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Cell Structure Lesson Plan

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  1. 1.Explain the role of the endoplasmic reticulum.

  2. 2.What organelle is responsible for packaging and shipping proteins?

    AGolgi apparatus
    BLysosome
    CVacuole
    DChloroplast
  3. 3.Compare and contrast plant and animal cells.

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Lily has a pizza that is cut into 8 equal slices. She eats 3 slices. What fraction of the pizza does she have left?

  1. Step 1: Determine how many slices are left. Total slices - slices eaten = 8 - 3 = 5 slices left.
  2. Step 2: Write this as a fraction of the whole pizza. The fraction left is 58\frac{5}{8}.
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Sam has a chocolate bar divided into 4 equal parts. If he eats 1 part, what fraction of the chocolate bar is left?

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If Maria has 10 apples and gives away 2 to her friend, what fraction of the apples does she have left?

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What is 12+14\frac{1}{2} + \frac{1}{4}?

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Carter baked a pie and cut it into 6 slices. If he ate 2 slices, what fraction of the pie is left?

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Emma has 3/4 of a yard of ribbon. She uses 1/4 yard for a project. What fraction of the ribbon does she have left?

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A recipe requires 23\frac{2}{3} cup of sugar. If you only add 13\frac{1}{3} cup, what fraction of the sugar is still needed?

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A tank is 56\frac{5}{6} full of water. If 12\frac{1}{2} of it is used for watering plants, how much of the tank is left full? (Hint: subtract fractions)

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A farmer harvested 35\frac{3}{5} of his crops. If he sold 15\frac{1}{5} of what he harvested, what fraction of the crops does he still have?

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If a car's gas tank can hold 1 full tank and it's currently filled to 710\frac{7}{10}, how much more gas is needed to fill the tank? (Explore how to subtract fractions)

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    MS-LS1-1Grades 6–8

    Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.

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    MS-LS1-2Grades 6–8

    Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function.

Common mistakes

Misconceptions students bring to cell structure

Specific errors to watch for when reviewing student work — pulled from classroom research and teacher reports.

  1. Thinking all cells have the same organelles.

    What to teach instead: Plant cells have chloroplasts and a cell wall; animal cells don't. Bacteria have neither a nucleus nor membrane-bound organelles.

  2. Picturing cells as flat rather than three-dimensional.

    What to teach instead: Cells are 3D structures; microscope slides flatten them visually but they have depth.

  3. Equating a cell with the smallest unit of life regardless of size.

    What to teach instead: Cells vary enormously in size; what makes them the unit of life is having all needed processes (metabolism, reproduction) in one self-contained unit.

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Cell Structure terms students should know

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Cell
The smallest unit of life capable of carrying out life processes.
Nucleus
The cell part that holds DNA and controls what the cell does.
Cell membrane
The thin layer that surrounds the cell and controls what enters or leaves.
Mitochondria
The organelle that makes most of the cell's energy.
Cytoplasm
The jelly-like fluid inside the cell that holds the organelles.
Cell wall
A rigid outer layer found in plant and bacterial cells (not animal cells).
Organelle
A specialized structure inside a cell that performs a specific job.
Ribosome
The cell part that builds proteins.

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