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Cells

S5L3 Students will diagram and label parts of various cells (plant, animal, single-celled, multi-celled).    
a. Use magnifiers such as microscopes or hand lenses to observe cells and their structure.  
b. Identify parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus) and determine the function of the parts.  
c. Explain how cells in multi-celled organisms are similar and different in structure and function to single-celled organisms.    

What are Cells?

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Every living thing is made of cells. It is estimated that the human body has between 60 and 90 trillion cells! Each of these tiny little parts has a function in our body. Some cells are for keeping us healthy, others are for transporting oxygen and others work together to help us move. If you would like to learn more about the details of what cells are, you can click here.

Plant and Animal Cells

Visit StudyJams to learn all about the characteristics and differences between plant cells and animal cells.

You can also check out cellsalive.com and learn about the various parts of plant and animals cells and what each one does.

Another great site is the McGraw Hill interactive tour of cells.

Cell Theory

While observing dead cork samples with a crude lens, Robert Hooke identified and named “cells.” He thought that the small, simple units looked like the bare prison cells of his time, and the name cell stuck. His work launched a new frontier in scientific exploration that led to modern cell theory:
  • All living things are made of cells.
  • Cells are the basic units of structure and function in all living things.
  • All cells come from the reproduction of existing cells.
To learn more about Cell Theory and the work or Robert Hooke you can click here.

DNA Extraction Lab

The linked website will explain how to gather DNA from various plant cells. It is a pretty cool experiement!

Student Spotlight

The video below was the result of a cell analogy project I had my class do. The kids had to compare a cell with some other type of structure, which required them to think a little deeper about each part of the cell. Jesse went all in and came up with a cell rap about how cells are like airplanes.

Cancer--Cells Gone Wild

Sometimes kids want to know, why would I ever need to know about cells? Well, there are many reasons, but the most common answer is that you need to know how your body works, so that you can take care of it effectively. The video linked below explains how cells are involved in one of the most common and deadly diseases--Cancer.
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  • Home
  • Math
    • Hands-On-Equations
    • Unit 1-Basic Number Sense >
      • Order of Operations
      • Understanding & Writing Basic Expressions
      • Powers of 10
      • Place Value
    • Unit 2 Operations with Decimals >
      • Rounding & Adding/Subtracting Decimals
      • Multiplying Decimals
      • Division of Decimals
    • Unit 3-Fractions >
      • Adding & Subtracting Fractions
      • Multiplying Fractions
      • Dividing Fractions
  • Social Studies
    • Unit 1-Bill of Rights, Citizenship & Due Process
    • Unit 2a: Civil War Overview & Causes >
      • Civil War Battles
      • Civil War People
      • Civil War Interactive Timeline
    • Unit 2b: Reconstruction
    • Changing America--The Turn of the Century >
      • Cattle Trails
      • McKinley & Roosevelt and Changing US Policy
      • Immigration and the American Melting Pot
    • World War I
    • The Roaring Twenties
    • Great Depression >
      • Culture of the 1930's
    • World War II >
      • WWII Events >
        • Pearl Harbor
        • D-Day
        • Iwo Jima
        • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
        • Holocaust
        • V-E & V-J Days
        • Formation of United Nations
      • WWII People
    • The Cold War >
      • Iron Curtain/Berlin Wall
      • Communism vs. Capitalism
      • Berlin Airlift
      • Space Race
    • The Civil Right's Movement >
      • The Crazy Sixties--Assassinations for Sure
    • America Since 1975 >
      • September 11, 2001
      • War on Terrorism
  • Science
    • Earth Science >
      • Deposition
      • Earthquakes
      • Faults
      • Volcanoes
      • Erosion
      • Weathering
      • Impact of Organisms
      • Seismological Studies
      • Flood Control
      • Beach Reclamation
    • Physical Science >
      • Physical Changes
      • Chemical Changes
      • Electricity
      • Static Electricity
      • Magnets vs. Electromagnets
    • Life Science >
      • Classifying Animals
      • Classifying Plants
      • Cells
      • Learned & Inherited Traits
      • Good Microorganisms
      • Bad Microorganisms
  • Things
    • Class of 2014-15 >
      • Eagle Time Research Links
    • Class of 2013-14 >
      • Holocaust Student Pages
      • WWII in the Pacific Student Pages
      • WWII on the Home Front
      • Axis vs. Allies Student Pages
    • 5th Grade Scores
    • Pictures >
      • My Pride and Joy
      • My Wildlife Photos
      • Sudan Photos
      • My Alaska Photo Album
      • My Saipan Photos
      • My Egypt Photo Album
      • My Ethiopia Photo Album
      • My Kenya Photo Album
      • My Swaziland Photo Album
      • My Uganda/Rwanda Photo Album
      • My Paris Photos
  • Resources for Teachers
  • 2nd Grade Enrichment Activities
    • Analogies