Lesson 1

Cells, tissues and organs

Objectives:

  1. Know that living things are made of cells, tissues and organs.

  2. Be able to draw and label a plant and an animal cell.

  3. Know the functions of the parts of cells.

  4. Be able to label a human body to show different organs.

  5. Know how we can use microscopes to look at cells,

PART A

Watch this video about cells.

PART B

Use this presentation to draw a diagram of a plant cell and an animal cell on a piece of paper. Copy the table that shows the functions (jobs) of the different parts of the cell.

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PART C

Watch this video to see how we can look at cells.

PART D

Try this online microscope to investigate different types of cells.

PART E

Read this paragraph carefully:

When we have a group of similar cells working together this is called a tissue, for example muscle tissue is made up of lots of muscle cells. All the cells in a tissue look the same and perform the same job.

A group of different tissues working together to do a specific job is known as an organ, your heart is an organ.

PART F

Use this presentation to name the organs in the human body

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PART G

Try this quiz.

End of lesson