I have found several great activities in the Fellows Collection at Access Excellence. These activities were designed by high school biology teachers, so they may need some tweaking before most of this group can use them (and some others just aren't appropriate for the younger age group), but that shouldn't stop you from looking. I like to use the Chromosome Shuffle to illustrate mitosis and meiosis - always a tough subject, plus it gets the kids up and moving and participating in the process. That particular activity takes some prep work to get the props ready, but once you've done it, you've got them forever and you just have to pull them out the next year. Who Dirtied the Water is totally adaptable to middle school students and even the elementary set. While you're at the site, check out the other activities found at the Activities Exchange.
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