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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 6th
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Students have the opportunity to see cells using a microscope and to discover the differences between plant and animal cells by examining cheek cells, onion cells, and potato cells. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students label the parts of a compound microscope. After studying cell structure and as a way to reinforce and simulate the concept of magnification, students create Microsoft PowerPoint slides containing one plant and one animal cell. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students review slide samples take with a scanning electron microscope. They use a virtual electron microscope and their knowledge of cell structure to identify images shown to them. They discuss their observations. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the relationship between the structure and function in a cell. They identify the three main parts of a cell ( the nucleus, cytoplasm and cell membrane) and discuss what each part generally does. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students create simple 2D concept driven visualizations of cells and cell organelles and organize them into an effective presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students examine and label the parts of a microscope. They discover magnification as well. They draw and label a plant and animal cell and create a PowerPoint presentation. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 11th
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Students explore the use of microscopes and the creation of slides. They practice using, adjusting and viewing with a microscope. they view slides of familiar substances such as blood and fibers. In addition, they create slides using onions and cheek cells. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students attempt to answer the question of how life is formed. The Cell Theory is the place where the inquiry is based. The answering of the question is an important one because its helps to form the basis for many other Life Science lessons. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students work with whole plant material and are not required to measure small quantities, yet they can see evidence of transformed plant cells (plant cells that have genes from bacterial plasmids). This is a laboratory suitable for students who are familiar with the basic principles of plant cell structure, tissue culture, sterile technique, and cell transformation (bacterial infection, plasmid vectors, marker genes, selection medium, and enzyme activity assays). Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students enhance their skills in operating a microscope. They become comfortable with the vocabulary associated with microscopes and investigate how to place slides and focus them properly using the microscope. Students are given an Electron microscope image handout. Full Review »
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