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  OPENERS:

• Assign Cell Drawings and functions for students to do from HRW Modern Biology

• Teach microscopes with Learning to Use the Microscope and Microscope Lab

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  COLORING/GAMES/PUZZLES:

These COLORING WORKSHEETS help students compare and contrast plant and animal cells:

• The best worksheet to learn both plant and animal cell organelles is Cells and Cell Organelles.

• Animal Cell Coloring concentrates on only animal cells.

• Plant Cell Coloring covers plant organelles.

These QUIA GAMES make learning about cells fun!

• Organelle Concentration

• Cell Boundaries

• The Cell & the Plasma Membrane

• Cell Challenge

• Cell Organelle Match Up

• Cell Organelles & Functions

• Cells - Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

• Inside the Cell Battleship

• Cells, Cells, Cells!

Easy PUZZLE MAKERS include Discovery's Puzzlemaker and Eclipse Crossword.  Puzzles to help students learn the vocabulary ion cells include:

• Match cellular terms with their meanings with this puzzler, Cells

• Great crossword on cell terminology - Cells Crossword

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  WORKSHEETS/NOTES:

NOTES:

• Structure & Function of Cells (LECTURE NOTES)

• Review of Cell Organelles - HANDOUT on CELL ORGANELLES & THEIR FUNCTIONS

• NOTES: Use this site to help you with Cell Organelles.

WORKSHEETS & STUDY GUIDES ON CELLS & MICROSCOPES INCLUDE:

• Cells is a SIMPLE study guide to prepare for a cell quiz from HRW, Modern Biology.

• A great way to learn organelles and to compare and contrast eukaryotic & prokaryotic cells is the worksheet with diagrams called Cells - Units of Life.

• Cells & Their Functions is the BEST test study guide to use!

• Cell Review is the BEST worksheet to answer as students learn about cells

• This is a great STUDY GUIDE WITH ANSWERS is Cell Study Guide 

• Using a Compound Microscope

• Measuring with a Microscope

• Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

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  POWERPOINTS, ANIMATIONS, & INTERACTIVES :

POWERPOINTS:

• A good PowerPoint on cells and microscopes is Cellular Structure with Question Guide.

• A Cell Structure (revised) with Question Guide (revised) contains more cell history.

INTERACTIVES & ANIMATIONS:

MICROSCOPES

• How to Use a Microscope

• Microscopes and Staining Narrated Tutorial

• UD Virtual Microscope Online Interactive

• Virtual Electron Microscope Online Interactive

• Measuring with a Microscope Online Interactive Stanford University

• Types of Microscopes Tutorial

• Compound vs Electron Microscope Tutorial

• Virtual Lab Using the Compound Microscope
  
   

CELLS

• Eukaryotic Cell Model at Cells Alive!

• Insect Hunt Game is lots of fun!

• Lysosome animation (cellular digestion)

• Parts of an Animal Cell interactive

• Narrated tutorial on the functions of Cell Organelles.
• Interactive tutorial activity on the Function of Cell Organelles.
• DO this Tutorial on Cell Organelles for Prokaryotes and Eukaryotic Plants and Animals
• Tutorial on the structure and role of the Cytoskeleton.
• EXPLORE: Cells Alive! - Great Animations of Cells and Cell processes
• EXPLORE really cool animation of the inner life of a cell from BioVisions
• Cryptographic: Narrated Movie Clips of Cells 
• Types of Cells in Blood By Cool School
• Various Types of Cells w/ Basic Cell Parts Labeled
• Zooming into DNA (also, views of cells)
• What is the Size & Scale of our World?
• Cell Theory Narrated Tutorial
• Prokaryotic vs Eukaryotic Cells Tutorial
• Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells Tutorial PH
• Levels of Organization in Living Things Tutorial
• BioFlix Tour of an Animal Cell Interactive 
• BioFlix Tour of a Plant Cell Interactive 
• Inside the Cell Tour by Learn.Genetics
• Organelles in the Cytoplasm Movie TD 
• The Evolution of Organelles Narrated Tutorial
• Cell Structure & Function Interactive Tutorial 
• The Structure of Cells Interactive Animation w/labeling of Animal & Plant Cell 
• Plant & Animal Cell Structures Interactive
• Eukaryotic Cell Tour Narrated Interactive Tutorial
• The Endomembrane System: Golgi & ER Interactive
• Endomembrane System Tutorial w/ Labeling Exercise
• Lysosome MH Narrated Animation 
• The Inner Life of the Cell Movie by Harvard

CELL ONLINE QUIZZES

• Drag & Drop Labeling a Phospholipid
• Labeling a Prokaryotic Cell Interactive 
• Labeling a Plant Cell Interactive 
• Labeling an Animal Cell Interactive 
• The Scale of Life Interactive Quiz
• Plant Organelle Function Interactive Quiz 
• Animal Organelle Function Interactive Quiz 
• Practice Quiz HRW Structure & Function of Cells
• Eukaryotic Cell Structure & Function Quiz
• Label Parts of Animal Cell (Print & Practice)
• Drag & Drop Cell Organelles Quiz
• Drag & Drop Labeling Bacteria Cell Parts
• Drag & Drop Labeling Plant Cell Parts
• Drag & Drop Labeling Animal Cell Parts
• Cell Inspector Interactive Quiz

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  LABS/PROJECTS/ACTIVITIES:

• Students remember cellular structure better when they construct Eukaryotic Cell Models or Prokaryotic Cell Models

• A good way to have students remember cellular function is to do the activity Cell City Analogy

• Several activities to help students remember the importance of surface area-to-volume are Cell Size & Volume (paper cubes), Ideal Cell Size (potato cubes), and Limits to Cell Size (Agar-Indicator Cubes).

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  TEST PREP:

• Cells, Cells (a little harder), Cells (hardest), and Cells (I'm ready for the test!) are all great online test prep quizzes

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  GREAT LINKS:

• Cells Alive table of Contents

• Great Cells Alive WebQuest from biologycorner.com plus an online quiz that follows.

• Lots and lots of cell activities here!

• "Inside a Cell" allows students to point to an organelle and find out the name and function.

• A tour of the cell is found at Virtual Cell

• A great video is The Inner Life of the Cell.

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