National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Cell Organelles
This classroom activity plan has students examine electron micrographs to learn more about cellular organelles.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cell Components
This StudyCards stack enables students to review the terms associated with the structures that comprise a living cell.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Celula 2 Bachillerato
The cell is the structural and functional unit of life. This unit covers the cell from the outside to the inside. It contains 18 interactive activities.
Other
Dr. Saul: Biology in Motion
This interactive site provides animations and activities in several areas of physiology. The images are simple, but clear. The accompanying text provides a good description of the process being shown.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Description of "Cell Membrane Surface Area Demos"
In this hands on site, you will find several simple, fun, cheap, and educational surface area demonstrations to use when studying cell membranes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Organization of the Human Body
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A variety of learning opportunuties about levels of organization in the human body. Includes videos, activities, discussion questions, and quizzes.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Organelles
This activity on cell organelles is designed to assess general knowledge of the various important structures in the cell and their functions.
Curated OER
Cell Biology: Online Onion Root Tips
Online mitosis activity offers the student the opportunity to identify, classify, calculate, and graph the phases of mitosis. Explanations of each phase, actual cells are displayed for classifing and gathering data in this comprehensive...
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: The Basics and Beyond
This website offers a clear definition of the science of Genetics, highlighting DNA and genes. There is a neat, easy-to-understand animated tour of the basics and an opportunity to go inside an animated cell. Student can build a DNA...
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Puntas De Raiz De Cebolla Online
In this activity you will be able to classify and count the cells from the tip of an onion root into the appropriate phases of the cell cycle. You can use your count to predict the time a dividing cell spends in each phase.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: La Formas De Organizacion De La Vida
In this unit you will learn about the origin of the cells and their differences. It includes 15 interactive activities.
National Institute of Educational Technologies and Teacher Training (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Los Seres Vivos Unicelulares Y Pluricelulares
For this unit you will be introduced to the complexity of living things. It also reviews the kingdom of nature, differentiating between their main features from those who are microscopic unit-cellular to the multi-cellular visible to the...
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Using Bubbles to Explore Cell Membranes
An inquiry type lab activity that simulates cell membrane structure and function. This activity can be used in any Life Science or Biology classroom.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Endocytosis and Exocytosis: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis, both processes which move larger molecules in and out of the cell, by way of vacuoles. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Endocytosis and Exocytosis."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Endocytosis and Exocytosis: Lesson 4
This lesson introduces the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis, both processes which move larger molecules in and out of the cell, by way of vacuoles. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Endocytosis and Exocytosis."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Endocytosis and Exocytosis: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces the processes of endocytosis and exocytosis, both processes which move larger molecules in and out of the cell, by way of vacuoles. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Endocytosis and Exocytosis."
University of Missouri
Microbes in Action: Classroom Activities: Growth of Fungi on Plates [Pdf]
A science experiment to observe the growth of a colony of yeast cells. Students should also be able to observe the hyphae and mycelia structures. Lesson plan gives a background, lab procedure, teacher instructions, points for discussion,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Endomembrane System
Article looks at the structure and function of the different parts of the endomembrane system, how proteins, lipids, and vesicles are transported between these parts, and how this activity keeps the cell running smoothly.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Glowing Flowers
Student teams learn about engineering design of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) and their use in medical research, including stem cell research. They simulate the use of GFPs by adding fluorescent dye to water and letting a flower or...
Estrella Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College: Flower Structure
Site covers all aspects of plant reproduction such as life cycles, angiosperms and flowers. Provides links to other sites to aide in research.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Highlighting the Neuron
In this lesson on the brain's neural networks, students investigate the structure and function of the neuron. They discover ways in which engineers apply this knowledge to the development of devices that can activate neurons. Includes...
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Nervous System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human nervous system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health
Seer Training Modules: Introduction to the Lymphatic System
Self-guided learning activity where students learn about the structure and function of the human lymphatic system. There is a short quiz at the end of the lesson to check for understanding.