Unit: Cell Biology
State Standards Covered:
1. All living organisms are composed of cells, from just one to many trillions,
whose details usually are visible only through a microscope. As a basis
for understanding this concept:
a. Students know cells function similarly in all living organisms.
b. Students know the characteristics that distinguish plant cells from animal cells,
including chloroplasts and cell walls.
c. Students know the nucleus is the repository for genetic information in plant and animal cells.
d. Students know that mitochondria liberate energy for the work that cells do and that chloroplasts capture sunlight energy for photosynthesis.
e. Students know cells divide to increase their numbers through a process of mitosis, which results in two daughter cells with identical sets of chromosomes.
f. Students know that as multicellular organisms develop, their cells differentiate.
Learning Targets & Progress
Learning Targets / Activities/Resources1. Identify the organelles of an animal cell and a plant cell. / Cell Part Practice, Cheek and Elodea Pics
2. Describe the function of every plant and animal cell organelle. / Cell Concept Map
3. Explain why different types of cells (bone, muscle, etc.) look different. / Cell Lab Activity
4. Explain what an organelle is. / discovering cells packet
5. Explain what a cell is. / discovering cells packet
6. Compare and contrast a plant cell to an animal cell. / Cell Concept Map
7. Explain what photosynthesis is and why it is important. / photosynthesis practice
8. Identify where in a plant photosynthesis takes place. / photosynthesis practice
9. Identify what organelle photosynthesis takes place in. / photosynthesis practice
10. Name the pigment used in photosynthesis.
chlorophyll / photosynthesis practice, Photosynthesis Investigation
11. Describe the process of photosynthesis. / photosynthesis practice
12. Name the raw materials and the products in photosynthesis. / photosynthesis practice, Photosynthesis Investigation, More Photosynthesis Investigations
13. Explain what cellular respiration is. / respiration notes (power point)
14. Explain what organelle cellular respiration takes place in. / respiration notes (power point)
15. Name the raw materials and products of respiration. / yeast demo, photosynthesis and respiration (power point file)
16. Name the function of the nucleus. / DNA Extraction
17. Name the organelle that contains the genetic information for the cell. / DNA Extraction
18. Explain what the abbreviation DNA stands for.
deoxyribonucleic acid / DNA Extraction
19. Name the process in which the cell reproduces.
mitosis / Cell Cycle (handout and information
20. Identify the 5 parts of the cell cycle. / Cell Cycle Lab, cell cycle practice, Cell Cycle (handout and information
21. Explain what mitosis is. / Cell Cycle Lab, Cell Cycle (handout and information
22. Identify the 4 stages of mitosis. / Cell Cycle Lab, cell cycle practice, Cell Cycle (handout and information
23. Explain what happens in each stage of mitosis. / Cell Cycle Lab, cell cycle practice, Cell Cycle (handout and information
24. Explain why it is important for the body to make more cells. / lecture, Cell Cycle Lab
25. Explain what a chromosome is. / cell cycle demo
26. Identify the parts of a chromosome. / cell cycle demo
27. Describe what centrioles and spindle fibers do. / cell cycle handout
28. Describe how long mitosis lasts compared to the rest of the cell cycle. / cell cycle lab
29. Define the term selectively permeable. / cell membrane model