Activities Labs Links National Standards Activities Make a cell model called "The Incredible Edible Cell"  and check out this website for more specific instructions.  You may have students design their own edible cells making cookies, cakes, etc. Have students do this "Cell City Analogy" worksheet. Try this "Cells" Crossword Puzzle. "Cells" Wordsearch and solution. Have students play "Cell Jeopardy." Do this "THE SURFACE AREA TO VOLUME RATIO OF A CELL" activity. Play this Quia "Rags to Riches" game about procaryotic and eucaryotic cells. Use www.cellsalive.com/ to complete this "Cells Alive--Internet Lesson." and then take this "Cell Quiz." Have students make a "Cell Analogies Collage" . Kim Rebello provided this "Cells Library Quest" .  It uses the "Cells Alive" page, www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm, to investigate plant and animal cells. Jennifer Sosnowski of the NSTA Listserve provided "Cell Mart: Cell-to-Cell Sales" , a clever activity to get students to research specific cell parts. Try this "Jello Cells" activity or this "Paper-wad Diffusion" activity.  Have students try "The Great Cell Webquest." During March Madness have student's do Flinn Scientific's "Sweet 16 Cell Biology"  activity. Back to the top   Labs These are photographs of cells for showing students what they should be looking for under a microscope. A "Microscope Lab" on the proper use of the microscope and how to prepare a slide or try "Learning to Use the Microscope." Osmosis in Potatoes  Lab Compare human cheek cells and onion cells in "Comparing Plant and Animal Cells"  Lab.  If Elodea (also called Anacharis) is available at a pet store near you, you may add this to the lab to observe chloroplasts. See how boiling affects the absorption of Methylene blue by yeast cells in the "Cell Membranes"  Lab. Use a cheap plastic baggie and iodine to show diffusion. Observe osmosis using an egg.  Do this "Speed of Diffusion"  demo using perfume and a 60-watt light bulb. A fun middle school lab is "Diffusion of Water with Gummy Bears."   Bill Froberg of Westford, MA modified the above lab.  His version is "Investigation: Osmosis with Gummi Bears"  .  He also suggested that you try the experiment first since some brands of bears dissolves instead of swell. Try this "Diffusion Through a Gel"  lab from Michael Gatton of the NSTA Listserve. Do this simple "Diffusion Lab" that uses a cornstarch solution, iodine, and plastic sandwich bags. Birgit Musheno from the NSTA Listserve contributed the "What Is the Ideal Cell Size" lab that uses potatoes. Back to the top   Our incredible deals of 70-562 and free exam 70-664 make your success certain for the final savings account exam and you can also download 70-672 and 70-632.     Links   Good descriptions of plant cells with activities: www.redenvelope.com/guide/what-is-a-plant-cell  Cells Alive table of contents: www.cellsalive.com/toc.htm A great animation for Osmosis How to use a microscope interactive: www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=BIO905 Cell animations and video cams: www.cellsalive.com/ and a worksheet to go with the website:      www.biologycorner.com/worksheets/cellsalive.html The plasma membrane: www.beyondbooks.com/lif71/4b.asp Passive and Active Transport animations: www.northland.cc.mn.us/biology/Biology1111/. . . Lysosomes animation: highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072437316/student_view0/chapter5/animations.html# Cell part identification interactive: www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=AP11403 Cell Organelles Game: www.quia.com/mc/65947.html Cell explorer: www.exploratorium.edu/traits/cell_explorer.html Links to innumberable acticities on cells and tutorials: www.kathimitchell.com/cells.html  Good tutorial on diffusion and osmosis with great diagrams: hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/kinetic/diffus.html  "Inside a Cell" allows students to point to an organelle and find out the name and function: learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/ Good animation for osmosis: zoology.okstate.edu/zoo_lrc/biol1114/  A virtual cell tour: www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/tour/cell/cell.htm  Diffusion and osmosis LabBench activity: www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab1/intro.html  A virtual osmosis experiment: www.mhhe.com/biosci/. . .  "Cells Are Us"...A Middle School Curriculum in Cell Biology and Environmental Health: peer.tamu.edu/curriculum_modules/Cell_Biology/index.htm  This version of "The Inner Life of a Cell" is animated as well: multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/anim_innerlife_hi.html  A good animation of cellular transport: www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_int_membraneweb/   "The Virtual Cell Web Page": www.ibiblio.org/virtualcell/index.htm Back to the top