Unit 5: Inside the Cell
Essential Question 1: What are the structures and function of the cell?
Essential Question 2: How are the characteristics of life manifested by the cell?
Homework
"The Paradox of Life"
A bit beyond perception's reach
I sometimes believe I see
that Life is two locked boxes,
each containing the other's key.
Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, physicist, philosopher, writer and creator of puzzles and games.
Class Notes in pdf
- Inside the Cell Notes - download
Study Guides: One page to Rule them all
- One Page Review Sheet for Cell Organelles
- The Big Cell Vocabulary list - PDF or WORD - This is the optional assignment
Labs . Diagrams . Other Stuff
- Photo:: Results of the "Why don't cells grow indefinitely lab"- download
- Cells and Organelles Review Sheets from the textbook
- Cell Membrane and Organelles Concept Mapping and Critical Thinking Questions from the textbook
Alternate Assessment: If you want to avoid the quiz
- The Cell Comic Book Alternate Assessment - download
Questions of the week:
Extra Work Increases Your Surface Area to Volume Ratio
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES
Initial Understanding:
- Recognize general differences between the cells of unicellular and multicellular organisms.
Developing an Interpretation:
- Discuss how cell organelles contribute to the efficiency of cellular functions.
- Discuss how the function of the ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi bodies are interrelated.
- Compare the structure and function of cell organelles.
Making Connections:
- Describe how cells are arranged into increasingly complex levels of organization.
- Demonstrate the manifestation of life functions in the cell’s organelles.
Taking a Critical Stance:
- Compare and contrast the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.