Plant and Animal Cells
(an Introduction)
Distance Education Mini-Lesson
TEC 571 Module 5
Grand Canyon University
Latasha Smith
About this Lesson and its
Requirements
This lesson is composed of a variety of
resources to help students understand plant
and animal cells parts and their functions. Due
dates for discussion questions and
assignments will be based upon when this
lesson is assigned. The teacher will notify
students about assignments due dates.
Georgia Performance Standards
S5L3. Students will diagram and label parts of various cells (plant,
animal, single-celled, multi-celled).
b. Identify parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus,
chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus)
and determine the function of the parts.
Objectives
The Student will identify the basic parts of plant and animal cells and
describe their functions with 70 percent accuracy. Students will also be
able to relate the functions of cells to those of real-life institutions or
organizations. Students will accurately compare/contrast plant and
animal cells.
Vocabulary
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Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Chloroplasts
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Vacuole
Organelles
Mitochondrion
Golgi Bodies
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Corresponding Textbook and Pages
Houghton Mifflin: Georgia Science/Life Science Unit C Section 1 pages 322-325
Overview
What are cells? Why are cells important?
To find out the answer to these questions and to gain a general
overview of cells, click on the video links below. After viewing the
videos, answer the questions in your journal. Also, post your answers in
the class discussion forum. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ answers. Note: You may use pages 324-325 of the
textbook to help with this.
BrainPop! Cells and Cell Structures
***Be sure to use our school’s login and password.
The Plant Cell
What are the parts of a
plant cell? The links
below will help you find
out about the parts of a
plant cell and their
functions.
Printable Page for Coloring and/or labeling
Classzone Interactive Model
Harcourt School Interactive Model with Spoken Explanations
The Animal Cell
What are the parts of
an animal cell? The
links below will help
you find out about the
parts of an animal cell
and their functions.
Printable Page for Coloring and Notes
Classzone Interactive Model
Harcourt School Interactive Model with Spoken Explanations
Try these Activities
The following self checking activities will
serve as a review and allow you to determine
how well you know the cell parts and their
functions. These activities will also help
prepare you for the quiz and assignments #1
and #2 in the upcoming slides.
Glencoe Virtual Lab
The Mixed-Up Cells
Quiz Yourself
The following links will take you to practice quizzes. Your
final quiz will be timed, and the quiz numbers will be
provided by the end of the unit.
http://www.lahc.cc.ca.us/biology/bio3/mchernoff/quiz.html
http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?2z2l6pnxh42
http://www.thatquiz.org/tq/practicetest?2w2l6pmwlof
Assignment #1
• Create a Venn diagram comparing plant and animal cells.
Use only your vocabulary words from this presentation. You
may use Microsoft Word or other software and/or the Venn
Diagram Maker at http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/venn_diagrams/. Submit
or email your diagram to your teacher. Note: If you use the
Venn Diagram Maker, you can copy your finished version
and paste it into a word processing program such as
Microsoft Word. Another option is to draw your Venn
diagram by hand and scan it into your computer, and then
email it as a .jpg file to your teacher.
Assignment #2
• Now that you have become familiar with the basic cell parts, write
analogies explaining how at least eight of the parts of a cell
relates to a school. Draw a picture for each organelle discussed in
your analogy. (You may use Microsoft Paint or other drawing
software and then copy and paste it into your document. If you
wish you may write your analogies and draw the organelles and
then scan your final work and submit it. Once you have written
your analogy, share some of your ideas in the class discussion
forum. Respond to at least two of your classmates analogies. If
you need further assistance and want to learn more about the
functions of the cell parts visit
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm.
References
Plant Cell
http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/children/oise/pictures/nature/plantcell/
Animal Cell
http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/children/oise/pictures/nature/animalcell/
Grayscale Plant and Animal Cells
Math and Science Graphic Collection Clip Arr CD/Mark Twain Media
Student with Microscope
http://biology.phillipmartin.info/biology_cells.html
Videos
http://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/cells/preview.weml
http://www.brainpop.com/science/cellularlifeandgenetics/cellstructures/preview.weml
Interactive Models
http://www.classzone.com/books/ml_science_share/vis_sim/chm05_pg7_cell/chm05_pg7_cell.html
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/science_up_close/510/deploy/interface.html
http://www.beaconlearningcenter.com/WebLessons/MixedUpCells/default.htm
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/science/virtual_labs/E08/E08.html