Critical Thinking and Application: Explain why a specimen to be viewed under the microscope must be thin. Cell City Activity (STEM 1.0) Below is a list of parts of a cell and their general functions. You are to determine a part of a city that would perform a similar function and add it to the chart. Then you are to draw your city in the general shape of a cell. {Note: students would not be given the clues / descriptions or a picture of the cell. They would use their textbook to find the functions and structure of a cell for comparison.} Benchmarks: SC.6.L.14.4 Compare and contrast the structure and function of major organelles of plant and animal cells, including cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles. (AA) Engage: and Or Brainpop: “Cell Organization Specialization ” “Cell Structures.” Explain to students how the cell operates like an office (Discovery Video) or a factory (Brainpop). Each organelle has a role and contributes to the entire cell system. Tell students we will be comparing the cell in this lab to how a city operates. Materials: Chart paper or computer paper Pencils Markers or colored pencils Ruler Cell Organelles City Analogies Clues / Descriptions Provides the boundaries for activities Cell Membrane that go on within the cell. The part of the cell outside of the Cytoplasm nucleus. A system of membranes throughout the Endoplasmic cell that functions a packaging (with Reticulum golgi bodies and ribosomes) and transportation system. Makes all kinds of things to use in the Ribosomes cell and to send out of the cell. Works
Critical Thinking and Application: Explain why a specimen to be viewed under the microscope must be thin. Cell City Activity (STEM 1.0) Below is a list of parts of a cell and their general functions. You are to determine a part of a city that would perform a similar function and add it to the chart. Then you are to draw your city in the general shape of a cell. {Note: students would not be given the clues / descriptions or a picture of the cell. They would use their textbook to find the functions and structure of a cell for comparison.} Benchmarks: SC.6.L.14.4 Compare and contrast the structure and function of major organelles of plant and animal cells, including cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, and vacuoles. (AA) Engage: “Cell Organization and Specialization ” Or Brainpop: “Cell Structures.” Explain to students how the cell operates like an office (Discovery Video) or a factory (Brainpop). Each organelle has a role and contributes to the entire cell system. Tell students we will be comparing the cell in this lab to how a city operates. Materials: Chart paper or computer paper Pencils Markers or colored pencils Ruler Cell Organelles City Analogies Clues / Descriptions Cell Membrane Provides the boundaries for activities that go on within the cell. Cytoplasm The part of the cell outside of the nucleus. Endoplasmic Reticulum A system of membranes throughout the cell that functions a packaging (with golgi bodies and ribosomes) and transportation system. Ribosomes Makes all kinds of things to use in the cell and to send out of the cell. Works
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