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Focus on the structure and function of cells into tissues and organ systems. Students will recognize the major organs of the body and know their function, use appropriate vocabulary and describe explorations and observations, and identify the structural differences between plant and animal cells.

Overall Expectations

• Students will become familiar with the differences between unicellular and multicellular plant and animal cells.

• Students will have the opportunity to experience experimental design, procedure and analysis.

• Students will have the opportunity to explore the various structures involved in cellular life and the effects of outside influences upon these structures.

• Students will have the opportunity to reflect upon the importance of scientific inquiry to human health.

Teaching Instructions Includes:

• At A Glance – Skills List

• Teacher Assessment Rubric

• Student Self-Assessment Rubric

• Overall Expectations

• Introducing Unit to Students

• Vocabulary

• Planning Ahead

• Bulletin Boards, History of the Cell

• Evaluation Techniques

• Overheads #1-10

Answer Key

Lab Rules

Lesson Topics:

Lesson One: Prokaryotic Cells - Most Unicellular Organisms

Lesson Two: Multicellular Organisms

Lesson Three: A Day in the Life of a Uni

Lesson Four: Cello Jello

Lesson Five: Scrambled Cells

Lesson Six: What are Tissues, Organs and Systems?

Lesson Seven: Be Selectively Permeable

Lesson Eight: What's Special about Plants?

Lesson Nine: That's Life

Lesson Ten: Eat, Drink and Be Airy

Lesson Eleven: Adept at Adapting

Lesson Twelve: Osmosis and Diffusion

Lesson Thirteen: The Microscope

Lesson Fourteen: Pass the Salt Please

Lesson Fifteen: A Fair Test?

Lesson Sixteen: A Mini-Uni Fair

Lesson Seventeen: Neuron Relay

Lesson Eighteen: Interesting Interdependence

Lesson Nineteen: Dareto Compare

Lesson Twenty: Let's See How Much 'C'

Lesson Twenty-One: An Altered State of Cell

Lesson Twenty-Two: Blood Pressure

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