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Lesson Plan
Children's Museum

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Cells the Living School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the parts of a cell and their functions to their school to understand how a cell's parts work in unison to be effective in the body.
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BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Cell Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Two multiple-choice quizzes about cells. The first is on cell theory, basic information about cells, and cell types. The second is on cell structures and functions.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Cell Structure and Function

For Students 2nd - 8th
Explains cell structure and function and describes the parts of a cell.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Structure and Functions of the Animal Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how an animal cell differs from a plant cell and describes the many parts of an animal cell and their functions.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Structure and Function of Cytoplasm

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the cytosol, organelles, and cytoplasmic inclusions found in the cytoplasm of a cell, and the functions of the cytoplasm itself.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cell Celebration!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students look at the components of cells and their functions. The lesson focuses on the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Each part of the cell performs a specific function that is vital for the cell's survival....
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PPT
Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Identifying Eukaryotic Animal Cell Organelles

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a tutorial slideshow showing the internal structure of an animal eukaryotic cell. Each slide has excellent labeled drawings accompanied by descriptive text explaining the function of each part.
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Handout
University of Missouri

Oklahoma State University Biotech Adventure: Animal Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to a clearly labeled diagram of an animal cell. Includes written descriptions of all the parts of the cell.
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Handout
University of Missouri

Oklahoma State University Biotech Adventure: Plant Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to a clearly labeled diagram of a plant cell. Includes written descriptions of all the parts of the cell.
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Unit Plan
Other

University of New Mexico: Biology Undergraduate Labs: Cell Organelles

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Get to know cell organelles and their functions while studying this resource. Challenge knowledge with supplied reviews.
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Unit Plan
Utah State Office of Education

Utah Science: Cell Organelle Table

For Students 5th - 8th
A complete table identifying cell organelle, their location, a description, and function. Click on the hyperlinks for more detail to the specific organelle.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Structure Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on structures in a animal cell and their functions. It also provides links to a video and a test.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on bacteria cells including their structures and functions, cell structures in common with bacteria, plants and animals, and a comparison between Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. It also provides links to a video and...
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Graphic
Other

Massengale's Biology Junction: Cell Functions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A chart which identifies each part of a cell, the location, the description, and the function.
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Cell Structure Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on plant cell structures including the parts of cell structures and their functions, cell structures that are in both plants and animals, and the cell structures found only in plants and their functions. Links to a...
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Website
Cells Alive

Cells Alive!

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation studio that specializes in medical illustration lets you explore the structure and function of plant cells and animal cells, using videos and interactive graphics with clickable parts that lead to more detail.
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Interactive
BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Cell Explorer: The Animal Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Game on the structures and functions of animal cells.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Using a Venn diagram, drag the blue tiles into each part to correctly sort the characteristics of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Teachers First: Cell Parts Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teacher lesson plan on cell organelles description and function using advertising.
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Interactive
National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation: A Tour of the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine having a microscopic camera so small that you could travel inside a cell. This interactive site allows you to do just that. Click on any one of eight individual parts of the cell--cell membrane, nucleus, DNA, RNA, ribosome,...
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Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Cells on a Ceiling

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan site, each student is assigned a cell part to research, create, and place inside of a clear plastic drop cloth (the cell) the size of one-half of the classroom ceiling.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Common Parts of the Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes four parts all cells have in common.
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Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Plant Cell Structure and Parts

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes plant cells and the structure and function of their different parts.
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Lesson Plan
ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Cell Talk [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
In this lesson plan, 5th graders will examine cell diagrams, then use their body, voice, and movement to become a particular part of a cell. Next, they work in pairs to create a dialogue between the different parts of the cell, exploring...