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Beacon Learning Center

Beacon Learning Center: Discovery Lab: Mixed Up Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Professor Mill Ennium invites users into the Discovery Lab where they run across a box of cells and have to use the clues to figure out whether they are plant or animal cells.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Inside the Cell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students learn the different kinds of cells including plant and animal cells. They also learn how to identify and name the organelles of eukaryotic cells.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Cell Structures Wee Beasties

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity you observe photographs of cells and then make comparisons of the animal and plant cells.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will research prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The students will then research plant and animal cells, comparing and contrasting the two. Students will also research the major organelles and the function of each. Students will...
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Other

Eureka Science: Cells: Bacterial Cells

For Students 3rd - 8th
In story form, this site examines the similarities and differences among bacteria, plant cells, and animal cells. Drawings supplement the text for clarity purposes.
Website
Cells Alive

Cells Alive!

For Students 9th - 10th
Animation studio that specializes in medical illustration lets you explore the structure and function of plant cells and animal cells, using videos and interactive graphics with clickable parts that lead to more detail.
Interactive
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Virtual Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
An online video game where players take control of a tiny virtual submarine that explores plant and animal cells from the inside! Players learn about organelles, respiration, and photosynthesis.
Handout
My Science Site

Bj's Science: Cells: Teacher Information [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Reference information about the study of cells. Includes a chart comparing plant and animal cells and one examining the structure of a cell.
Handout
Diffen

Diffen: Plant Cell vs. Animal Cell

For Students 5th - 9th
Find out about the basics of plant and animal cells with this comparison chart. Then read the article, study the diagrams, and watch the video to dig a little deeper into the topic.
Whiteboard
SMART Technologies

Smart: Plant vs. Animal Cells

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Comparing the Simple Structure of Plant and Animal Cells

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use guided scientific observation using a collection of models, visual material, and microscope slides to identify cell organelles. Then they demonstrate their understanding of the parts/characteristics of cells by...
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Other

Stuttgard High School: Plant Structure & Function

For Students 9th - 10th
Site features high school-level comprehensive info on the structure and function of seed plants organized into shoot and root systems. While presented with lots of detail, clear illustrations and animations help make sense of the parts...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Observe, Describe, Compare and Contrast Cells

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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...
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Vacuole Analogy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what vacuoles are and what their functions are in animal cells and plant cells, and offers analogies to help students understand their different roles.
Handout
BiologyWise

Biology Wise: Similarities Between Plant and Animal Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents labeled illustrations of a plant cell and an animal cell which demonstrate the parts that are common and different. Next is a table listing cell organelles and stating whether each is present or absent in a plant or animal cell....
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Cell Structures

For Students 7th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Even though plants and animals are both eukaryotes, plant cells differ in some ways from animal cells. Plant cells have a large central vacuole, are surrounded by a...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Mitosis: Divide to Survive

For Teachers 4th - 8th
This lesson plan includes a Power Point presentation that will guide the students through an investigation of mitosis, or cellular division. The lesson plan will review the basic functions and parts of animal and plant cells and then...
Interactive
South Carolina Educational Television

Know It All: Microscope | Hobby Shop

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use a virtual biology lab to perform investigations and learn lab procedures using compound and dissecting microscopes to look at a variety of animal and plant cells.
Graphic
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Cell

For Students 3rd - 9th
Labeled illustration of a plant and an animal cell and their parts.
Interactive
Other

Footprints Science: Plant and Animal Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
This site illustrates different parts of a plant and animal cell. The student may then drag and drop labels to the correct cell part.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Plant and Animal Cells

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
[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...
Graphic
University of Kansas Medical Center

University of Kansas Medical Center: Cell Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover microscopic images of various eukaryotic cells, both plant and animal.
eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: The Nature of Science and Biology

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the scientific reasoning and critical thinking to take an in-depth look at the basics of biology.
Activity
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Travel Brochure for a Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
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...

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