Life Science Grade 6
Focus: Cells
Excellent Sites
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Active Art
Cells Alive
Inside a Cell
Intervention Lesson
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Explain that many of the basic functions of
organisms are carried out by or within cells that
are similar in all organisms.
Identify how plant cells differ from animal cells.
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Make a Model Cell
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Eucaryotic Cell Interactive Animation
Inside the Cell Student Sheet
Venn foldable: Animal and Plant Cell
Foldable: ¾ Book—Animal Cell and Plant Cell
Plant Cell
Animal Cell
How are They Alike?
How are They Different?
Slides of Animal Cells
Slides of Plant Cells
Plant & Animal Cell Coloring
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Use same colors in both drawings to
highlight the differences
Intervention Lesson
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Explain that multicellular organisms
have a variety of specialized cells,
tissues, organs and organ systems that
perform specialized functions.
Moving On Up
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Role-play formation of tissues and organs
Foldable: 3-tab flip book
Cells to Organ Systems
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United Streaming
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The Lives of Cells
Organization in Living Things
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Animals: Great Website from
NetTrekker
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Skoool Interactive Training: Cells, Tissues,
and Organs
Plants
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Plant Cells and Tissues, Part 1: Plant,
Three Tissue Systems, Ground Tissue
Organs of a Plant
Organs of a Dog
Quia Games On Cell Structure And
Function
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Matching: http://www.quia.com/cm/64649.html
Millionaire game: http://www.quia.com/rr/86966.html
Matching, memory, flashcards:
http://www.quia.com/jg/549390.html
Analogies: http://www.quia.com/cm/66904.html
Fill-in-the-blank:
http://www.quia.com/pop/83348.html
Battleship: http://www.quia.com/ba/94095.html
Concept Maps in Science
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What is a concept map?
A concept map is a graphic illustration
of the relationship between information.
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In a concept map, two or more concepts
are linked by words that describe their
relationship.
Concept maps help the learner organize
and enhance their knowledge.
How Do We Construct
A Concept Map?
Select key words
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Rank concepts from the most abstract (big ideas) to
the most concrete and specific (supporting ideas).
Group. Group concepts that function together
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Cells, tissues, organs, organ systems
Cells group together to form tissues, tissues group together to
form organs
Arrange words and concepts into a diagrammatic
representation (boxes, circles, bubbles, etc.) according
to their groupings.
Link concepts with linking lines and label each line
with a preposition.
Why Should We Use Concept
Maps In Science?
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To
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actively show what we know
make connections between concepts
help to identify misconceptions
help identify missing knowledge