7+Cells+&+Microscopes

**7th Grade: Cells & Microscopes **


Key Idea 1: Living things are both similar and different from each other and from nonliving things** ||~  ||
 * = **Month** || **October** ||~  ||
 * = **Duration** || **2 Weeks** ||~  ||
 * = **Content** || **Microscopes and Cells: Living vs. Nonliving Things, Introduction to Microscopes, Cell Structure and Function, Unicellular vs. Multicellular Organisms and Plant vs. Animal Cells** ||~  ||
 * = **Key Ideas** || **Standard 4: The Living Environment
 * = **Standards** || * //**Performance Indicator 1.1: Compare and contrast the parts of plants, animals and one-celled organisms**//
 * **1.1a: Living things are composed of cells. Cells provide structure and carry on major functions to sustain life. Cells are usually microscopic in size.**
 * **1.1b: The way in which cells function is similar in all living things. Cells grow and divide, producing more cells. Cells take in nutrients, which they use to proivde energy for the work that cells do and to make the materials that a cell or an organism needs.**
 * **1.1c: Most cells have cell membranes, genetic material, and cytoplasm. Some cells have a cell wall and/or chloroplasts. Many cells have a nucleus.**
 * **1.1d: Some organisms are single cells; others, including humans, are multicellular.**
 * **1.1e: Cells are orngaized for more effective functioning in multicellular organisms. Levels of organization for structure and fucntion of a multicellular organism include cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.** ||  ||
 * = **Relevant Vocabulary** || **Eyepiece, base, arm, diaphragm, objective lenses, coarse adjustment, fine adjustment, body tube, living, non-living, homeostasis, metabolism, respiration, photosynthesis, unicellular, multicellular, animal cell, plant cell, chloroplast, cell wall, nucleus, cell membrane, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, chromosomes, lysosomes, vacuoles** ||  ||
 * ** RESOURCES ** ||  ||
 * ** Video Clips ** || * Animal & Plant Cells: ||  ||
 * ** Virtual Interactives & Tutorials ** || * [|The Virtual Cells]
 * [|Interactive Cell Parts]
 * [|Cells Alive]
 * [|Cell Structure Interactive Animation]
 * [|Cell to DNA Interactive]
 * [|Virtual Microscope]
 * [|Microscope Image Gallery]
 * [|Virtual Scanning Electron Microscope]
 * [|Virtual Cell] ||  ||
 * ** PowerPoints ** || * Living Things:
 * Animal Cells:
 * Plant Cells:
 * Microscopes: ||  ||
 * ** Websites ** || * [|Cell Biology Animations]
 * [|Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes]
 * [|Cells for Kids] ||  ||
 * ** Labs & Projects ** || * Glue Monster:
 * [|Biology Labs Online] ||  ||
 * ** Additional Resources ** || * Microscope Pictures:
 * [|Cell Printouts] ||  ||