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Engage young biologists in exploring the mysteries of life with this collection of hands-on activities. Enlisting the help of numerous digital resources, students get an up-close look at the structure of plant and animal cells as they investigate the organelles that make eukaryotic life possible.
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Concepts
cells, eukaryotic cells, cell structure, cell organelles, organelles, prokaryotes, animal cells, plant cells, mitochondrion, the nucleus, the golgi apparatus, the endoplasmic reticulum, the nucleolus, lysosomes, chloroplasts, chlorophyll, cell membranes, the cell wall, ribosomes, dna, cell biology, microscopes, compound microscopes, vacuole, eukaryotes
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Instructional Ideas
- Complete these activities during a middle or high school life science on prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- Select some activities for students to perform in class, while assigning the others as homework
Classroom Considerations
- A number of the activities require access to the Internet, which may require you to schedule time for your class to use the school's computer lab
Pros
- Links are provided to a series of interactive websites for learning about cells
- Worksheets include tables and diagrams that support students with recording the results of each activity
Cons
- A couple of the included links are broken, but most of them are still functioning