Purpose: Students will visit interactive sites to learn more about cell structure and function.

Objective: Students will recognize the structure and function of cell organelles.
-Structure and Function

Objective: Students will recognize the similarity of cell function in all living things. 
-Cell Similarity

Objective: Students will compare bacteria cells to plant and animal cells. 
-Bacteria

Objective: Students will describe the three methods by which materials move into and out of cells.
-Osmosis 
-Active and Passive Transport

Activity: Students will draw, label and color a plant, animal and bacterial cell for a science portfolio.

Activity: Visit a HOTLIST.
-Hotlist

Activity: Students will make a 3D model of a cell, will identify the structures of their cell model. Students will present their model and information to the class.
-Models

Assessment: Students will be assessed using a rubric that checks for their knowledge of the cell, its structure and function.
-Rubric

KEY POINTS ABOUT CELLS

• All living organisms are composed of cells, from just one to many trillions, whose details usually are visible only through a microscope.

• All living things are composed of cells. Each of the various structures in a cell has a different function. 

• The nucleus is a repository for genetic information in plant and animal cells.   

• Bacteria are the most abundant life forms on Earth, and have existed almost as long as the planet itself. 

• Bacteria are single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and some other organelles.