#3498. Looking Inside Cells

Science, level: Middle
Posted Fri Jun 24 08:24:15 PDT 2005 by Jacqueline Fox-Belmon (jfoxbelmon@aol.com).
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Woolfolk Middle School, Yazoo City, Mississippi
Materials Required: pencil/pen, construction paper, books, gelatin, markers, notebooks and lab books
Activity Time: 8 class
Concepts Taught: Identifing, describing, comparing and classifing cells

Teacher: J. Belmon
Dates: June 13 thur June 17 Subject: Science Grade: 7
Estimated time required: 8 classes periods

Title: Looking Inside Cells

Objectives: Identify the role of the cell membrane and nucleus in the cell
Describe the functions performed by other organelles in the cell
Describe the role of specialized cells in many-celled organisms
Classify the cell as plant or animal
Create flash cards to learn the roles of cell structures
Compare bacterial cells with plant and animal cells

The Teacher will:
· Discuss the Terms: organelle, cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, chromatin,
Cytoplasm, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum,
Ribosome, golgi body, chloroplast, vacuole, lysosome
· Introduce animal & plant cells using projector with prepared slide of plants cells and animal cells
· Discuss the functions of the organelles in plant and animal cells by creating flashcards

The Student will complete the following activities:
· Read & discuss chapter 2 in Glenco Green Level.
· Define terns
· Create the Double Bubble Map to compare & contrast animal and plant cells
· Create a model of a cell using gelatin
· Create flashcards with name of cell structure on one side and function on the other.
· Divide into pairs and quiz each other with their flashcards of organelles.

Evaluations:
The teacher will:
· Observe students
· Facilitate student learning

The student will:
*Be evaluated on model by rubrics on scale 1-5
*Be evaluated by written test
*Be able to compare and contrast with 80% accuracy