Cells

Click here to learn how Essential Oils crosses the plasma/cell membrane to enter your cells.

Click here to view the Plant Cell Analogy Directions and Sample.

Click here to read an article about Passive and Active Transport Across the Cell (Plasma) Membrane. Complete the worksheet as you read the article.

Click here to read the article about how essential oils are transported across the cell membrane.

Learn how scientists use a centrifuge to separate cell organelles. Click here to play the Incredible MegaCell game. Read the comics and use the HELP menu for directions to the game.

Click here to view the Animal Cell Anatomy website. On your blank paper, draw and label the animal cell. Remember rules for drawing. On the back of your paper, make a list of all cell parts and briefly describe their function (job) in the cell.

Click here to view Moving Chloroplasts in the Elodea Plant Video. 

Click here to review the Plant Cell Structure Video. In your notebook, make a list of the plant cell parts that are different from the eleven parts that we learned.

Click here to watch an Introduction to the Cell Membrane video and what Semipermeable means.

Click here to watch, Draw and Label the Plasma Membrane video. In your notebook, draw and label the plasma membrane as it is drawn in the video. After drawing the plasma membrane, define the following words in your notebook: 1. Phospholipid  2. Protein           3. Cholesterol   4. Glycoprotein  5. Hydrophilic   6. Hydrophobic

 

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What kind of organisms are these?

Click here to view the Plant Cell Anatomy website. Complete the worksheet with information from the site.

Click here to watch the Wacky History of the Cell Theory. Answer the following questions as you watch the video.