State Standards: Structure and Function of Cells Standard #3: Compare and contrast plant and animal cells, including major organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, vacuoles).
Major Learning Targets: - I can timeline the history of cell discovery -I can identify the structures of a cell and explain how they work as a system - I can name the functions of cell structures and compare those functions to a component in another system - I can compare and contrast plant and animal cells
Important Concepts: -Cell theory All living things are made of cells Cells are the basic unit and structure of all living things All cells are produced from other cells
Every cell carries out the basic functions of life
Each structure within the cell has an important job to do for the function of the cell as a whole
Cells may be different shapes and sizes depending on their jobs, but their internal parts are mostly the same
Important Skills: -Students will be able to make a prepared slide of an onion skin and observe their work using the microscope -Students will be able to identify individual animal cells and their membranes and nuclei using a microscope -Students will be able to identify the parts of a cell on an unlabeled drawing both for animal and plant cells -Students will be able to explain the difference between a plant and animal cell citing evidence
Assessments and Projects in Addition to Weekly Test: View pre-prepared animal cell slides and describe how they are different from plant cells-Writing
Create a book about the cell and its parts comparing it to something familiar
Book Resources: Prentice Hall Life Science Chapter 2 Sec 4 Looking Inside Cells pg 60-67
Structure and Function of Cells
Standard #3: Compare and contrast plant and animal cells, including major organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, vacuoles).
Major Learning Targets:
- I can timeline the history of cell discovery
-I can identify the structures of a cell and explain how they work as a system
- I can name the functions of cell structures and compare those functions to a component in another system
- I can compare and contrast plant and animal cells
Important Concepts:
-Cell theory
All living things are made of cells
Cells are the basic unit and structure of all living things
All cells are produced from other cells
Every cell carries out the basic functions of life
Each structure within the cell has an important job to do for the function of the cell as a whole
Cells may be different shapes and sizes depending on their jobs, but their internal parts are mostly the same
Important Skills:
-Students will be able to make a prepared slide of an onion skin and observe their work using the microscope
-Students will be able to identify individual animal cells and their membranes and nuclei using a microscope
-Students will be able to identify the parts of a cell on an unlabeled drawing both for animal and plant cells
-Students will be able to explain the difference between a plant and animal cell citing evidence
Assessments and Projects in Addition to Weekly Test:
View pre-prepared animal cell slides and describe how they are different from plant cells-Writing
Create a book about the cell and its parts comparing it to something familiar
Book Resources:
Prentice Hall Life Science
Chapter 2
Sec 4 Looking Inside Cells pg 60-67
Web Resources
Interactive Cell Model
__http://cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm__
Cell Size interactive
__http://cellsalive.com/howbig.htm__
Cell Structures and overview
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_main.html
Games and Fun
Cell Craft
Cell Games
Cell Explorer
Cell Defense