Cell Parts Web Quest
Introduction: Cells are amazing structures. They can function alone as individual
organisms (e.g. a bacterium), or they can work together to form tissues or organs which
perform amazing functions (e.g. muscles, skin, heart, liver). Understanding the basic
structure and function of cells and their parts is essential to understanding how organisms
live and work.
Task: You will be working through a web quest to gather information about cells and cell
parts. You will be organizing this information onto study cards that you can then use to
help you in your learning.
Procedure: Use the websites I have reviewed to help you collect the information you need
to fill out your study cards.
• Wednesday
• Using Word, begin to gather information/pictures about the cell parts listed on the
back of this sheet
• Thursday
• go to the Quizlet website: quizlet.com
• sign up for Quizlet
• use your NWS email account
• choose a user name and a password that is easy for you to remember
• Click on Create a Study Set
• this will allow you to begin making your flashcards
• use the information you gathered from Wednesdays class for your flashcards
Resources: The following is a list of website I have carefully selected for you to use as you
work through your web quest. Please refrain from using other non-vetted websites.
For cell information:
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Cells Alive: http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
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Cells - Sheppards
Software: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/cell_tutorial.htm
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Animal Cell
Structure: http://www.wiley.com/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/cell_structu
re/cell_structure.htm
Virtual Cell: http://www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm
Animal Cell Interactive: http://www.wisconline.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP11403
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Cells and Organelles: http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/cells.htm
Cell Parts:
• mitochondrion
• cell membrane
• cell wall
• nucleus
• vacuole
• chloroplast
• lysosome
• ribosome
• golgi apparatus/body
• ER - smooth and rough
• cytoplasm
• chromosomes
• cytoskeleton
Flashcard Format:
• Front side
• cell part name
• Back side
• definition - IN YOUR OWN WORDS
• picture
• found in animal cell, plant cell, or both