Cells Alive
Cells Alive!: Enhancing the Microscope Image
See how an enhancement of a microscopic image can change and improve its appearance.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Elodea Explorations
In this lesson, students will investigate plant cells and microscope measurement together by using Elodea plants.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Comparing the Simple Structure of Plant and Animal Cells
Students 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 identifying...
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Cell Structure
Discover microscopic images of various eukaryotic cells, both plant and animal.
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....
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Motility
This interesting site explains how cells move and provides videos depicting the movement of various human and animal cells.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Blood Cells
This colorful site provides a gallery of blood cell photos. You can observe human white blood cells, human red blood cells, sheep red blood cells, and zebrafish red blood cells. As an added bonus, you can enlarge the red blood cell...
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: Microscope Imaging Station: Cell Development
This interesting site provides videos and photos of cells going through the process of cell division. Observe Zebrafish development and Sea urchin embryo cell division in video format.
My Science Site
My Science Site: Cell Center Activities [Pdf]
Site provides six possible center activities for teachers to use to engage students in the study of cells.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Modeling Limits to Cell Size
Why can't cells continue to grow larger and larger to become giant cells, like a blob? Why are most cells microscopic in size? Find out answers to these questions through this "hands-on" activity that simulates the changing relationship...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: The Parts of the Microscope
[Free Registration/Login Required] Following the lesson, students will be able to identify the different parts of a microscope.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Blood Cell Basics
In this lesson students learn about the circulatory system and how it relates to engineering. Then in a hands-on activity they create a model of blood. Students also act out cholesterol in a blocked artery and look at blood cell in a...
Other
National Institute for Basic Biology: The Plant Organelles World
This web resource provides basic information about structure and function of plant organelles through a large interactive cell drawing, as well as many opportunities to explore further. Links lead the learner to several short movies of...
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Gross and Microscopic Anatomy of the Stomach
Describes the human stomach in terms of its structural components.
Other
Wadsworth Center: Basophil
About as good as it gets for information on the basophil. Includes mention of the function, size, and number. Includes a micrograph of the cell.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Eye & Ear
Understand the structure and function of the eye and ear cells by examining these microscopic tissue samples.
Microscopy UK
Microscopy Uk: An Introduction to Microscopy
An introduction to the world of the microscope. Includes information about the instrument and the subjects you can study through the microscope.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Epithelia
Investigate microscopic specimens of various epithelial tissue and cells.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Glands
Examine the microscopic specimens of various types of glands.
University of Kansas Medical Center
University of Kansas Medical Center: Gastrointestinal System
Investigate the human gastrointestinal system with this extensive collection of microscopic specimens.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
This site from the Wikipedia encyclopedia provides a concise explanation of van Leeuwenhoek's (1632-1723 CE) contribution to the improvement of the microscope and his contributions to cell biology.
Read Works
Read Works: Famous Scientists Robert Hooke
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains a short biography of Robert Hooke, his development of a microscope, and his discovery of cells. he developed. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...
Other
Miami University: Cellular Nature of Life?
Basic information about cells in an outline form. Gives good information in an abbreviated format.
PBS
Pbs: Cancer Caught on Video
This interesting site presents microscopic videos of cancer growth and the formation of new blood vessels by the cancer cells so they can survive.