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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Cell Biology: Passive and Active Transporters

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation of cell membranes and the way selective materials may move through them.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cell Structure/function

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review information about the organelles of eukaryotic plant cell. They are tested on their ability to describe the structure, location, and function of different cell organelles.
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Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Cell Biology: Filter Design and Construction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars participate in a simulation which shows the movement of molecules across a cell membrane so that they understand passive and active cell transport. Students also use computational thinking skills by developing systems...
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Activity
Utah Education Network

Uen: Cell Structures Wee Beasties

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity you observe photographs of cells and then make comparisons of the animal and plant cells.
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Handout
City University of New York

Cell Biology: An Interactive Journey

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive website about microscopes and microbes provides students with an introduction to cellular biology.
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Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: The Science of Microbes: Magnifying and Observing Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this activity, students create slides of plant cells and observe them under a microscope. The lesson and PowerPoint slides can be downloaded. The included instructional video on cell observation is 20 min. 44 sec.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cell Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review the vocabulary associated with cell biology.
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Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Common Parts of the Cell 1

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Online activity summarizes the cell theory, describes four parts all cells have in common, and the importance of the work of Robert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Anatomy and Physiology: Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module, students discover how each cell is organized to complete the function of producing and transporting proteins, and how cells relate to homeostasis of the body.
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: The Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Chemical Components of a Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Advanced chapter of the book "The Molecular Biology of the Cell" describes and provides illustrations of our most current understanding of the chemical makeup of cells and their components. Explains in detail how electron activity keeps...
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Unit Plan
University of Washington

Genome Sciences Education Outreach: Amazing Cells [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 7th
Multi-activity learning module in which students engage in learning about plant and animal cells through the use of microscopes.
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Lesson Plan
My Science Site

My Science Site: Cell Center Activities [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Site provides six possible center activities for teachers to use to engage students in the study of cells.
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Handout
Other

Eureka Science: Cells: Bacterial Cells

For Students 3rd - 8th
In story form, this site examines the similarities and differences among bacteria, plant cells, and animal cells. Drawings supplement the text for clarity purposes.
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Peer Curricula: Cells Are Us

For Students 9th - 10th
Find five instructional units on cells: levels of organization, interacting with the outside world, creating energy for the cell, coding and translating instructions, and making protein "machinery" to do things. Each unit is broken down...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Active and Passive Transport: Red Rover Send Particles Over

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast passive and active transport by playing a game to model this phenomenon. Movement through cell membranes is also modeled, as well as the structure and movement typical of the fluid mosaic model of the cell...
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: The Cell Membrane

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here about the structure and function of the cell membrane.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Giant Cells

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity you will examine surface area and volume of cells and will describe the relationship between surface area and volume of cells.
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Introducing Cells!

For Students 4th - 8th
Get to know cells, what they create, how to identify them, and how to tell whether they belong to a plant or an animal. Several activities
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Activity
University of Arizona

Cell Biology: Online Onion Root Tips

For Students 9th - 10th
Online mitosis activity offers the student the opportunity to identify, classify, calculate, and graph the phases of mitosis. Explanations of each phase, actual cells are displayed for classifying and gathering data in this comprehensive...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observing Cell Division

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, middle schoolers make microscopic observations of onion root tips, discuss them with classmates, then make detailed drawings that are shared.
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Unit Plan
University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Cell Membrane Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Great overview of cell membranes. The site presents the information as a tutorial with multiple choice questions to guide the learner. Very well designed site on cell membranes.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Classroom Explorations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These microscope activities provide students with lots to explore. Activities include the characteristics of living things, math in science, cell biology, genetics, physiology, and mitosis.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Comparing the Simple Structure of Plant and Animal Cells

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use guided scientific observation using a collection of models, visual material, and microscope slides to identify cell organelles. Then they demonstrate their understanding of the parts/characteristics of cells by identifying...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: General Cell Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review general concepts regarding cells.