Search Over 150,000 Teacher Reviewed Lesson Plans and 75,000 Worksheets
- Rating

In this lesson, the students will explore some of the properties and processes of the cell membrane including permeability, passive transport, equilibrium, diffusion, osmosis, cell tonicity and rates of diffusion. The students perform a number of laborato Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
- Rating

Students experiment with the forces of adhesion and cohesion and the process of transpiration as they aid in the transportation of water through a plant. They recognize the form and function of stomata. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
- Rating

Students review parts of the cell and movements of particles into or out of the cell by participating in this game. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating

Students examine the role of mitochondria in a cell's energy production. They compare the three metabolic pathways that produce ATP. They describe in detail the structure of mitochondria and how it relates to its function in energy production. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th
- Rating

Students uncover data about cell division in this three lesson unit. Hands-on activities, labs, technology, and a few "tricks-of- the trade" enhance the concepts being explored. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating

Students analyze biochemical principles essential for life, including water chemistry, structure and function of macromolecules and nature of enzymes. They relate cellular functions to specialized structures within cells and analyze factors that can affect cellular activities. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th
- Rating

Students work in teams to order events of DNA transcription and translation protein synthesis. In the second lesson, they put the steps of mitosis and meiosis in order using a concept map poster. They use modeling clay to create models of cells undergoing these changes. In the third lesson, students create Punnett squares, and participate in an interactive lecture on genes, alleles, traite and geno/pheno types. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
- Rating

Students receive zip-top bags with illustrations of organelles and note cards containing definitions of organelles. They view an egg along with a picture of the E. Coli Bacterium. Students discus similarities and differences in the cells. Students discuss the difference of plant and animal cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th
- Rating

Students write about and discuss what all the canoes would have been there for. They make up word problems about the canoe picture. Students estimate the numbers of canoes pictures in the area. They are explained that water is a means of transportation especially in the past, students brainstorm and make a list of other uses of water. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
- Rating

Students examine the processes of diffusion, passive transport, and active transport and why they are important to cells. They view a fluid mosaic model and a PowerPoint presentation on cellular transport, and complete a concept map on cellular transport. Full Review »

