Study of Cells - Cytology

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Study of Cells - Cytology

• Types of Cells
• Animal Cells
• Plant Cells

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Cells Alive Lesson Plan

• Go to the following web site
• http//www.cellsalive.com/index.htm
• Click on the icon for cell biology.
• Click on How big is a .?

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How big is a Cell?

• Read through how big is a cell.
• Follow the directions for observing the different
  magnifications and sizes of different types of
  cells.
• Answer the following questions about the size of
  cells
• How big is a human hair cell?
• Which is bigger a red blood cell or the Ebola
  virus?

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Cell Models

• Click of Cell Models
• Read the information on different types of cells.
• Click on Plant Cells, Animal Cells, and Bacterial
  Cells and observe the differences.

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Differences in Cell Types

• Answer the following questions about different
  types of cells.
• Explain the differences between eukaryotic and
  prokaryotic cells.
• Give examples of eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic
  cells.
• Which type of cells would have cell organelles
  with membranes surrounding them?

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Animal Cell Organelles

• Click on Animal Cell
• Observe the animal cell and the cell organelles
  of an animal cell.
• Answer the following questions
• What is the function of each of the following
  animal cell organelles
• nucleus, Golgi Apparatus, endoplasmic
  reticulum, vacuole, mitochondria, lysosomes,
  nucleolus, centrosome and centrioles,
  cytoskeleton, cell membrane,

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Plant Cell Organelles

• Click on the plant cell
• Observe the plant cell and the plant cell
  organelles.
• Answer the following questions about the plant
  cell organelles.
• Which organelles are present in a plant cell that
  are not present in a animal cell?
• Why do you think they are not present in an
  animal cell?

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Plant Cell Organelles

• Answer the following questions about plant cells.
• Explain the function of each of the following
  plant cell organelles
• Cell wall, nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum,
  vacuole, lysosome, chloroplasts, mitochondria,
  cell membrane, and cytoskeleton.

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Bacterial Cell

• Observe the bacterial cell
• List 5 differences for the bacterial cell from
  the plant and animal cells
• Explain why you believe these differences exist.