National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Travel Brochure for a Cell
This activity offers an alternative to cell models to help the students to understand cells and their functions. Students are required to produce a travel brochure that describes a plant or animal cell as if it were a large exhibit or...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Cells on a Ceiling
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.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Biology Cells
Take this practice quiz to test your knowledge of cells. See how fast you can name the parts of the six different cells. By changing the level, it is appropriate for students of all grades.
My Science Site
My Science Site: Cell Center Activities [Pdf]
Site provides six possible center activities for teachers to use to engage students in the study of cells.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive: Plant and Animal Cell
Investigate plant and animal cells by clicking on the different organelles to learn how their structure affects the function of the cell.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Vacuole Structure
The structure and function of a vacuole inside a plant cell are described.
Ohio State University
Ohio State Univ.: Cell Expansion and Differentiation
This essay is complemented by useful illustrations of how plant cells enlarge after mitosis and become specialized for different functions. A good supplement to plant growth studies.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Cell
Labeled illustration of a plant and an animal cell and their parts.
SMART Technologies
Smart: Plant vs. Animal Cells
Students discover the similarities and differences in organelles within plant vs. animal cells with this online lesson. Start out by engaging students with a hook via Shout It Out! and use Handouts, a Workspace, Label Reveals, and a Rank...
University of California
Ucmp: Introduction to Plant Structure
A lab exercise where students are challenged to build a three-dimensional structure of a plant. Students can review the basic anatomy and tissues in the plant with information found on the page. Students can also interpret ancient plant...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observe, Describe, Compare and Contrast Cells
This investigation allows students to observe cells from multiple sources. Plant, animal and bacterial cells will be observed as well as cells from multicellular organisms and single-celled organisms. After providing written descriptions...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Structure and Function of a Casparian Strip
The Casparian strip is found in the endodermis layer of a plant's roots and it assists the plant in absorbing water and nutrients from the soil. The structure of a plant root is described and the process by which the Casparian strip...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Elodea Explorations
In this activity, students will investigate plant cells and microscope measurement together by using Elodea plants.
Biology 4 kids
Biology4 Kids: Chloroplasts Show Me the Green
Read this concise description of the structure and function of chloroplasts inside a plant cell.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Wall: Lesson 2
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of a cell wall. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Cell Wall."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Wall: Lesson 4
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of a cell wall. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Cell Wall."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Wall: Lesson 3
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of a cell wall. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Cell Wall."
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Lysosome Structure
Lysosomes are found in both plant and animal cells. The structure and functions of this cell organelle are described here, with note made of the diseases that can be caused by defective lysosomes.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plant and Animal Cells
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces students to the plant and animal cell.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Plant and Animal Cells
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is intended to introduce plant and animal cells to fifth graders. Pictures, a web link, and several opportunities for student participation are included. An end-of-lesson assessment is...
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Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)
Educaplus: Celula Vegetal [In Spanish]
Learn the parts and function of a plant cell.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Los Seres Vivos Unicelulares Y Pluricelulares
In this unit you will be introduced to the complexity of living things. It also reviews the kingdom of nature, differentiating between their main features from those who are microscopic unit-cellular to the multi-cellular visible to the...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Does the Liver Do?
There's a factory inside you that weighs about 1.4 kilograms and runs for 24 hours a day. It's your liver: the heaviest organ in your body, which simultaneously acts as a storehouse, a manufacturing hub, and a processing plant. This...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Central Vacuole: Lesson 4
This lesson will discuss the structure and function of the central vacuole. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Central Vacuole."