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Cell Works

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students identify the different parts of the cells and their functions. In this biology lesson, students create an analogy of a cell and its organelles. They make a poster and present it to class.
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Cells, The Structural and Functional Units of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe the general structure and organelles of plant and animal cells. Students prepare microscope slides of elodea, onion, check, and cork and identify the cells by size and shape as unicellular, multicellular, plant or animal.
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Plant And Animal Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify parts of plant and animal cells and describe the functions of each part. They distinguish between plant and animal cells. After a lecture/demo, students perform experiments which help them construct models of plant and...
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Cells

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about cells. In this cells lesson plan, students take several days to learn about plant and animal cells and make their own edible cells with a cookie and icing.
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Slimy cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the parts of a cell.  In this chemistry instructional activity students complete an activity in which they make as much slime as they want. 
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Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the life cycle of a cell. In groups, they identify and describe the function of organelles. They compare and contrast the differences and similarities between plant and animal cells as well. They complete a...
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Plant Cell Coloring

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students study a plant cell and its parts.  In this cell organelle instructional activity students are to label parts of a plant cell and color...
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Mitosis and Cell Division

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners discover the processes that occur during mitosis and what makes each phase different and distinct from the others as well as how each contribute to the overall process of mitosis by looking at onion root tips under a microscope.
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Your Eyes Saw My Unformed Body: closing lesson

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For those who teach and believe in Intelligent Design, this lesson is perfect. Religion students read and discuss Psalm 139: 1-18, and present their cell representation in class. They then watch a speech by Louie Giglio about the protein...
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Ask a Biologist

Neuron Anatomy Activity

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Reinforce the neural connections in the brains of your young biologists with a simple anatomy worksheet. Looking at the provided diagram of a neuron, students are asked to correctly identify and describe the function of...
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All Life Is Cellular!

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology instructional activity, students locate and identify each of the vocabulary terms relating to cells on the bottom of the sheet. There are 27 biology terms to locate in the word search.
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Cells Vocabulary List and Definitions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this cells worksheet, students learn the important vocabulary pertaining to cell biology. Students read 14 words with their definitions. There are no questions to answer.
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Cellular Cellebrities

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, in groups, learn the morphology and function of organelles within plant and animal cells.
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"What If?" A Jigsaw Activity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers, in groups, consider a scenario in which some structure of a cell has been changed. They explore how structural change affects the function of a cell and create a visual aid to illustrate their observations.
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Basic Units of Life

For Students 6th - 12th
In this cells activity, students will review vocabulary words and information relating to the structure and function of plant and animal cells. This activity has 10 crossword puzzle questions, 6 multiple choice, 4 short answer questions,...
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Totally Cellular

For Students 7th - 10th
For this biology worksheet, students learn about cells and their various parts. They first read a page and a half of facts about cells and then answer the 10 questions in the packet. The answers are on the last page.
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Biology Corner

Life is Cellular

For Teachers 7th - 9th
For this cells activity, students answer questions about the first person to see a cell as well as the evolution of microscopes. They define the parts of a cell and tell the differences between Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. There are 20...
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The Great Archeological Dig

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore biology by identifying a diagram. For this cell anatomy lesson, students read a story about archeology and conduct a fictitious archeology dig in class in which they search for animal cells. Learners define a list of...
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The Great Animal Systems Challenge!

For Students 11th - 12th
Advanced placement biology aces list systems that have evolved over time, adaptations, and structure-function relationships. The resource requires plenty of writing to answer these questions, so allow a few days for them to complete the...
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Cell-ebrations in Science

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students recognize that all living things are made up of cell and that they cannot easily be seen by the naked eye. Students become familiar with the use of microscopes as a tool for investigation.
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Cell Cookies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, create a plant or animal cell out of cookies, frosting, and candy pieces.
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Bacterium Cells

For Students 6th - 7th
In this bacteria learning exercise, students read several elements of bacterium cells, their diet, types, locations, reproduction, resting stages, effects of, and classification. Students also study a cross-section of bacterium cells.
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Science Lessons

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research about the different cell organelles. In this series of biology lessons, 10th graders compare two allotropes of carbon. They investigate how the rate of reaction is affected by concentration.
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Cell Respiration

For Students 6th - 12th
In this biology activity, students complete a crossword puzzle with 17 questions about the processes involved in cellular respiration.

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