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National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

Cell Phone Use and Cancer

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
The cell phone you're using is making you deaf: news at 11:00. Oftentimes, the media uses fear tactics and other techniques to increase its audience base. In an intriguing look at the difference between scientific journals and...
Activity
PBL Pathways

Cell Phones

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Calling all subscribers! Model revenue based on individual cell phone subscribers. The project-based learning activity presents a challenge to scholars from a cell phone company. Individuals model data provided to them from the company...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Leaves, the Sun, and the Water Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 8th
As a way to combine life and physical science, or simply as an investigation of plant transpiration, this lesson is sure to inspire! Middle schoolers capture the moisture given off by plants that are placed in different conditions. They...
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Grapevine Colleyville Independent School District

Mitosis Claymation Lab Instructions and Rubric

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A single-paged set of instructions and grading system for a mitosis project are laid out for your life science learners. (Note that the page is repeated, making this a two-page document.) Pairs of beginning biologists use clay to model...
Assessment
Bowland

Mobile Phones

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Cheaper cell phone bills? Learners compare two different cell phone plans for a specified number of minutes of phone usage each day. They also determine the conditions for which one plan is cheaper than the other.
Worksheet
Curated OER

AP: Chapter 35: Plant Structure and Growth

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A straightforward worksheet has botanists list plant organs and functions, plant cell organelles and their functions, specialized plant tissues and their functions. Three high-quality diagrams are displayed for them to label as well....
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Teach Engineering

Cell Membrane Experimental Design

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Grandma said to gargle with salt water for a sore throat. Was she right? In the last part of the seven-part unit, lab groups design an experiment to test a cells reaction to salt solutions. The pupils conduct their experiment to answer...
Worksheet
Serendip

Genetics

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
A handout on genetic inheritance begins with a reading on alleles and how they can result in albinism. Junior geneticists learn to complete Punnett squares and participate in a coin toss simulation of allele pairing. They also learn...
Organizer
Curated OER

Cell Theory, Scientists, & Cell Types

For Students 6th - 10th
In this cells worksheet, students compare the characteristics of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. Students describe how different scientists contributed to the cell theory. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions and 1 graphic...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WHAT IS A CELL?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the function and structures of cells, including plant and animal cells. They explore cell parts including cell wall, ribosomes, chromosomes, nucleoid, plasmids, flagella, pilli, and plasma membrane, cel
Organizer
Curated OER

Comparing Plant and Animal Cells

For Students 7th - 10th
In this cell comparison activity, learners complete a table in which they compare the cell parts and organelles of plants and animals. They answer 4 short answer questions based on the information in the table.
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Curated OER

Mobile Phones

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Investigate how mobile phones impact their lives through this technology lesson that has students discuss the history of the cell phone and research how cell phones are being used in third world countries. Students create a blog for new...
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Curated OER

2D Concept Visualization: Cell Organelles Presentation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create simple 2D concept driven visualizations of cells and cell organelles and organize them into an effective presentation.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cell 4 Organelles Review

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners list and define all of the major organelles in a eukaryotic cell. They identify the correct placement of all the major organelles in a eukaryotic cell. They examine cell membrane and its function.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cells And Their Parts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate different types and their parts. They differentiate prokaryote and eukaryote cells and create a venn diagram displaying differences or similarities. Students write ten similes related to the cells and parts of them.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cells Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this cells vocabulary worksheet, learners draw lines to match 12 words pertaining to cells to their meanings. Prior knowledge is assumed.
Interactive
Curated OER

The Cell - Internet Activity

For Students 5th - 10th
In this cells instructional activity, students click on the links to learn about the plant and animal cells complete a comparison chart and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cell Review Test

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders engage in a lesson that is concerned with the basic structure and function of the cell. They systematically cover the different parts of the cell that includes active transport, organelles, mitosis, and meiosis. The...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stem Cell Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine embryonic cell research and the controversy that surrounds it.  In this stem cell lesson students use a debate model and present and defend their positions. 
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cells

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation activity, students follow the provided procedures to examine the number of cells in animals and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
Organizer
Curated OER

Comparing Plant and Animal Cells in a Venn Diagram

For Students 5th - 9th
In this science graphic organizer worksheet, students fill in a Venn Diagram by comparing plant and animal cells. They use the words from the word bank to fill in each portion of the graphic organizer. They use words such as...
Worksheet
Curated OER

How Does A Plant Cell Relate To Your School?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biology activity, students chart and compare the observations made about a cell and the school building of a classroom. The inferences about cells are based upon textbook information.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Cells

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this cells worksheet, students review and discuss eighteen key terms associated with cells and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts of a Plant Cell and Their Functions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this plant cell activity worksheet, students examine the diagram of a plant cell and label the 7 parts that are identified.

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