Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's in a Cell?
This lesson focuses on the function of organelles through technology integration. The students will identify the various organelles by using an electronic game. Then, they will construct a Prezi (online presentation) and present their...
Science4Fun
Science4 Fun: Cell
Gather information about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and also the main parts and organelles of a cell.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cellular Organelles and Structure
The resource from Khan Academy and the Association of American Medical Colleges provides study content for the MCAT. This resource discusses cellular organelles and cellular structure.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Biology: Cells
A complete, interactive course where students analyze the nature of the relationships between structures and functions in living cells.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Building a Cell: Edible Cell Project
Students will create an Eukaryotic cell from materials that they can eat. Students will need to have a instructional activity on the types of Eukaryotic cells and its organelles before they complete this assignment. Students will...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cell Introduction
This lesson will introduce the cell's structure and function.
Palomar Community College District
Wayne's Word: Comparison of Plant and Animal Cells
Students can learn about the location and the function of the major organelles in plant and animal cells. Resource includes descriptions of the functions of cell parts as well as a diagram of the two cell types.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Cells! Cells! Cells!
Students will learn about both POP Art and science in this pattern project. Working in conjunction with a science teacher in your school, students will view cells through a microscope and use visual diaries to create pattern templates....
University of Arizona
Prokaryotes, Eukaryotes, & Viruses
This tutorial compares prokaryotic and eukaryotic cellular organization and contrasts cells with viruses. Includes a practice quiz to test your knowledge.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cells: The Structural and Functional Units of Life: Lesson 1
This lesson will illustrate the structure and function of the cell. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Cells: The Structural and Functional Units of Life."
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum and Cell Metabolism
The characteristics of the rough endoplasmic reticulum are described and its role in protein synthesis, including creating proteins, folding them, transporting them, and checking them for quality.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: It Takes Teamwork: How Endosymbiosis Changed Life on Earth
A tutorial on symbiotic relationships that explores the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells as well as the origins of eukaryotic organelles possibly being from endosymbiotic relationship. This tutorial also offers...
Cells Alive
Cells Alive: Plant and Animal Cell
Investigate plant and animal cells by clicking on the different organelles to learn how their structure affects the function of the cell.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Plant Cell Structures
[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...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Endoplasmic Reticulum Analogy
The endoplasmic reticulum is compared to a manufacturing plant with an assembly line to help students understand the functions of this important cell organelle.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: The Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum and Its Functions
The endoplasmic reticulum is found in eukaryotic cells. The characteristics and functions of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum are described and it is then compared with the rough endoplasmic reticulum.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: A Brief Comparison of Plant Cell vs. Animal Cell
Presents labeled illustrations of a plant cell and an animal cell which demonstrate the parts that are common and different. This is followed by a discussion of their similarities and then of their differences.
Cells Alive
Cells Alive!: Plant Cell or Animal Cell
Take a peek inside a plant or animal cell, and examine the structure and function of each organelle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Protist Evolution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how protists evolved from prokaryotic cells.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Chloroplast
Wikipedia provides excellent information on chloroplasts, organelles found in plant cells and eukaryotic algae which conduct photosynthesis.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Vesicles and Vacuoles
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the structure and role of the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, vesicle, vacuole, and centriole. This tutorial also helps students distinguish...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Protist Characteristics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Protists are eukaryotes, which means their cells have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles. Most protists are single-celled. Other than these features, they...
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: Facts and Functions of the Golgi Apparatus
The structure and functions of the Golgi apparatus are described. Includes a list of interesting facts.