GED Academy Links

All around us, plants and animals have adapted to live in their environments. Learn about how adaptation works, and the amazing adaptations of plants and animals… (more…)

So… how do we keep track of all the millions of species of plants and animals and other living things on the planet? We use biological classification to classify every living thing! Read more about it… (more…)

What is a mutation? What causes mutations? Are mutations necessarily bad? It’s not all B-movie horror monsters! Read about mutation… (more…)

Natural selection is an essential concept to understand… it’s all about how animals and plants living in a natural system change over time. Read more… (more…)

Your mother has green eyes. Your father has brown eyes. What determines what color your eyes will be? Part of the answer is dominant and recessive traits. Learn more… (more…)

Genetic variation is what makes you, you! Over 99% of your DNA is the same as any other person’s. The small amount of your DNA that’s different is what makes you unique. And that small difference can be very important! Learn more… (more…)

What are genes? They determine if we have black eyes or curly hair, if we are tall or short, and a lot of other things about who we are. Genes are bits of your DNA that contain specific information about how your body will grow. Learn more… (more…)

RNA are bits of genetic code… and RNA is very important in reproducing out DNA, the genetic code that tells our bodies how to grow! So learn more about RNA… (more…)

Bacteria are single-celled organisms, and they live all around us. They’re a whole different world, too small for us to see! But that doesn’t stop them from getting us sick… and also helping us out in a lot of ways. Learn more about bacteria… (more…)

Osmosis is how fluids move through membranes… like how water moves into and out of the cells in your body. Learn how it works! (more…)