Unit3 Cells

• 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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