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=Cellular Construction Unit Plan=



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**Unit Summary:**
Students will explore the components of a cell and the job of each organelle. After completing the unit students will have an in depth understanding of the parts of a cell and job of its organelles. The use of visual ranking tools will assist in a discussion of the importance of each organelle and their main function in supporting the cell.

**Curriculum-Framing Questions:**
How do animal and plant cells differ? || What are the building blocks of life? What are the components of a cell? How do animal and plant cells differ? ||
 * || ** Essential Question ** || How do living things survive? ||
 * || ** Unit Questions ** || How do life processes contribute to an organism’s survival?
 * || ** Unit Questions ** || How do life processes contribute to an organism’s survival?
 * || ** Content Questions ** || What are the seven life processes?

**Targeted Content Standards:**
2A – Living organisms carry out life processes in order to survive a. Characteristics of Living Organisms - Compare and contrast the following plant and animal cell structures: cell membrane, nucleus, cell wall, chloroplast, and cytoplasm **
 * GLE: 6th Grade Science ** – Strand 3: Characteristics and Interactions of Living Organisms

NETS-S 2007 ** II. Communication and Collaboration – students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. III. Research and Information Fluency - Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.

create by Amy Blades - Technology Integration Specialist ablades@catnet.gen.mo.us



= Showcase Feed Back =
 * your thoughts and suggestions are welcomed:)
 * I like adding the thinking piece on your plan. Sometimes the kids just learn things about a cell but don't spend time thinking about the importance of each piece. Linda
 * I like that the students will use things from around the house to relate back to their "real world"