Cells

Standards: All living things are made up of cells, which is the smallest unit that can be said to be alive. An organism may consist of one single cell (unicellular) or many different numbers and types of cells (multicellular. (MS-LS1-1)  Within cells, special structures are responsible for particular functions, and the cell membrane forms the boundary that controls what enters and leaves the cell. (MS-LS1-2) In multicellular organisms, the body is a system of multiple interacting subsystems. These subsystems are groups of cells that work together to form tissues and organs that are specialized for particular body functions (MS-LS1-3) 

Vocabulary: cytoskeleton, ribosome, Golgi, lysosome, chloroplast, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, vacuole, cell wall. 

Google Doc Worksheet

1. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions. Edpuzzle

2. What does cell theory state? 

3. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions. Edpuzzle 

4. Lesson: Single-cells organisms

    a. What are all living organisms made of?

    b. What are the two basic types of cells?

    c. How do single-celled organisms move? 

    d. What do organelles do? 

    e. Explain how some single-cell organisms use photosynthesis.

5. Game: What is a Cell? 

    a. Click on Animal cell: Play the game. How many mistakes did you make before you matched all the words?

    b. Click on plant cell: Play the game. How many mistakes did you make before you matched all the words?

    c. Click on bacterial cell: Play the game. How many mistakes did you make before you matched all the words?

6. Interactive: Cell Structure 

7. Lesson, game & quiz: Cells 

    a. Build an animal and plant cell in the game. Describe what your cell looked like and what structures it has. 

8. What are the two types of cells, what are their differences, and give an example of each? 

9. Go through the Google Presentation and answer the following questions. Link to Presentation. 

    a. What is a cell?

    b. What is a prokaryote cell?

    c. What is a eukaryote cell? 

    d. What is the main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells? 

10.  Cell Game - Play the cell explorer game

Take the following Quiz

11. ScienceFlix: Cells (PSUSD students only watch the movie, read the article, and explore the "Dive Deeper" activities.  

12. Interactive Animation: Eukaryotic Cell and Bacterial Cell 

13.  Animation: How Big? 

14. What type of cells do both plants and animals have? What are the differences/similarities between plant and animal cells? 

15. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions.

16. What is Mitosis? 

17. Watch the Edpuzzle movie and answer the questions.

18. How does each part of the cell function? (See worksheet below for list) 

19. AI-created PowerPoint - Answer the questions on your Google Doc. 

20. Adventure Quest Backpack: Cell Analogy Model Project