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High school biology, AP® Biology, anatomy and physiology

Sub day lessons that don't cost you a day of content.

Out sick, or handing your room to a long term sub? Lesson Keepers are biology labs your students run on their own, so the day goes to real content instead of a movie. Students stop the clock, count the flies, and read the pipette themselves. Every drawing, question, and case is original.

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Here for a lab? Use the exact link your teacher gave you. It opens right in your browser, and your answers save on your device as you work.

Lesson Keepers: no prep sub day labs

One link, any device. Students can't click through without doing the work, and every student's PDF tells you what they got right the first time.

Lab bench with spinach leaf disks in a cup under a lamp and a stopwatch
stop the stopwatch when half the disks float

Photosynthesis

Where does a tree get its mass? A leaf disk lab with lamp distance and light color, then a greenhouse grow light CER.

Water bath with a pea respirometer and a thermometer
read the pipette as the peas use oxygen

Cellular Respiration

Ten pounds of fat, gone. Where did it go? A pea respirometer at three temperatures, plus a sprinter and marathoner case.

45, 60, or 90 minSee it on TPT →
Fly lab bench with stock vials, a breeding vial, and a microscope
count the mutant flies under the microscope

Genetics

Two long winged flies, one baby with crumpled wings. Students breed fruit flies, find the 3 to 1 ratio, and test cross.

No clicking throughEvery page has to be done before Next works. Three tries, then the answer is shown and flagged.
A report on every PDFFirst try, after retries, or shown, plus time on each part. You see who rushed.
Works where your students areChromebooks, iPads, phones. A backup file and a paper version come with every lab.
Fits your scheduleThe paid labs come in 45, 60, and 90 minute versions.
Self grading quizGoogle Forms, plus files for Canvas, Schoology, Blackboard, Brightspace, and Moodle.
Leave it for the subA one page sub plan with fixes for the problems that actually come up.

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Diagnose & Color body systems

Coloring pages with the notes built in, then two patient cases students solve with their own pages. Nine systems and a bundle.

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One of every FRQ type, scored point by point.

FRQ practice for AP® Biology

Six original free response questions per unit with scoring guides students can use to grade themselves.

Retakes without the paperwork.

Re-Do Tracker

An automated Google Sheets and Forms system for retakes, any subject. Plus free test correction pages to go with it.

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For school tech teams

If a teacher asked you to unblock this site, here's what it is.

beakerandbones.com hosts classroom lab activities for high school biology. Students open a lab page from a link their teacher posts and complete a virtual experiment during class.

  • No ads, no logins, no student accounts, and no chat.
  • Nothing students type is sent anywhere. Answers save in the browser on the student's device, and students turn in a PDF to their teacher.
  • Each lab is a single page with no outside scripts.
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