1. Cells

Life Processes:

How do we know if an organism is alive or not?

1. The 7 life processes

2. What are cells?

Challenge:

  • Produce a poster of an animal and plant cell

  • Label all the organelles in both cells

  • Make a list of the organelles found only in plant

  • Make a list of the organelles found only in animals

  • Make a list of the organelles found in both

3. Specialised cells

4. What are cells?

Challenge:

  • Produce a poster of an animal and plant cell

  • Label all the organelles in both cells

  • Make a list of the organelles found only in plant

  • Make a list of the organelles found only in animals

  • Make a list of the organelles found in both

5. How to use a microsope

You will need to know the parts of a microscope and what they do

Challenge:

Use the virtual microscope to look at a plant cell and a human blood cell.

Draw a picture of both slides labelling the parts of the cell you see.

6. Making an onion epidermis slide

Challenge:

  1. Use the video to write a set of step by step instructions on how to make onion skin slide.

  2. Pause the video towards the end so you can make a drawing of cells seen under the microscope

  3. Label your diagram with the words:

  • Cell wall

  • Cytoplasm

  • Nucleus.