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Development Balances Cell Growth and Death

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Cells demonstrate a life cycle like other living things, but what if death was no longer part of the cycle? Learn about the important balance requiring death to continue functioning. An online interactive introduces a group of scientists...
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Cell-to-Cell

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders use online tutorials, class discussion, presentations and scientific articles to explore types of cells along with cell structure, function and behavior. They explore ethical questions related to cells and disease.
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Home as a Cell

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students correlate a series of items with the organelles of a cell. They compare the school to a cell, and create a drawing that compares the cell structure with their home.
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Cells All Around

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students measure the size of an epithelial cell and to estimate the number of epithelial cells in a given area of the body. After watching a video on cells, student groups perform an experiment using a microscope to view some of their...
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What's Outside the Cell Membrane ?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the cell coats (matrix) of chondrocytes and fibroblasts and observe these cells actively exclude particles which are released around them. They observe the function of the cell membrane as a gatekeeper as it prevents...
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Jello Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create a three dimensional model of a cell. In this cellular structure lesson, students use gelatin, plastic bags, plastic containers, and fruit to construct a model of a cell. They compare the cells structures and stack them to...
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"Cells" Reading Comprehension-- Informational Passages

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading for information instructional activity, students read a detailed one page text about cells of the human body. Students answer 5 comprehension and 5 vocabulary questions.
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2009

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Emerging ecologists need a full understanding of life, from the inner workings of a cell to the complex relationships among organisms. This examination is meant to assess high schoolers after an entire year course on the living...
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Regents High School Examination: Living Environment 2007

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Environmental science enthusiasts show what they know at the end of the year by taking this full-fledged final exam. They answer multiple choice, graph interpretation, and essay analysys questions, 73 of them in all. Topics range from...
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Plant Cells and Tissues

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this plants worksheet, students review 17 vocabulary words associated with the different types of plant cells and tissues. This worksheet has 17 matching questions.
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Cells: Nature's Building Blocks

For Teachers 7th - 9th
What you will find on this page is the general outline of a unit on the use of a microscope and the structure of the cell. There is no actual educational content here, so you will need to design the details of each of the four student...
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Cells & Tissues Word Search Puzzle

For Students 9th - 10th
In this cells and tissue worksheet, students recall forty-seven terms associated with the human body's circulatory system and organs. Students find these terms in a word search puzzle.
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The Human Body - Five Types of Human Cells

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a chart/graphic organizer based on the reading passage and locate specific information within the reading passage to complete the Human Body Cells Chart. They then utilize the Human Body Cells Chart to complete the...
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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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Connective Tissue Matrix

For Students 9th - 12th
In this connective tissue activity, students are given a diagram of connective tissue and they color the major components of the tissue a particular color. They match each structure in the diagram to its function.
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Cells

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle on cells. There are 22 clues to solve in the puzzle on cells.
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Stem Cell Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Like a fresh canvas, stem cells can turn into almost anything. In a comprehensive lesson plan, high school biologists use clay to build a 3-D model of cell division and the processes that occur during the first 14 days of development....
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Elements of Biology: The Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study tissue engineering and its risks and benefits.  In this biology lesson students take a stand on a side then research and support their position. 
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Tissue Types

For Students 9th - 12th
In this tissue worksheet, students are given a matrix with the major tissues, the specific types of tissue and the location of each tissue in the body. Students complete the missing components of the chart with either the major tissue,...
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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
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Cells Vocabulary Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
In this cells vocabulary worksheet, students draw lines to match 12 words pertaining to cells to their meanings. Prior knowledge is assumed.
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Nerve Cell Informercials

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the structure and function of the nervous system. They prepare a model or representation of neural transmission. Students create an infomercial about nerve cells.
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Observing Specialized Cells

For Students 7th - 10th
In this plant and animal cell worksheet, students draw five examples of plant or animal cells that are specialized to perform a particular functions. They also complete 6 short answer questions based on their observations.
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Cell Transformation in Tobacco Leaf Disks

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review the basic principles of plant cell structure, tissue culture, sterile technique, and cell transformation. Next students complete a plant transformation experiment using whole plant material in order to view evidence of...

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