Science Lesson Plans
September 4-7
Standards:
SPI 0507.1.1 Identify the major parts of plant and animal cells such as, the nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall,
and cytoplasm.
SPI 0507.1.2 Compare and contrast basic structures and functions of plant and animal cells.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Cells—Cells importance.
1) Review—Why are cells important? What are the parts of cells?
2) Read and do workbook pages 2-7 in pairs or groups.
3) Venn Diagram—Similarities and differences of a plant and animal cell.
Wednesday: Cells—Function of each cell part.
1) Go over Job in the Factory Sheet with students. Fill in blanks together.
2) Go over: Organelle Analogies for plant and animal cells project
Example—http://www.slideshare.net/EmilyLoper/cell-organelle-analogies
3) Handout: Animal/Plant Cell Diagram (you may want them to write their ideas down on
a notebook paper before giving the diagram.)
Thursday: Cells—Function of each cell part.
1) Finish project
2) Study Sheet—have them fill out for tomorrow's test.
Friday: Cells—Distinguish between the basic structure and functions of plant and animal cells
1) Cells test.
EXTRAS
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/cell/cell.html
The Task
You are in charge of coming up with a cell/organelle analogy. There is a new facility
being built near our school. The owner of the facility has hired you to create positions
or parts for the facility.
Some possible facilities are:
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new
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amusement park
airport
mall
hospital
factory
school
arcade
You will compare the parts of the facility with the various parts of the cell. This is
called an analogy. An analogy is stating that one thing is like another.
 For example:
 A cell is like a town. (In this example the town is the "facility")
Like a cell, most facilities have various parts.
 For example:
 Some of the parts of the town that might be used are the mayor, the post
office, the bank, the school, the church, the park, the river, the roads, the
homes, etc.
The various parts of the cell, called organelles, will be compared with parts of the
facility that you choose.
 For example:
 The mayor of the town is like the nucleus of a cell. They both function in
control and maintenance.
Your diagram will have a labeled cell part and facility part. The diagram will explain the
function of each of the parts, or components, of that facility, and explain how those
parts are like the various parts of the cell.
Required parts
Animal Cell
_____cell
_____cell membrane
_____nucleus
_____cytoplasm
Plant Cell
_____cell
_____cell membrane
_____nucleus
_____cytoplasm
_____cell wall
_____chloroplast