Unit: Cells & Tissues
.Unit Essential Question:
What are the various parts of the cell and what are their functions?
Where are the different types of tissues found in the body and what are
their functions?
Concept
Organelles
Concept
Cell Membrane
Concept
Cell Transport
Concept
Cell Division
Concept
Tissues
Lesson
Essential
Question
What are the
functions of the
organelles in a
cell?
Lesson
Essential
Question
What is the
structure of the
cell membrane?
Lesson
Essential
Question
How do materials
pass into and out
of the cell?
Lesson
Essential
Questions
What cell
activities result in
cancer?
What factors
increase the risk
of cancer?
Vocabulary
centriole,
chromatin thread,
Golgi apparatus,
microvilli,
mitochondrion,
nuclear
membrane,
nucleolus, rough
and smooth
endoplasmic
reticulum,
cytoskeleton,
ribosome,
lysosome,
cytoplasm,
nucleus
Vocabulary
plasma
membrane,
phospholipid
Vocabulary
Selective
permeability,
osmosis, diffusion
(simple and
facilitated), active
transport,
passive transport,
solute pumping,
exocytosis,
endocytosis,
phagocytosis,
pinocytosis,
hypertonic
solution,
hypotonic
solution, isotonic
solution
Vocabulary
mutation,
carcinogen
Lesson
Essential
Questions
What are the four
major tissue
types and their
chief
subcategories?
How do the four
major tissue
types differ
structurally and
functionally?
How are different
tissues identified
under the
microscope?
Vocabulary
epithelium,
histology,
columnar,
cuboidal,
pseudostratified,
simple,
squamous,
stratified,
transitional,
adipose,
cartilage,
collagen fibers,
elastic fibers