Cells

=**__CELLS__**=

__enduring/essential (critical)__ All living things are made of cells. Cells have 3 main parts: the outer wall or membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus. Everything that takes place in living things happens because of cells. Essential substances enter and leave the cell through the cell membrane. Learn the parts of and how to use a microscope.

__Important to know or do:__ Cells have lots of parts (organelles) which all have a job to do. Animal cells are different from plant cells in some ways. Know what osmosis and diffusion are and give examples of each. Cells reproduce by mitosis.

__Worth being familiar with:__ List the organelles of the cell and be able to tell their function. Know the parts of the cell cycle. What are the 3 parts of the cell theory?

[|Cell quiz]

[|Cells Alive!]

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[|Cell Structure]

[|Dialysis tubing video]

[|Cell game]

[|Cell Size]

[|Video clips on the cell and mitochondria]

[|Mitochondia video]

[|Amazing Cells]

[|Video: "The Inner Life of a Cell"]

[|Video: "Intro to Cells"]

[|VT:"Cell Division and the Cell Cycle"]

[|Video: "Intro to Meiosis"]

[|Video: "Intro to Cell Division and Cell Cycle"]

__Cell Energy__
__[|How Cells Obtain Energy]__

[|Cell Respiration]

[|More Cell Respiration]