sherman Elementary School
Recycling by Shirley A. Knight - John
Whistler Elementary
Building A Biome by Kelly Ludwig -
Lincoln-Way High School
Zebra Mussels and Water Pollution by
Allen Nelson - John P. Altgeld School
Soil Examination by Allen Nelson - John
P. Altgeld Elementary School
Food Webs by Kelly Ludwig - Lincoln-Way
High School
The Effect of Automobile Exhaust on Hydra in
an Environmental Chamber by Donald H. Anderson - Foreman High
School
The Effects of Trash and Garbage On the
Environment by Bernadette M. Gilbert - Charles Kozminski Community
Academy
Population Study and Applications Using PTC
Paper by Susan H. Smigla - Leslie Lewis Elementary
Biological Communities by Jimmie Whitney
- Lucy Flower Vocational High School
The Effects of Pesticides on the Food Chain
by Betty Conley - Byrd Academy
The Properties of Air by Dores H. Cook -
Gallistel Language Academy
How Organisms Respond To Changes In Their
Environment by Carmella Gordon - Farragut High School
Recycling by Brad Wohlgemuth - Thornton
Twp. H.S.
Urban Effects On Inshore Plankton by
Arnam, Steve - Roosevelt H.S.
Acid Rain And How It Affects Our Environment
by Iftner, George - Schools, various
Filtering Water To Prevent Pollution by
Ander, Perry - Robeson High
Living Organisms As Indicators of Pollutants
In Fresh Water Ecosystems by Hubers, Hendriekje - Chicago High
School for Agricultural Sciences
Air Pollution by Levine, Stephen - Gordon
Upper Grade Center
Water Purification by Wilson, Wardell -
Raster School
Biochemistry
Photosynthesis, Respiration, and the ATP-ADP
Cycle by Clovis O. Price Jr. - Lucy Flower High School
What's the Matter? by Earline Muhammad -
Louis Wirth Academy of International Studies
What's the Matter? by Earline Muhammad -
Louis Wirth Academy of International Studies
The Chemistry of Water by Virginia Harris
- DuSable High School
Chromosome Karyotyping by Gray, JoAnne S.
- George Henry Corliss High School
The Role of Enzymes by Rucker, Jessie B.
- Curie Metro High School
The Coding of Protein Molecules By D.N.A.
by Glenn, Georgia S. - Bogan High School
Natural and Synthetic Fiber by Grant,
Erskine - Washington High School
Molecular Shuffle by Johnson, Betty -
Haugan Elementary School
Constructing A Dichotomous Key by
Margaret Bankhead - Robert A. Black Magnet School
Active Transport Across The Plasma Membrane
by Dorothy Sarmiento - Lindbloom Technical High School
General Biology
Food Chain by Lyvonia
G. Hearns who is Retired and feeling Wonderful!
Memory and Learning by Mary A. Mason -
Clay Elementary School
Cells Are Us by Cheryl L. Trammell -
Delano Elementary School
Enquirer-type Newspapers Have Many Uses
by Russ Osantowski - Carter Elementary
Living and Non-Living by Ollie L. Jamison
- Delano Elementary School
Freshwater Sharks Bite Children at 35th
Beach. A Play by Russ Osantowski - Carter Elementary
Food For Energy - Four Food Groups by
Anna M. Rembert - Faraday Elementary School
Classification by Bobbie Dixon Heard -
McCorkle Elementary School
A Biology Game To Promote Classification And
Observation by Charles T. Buzek - Spry School
Introduction to the Scientific Method by
Maureen P. Kall - Hillcrest H.S.
A Demonstration of Photo-and Geotaxes in
nauplii of Artemia salina by Daniel C. Koblick - Illinois
Institute of Technology
Nutrition by Donna Lynn Attinello -
Gallistel Language Academy
Biology Trivia Questions by Carol Giles -
Collins High School
Biology Trivia by Carol Giles - Collins
High School
The Characteristics of Living Things by
Mary Hopkins - Edward Coles School
Watercycle by Clara Phillips - Dawes
Elementary
Diffusion by Charles, Harold - Farragut
Career Academy
Biology Trivia by Giles, Carol - Collins
High School
Nutrition Awareness by Cora, Luis - Lake
View High School
Observations (collecting data) by
English, James - Simeon H.S.
Diffusion by Gupta, Raj - Schurz High
School
Problem Solving: Dots, Symbols, Words, and
Proteins by Sims, MaryLouise - Farragut Career Academy
Miscellaneous
Clouds - Movement and Type
by Tanisha Guterz-Kwaaning - John Farren
Natural Cleaners by
Jeannine Frazier - Farren Fine Arts
Rock Formation by
Therese Donatello - St. Edward School
Land Formations by
Barbara J. Baker - Doolittle West
Oceans AWAY by Frana L.
Allen - M. T. Elementary School
Somethin' Sweet by Angela Patrick -
Crown Academy
Can Young Children Distinguish Between
Living and Non-living Things? by Joyce E. Combest - Daniel Dale
Williams School
Stacking The Deck on Nutrition by Elaine
Pauline Agusto-Laster - Daniel Hale Williams Elementary School
Calorie Connection by Imara Abdullah -
Douglas Community Academy
Biological Flight by Russell C.
Osantowski - Bateman Elementary
A Taste of Our Classroom by Carisa R.
Bryant - W. K. Sullivan Specialty Elementary School
Usefulness of Irrigation by Gloria T.
Bond - Coles School
Water Conditions by Kelly Ludwig -
Lincoln-Way High School
Measuring Matter by Jessie D. Barnes -
Henry Clay Elementary School
Dinosaur Tracks and Critical Thinking by
Charles T. Buzek - Spry School
Discover Science by Claire Davis - Myra
T. Bradwell Elem.
Data Sampling by Debra Dortch - Henry
Suder Elementary
Physical And Chemical Change Of Six White
Substances by Jacqueline Sanders - Myra Bradwell School
How Big Is Big? by Lucille Smith - Horace
Mann Elementary School
Extra Sensory Perception by Heflin, Marie
- Walter Dyett M.S.
For Safety's Sake: Introduction to Laboratory
Safety in Science by Gaddis, Linda - Walter H. Dyett
The Frigid Gourmet by Drolson, Rochelle -
Clemente High School
GenEng by English, Jami - Dyett Middle
School
Paper Chromatography - Chemical and Mechanical
by Valerie Young - Kenwood Academy
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