Sept9

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Activity Topic: Cells & Organelles: "The Edible Cell"
=Teacher Description Sheet=

__Overview and Purpose:__

In this activity, students will learn the general knowledge of cells including their discovery, The Cell Theory, types of cells, and more importantly, the structure, location, and function of organelles within animal cells. Students will complete a set of pre-lab questions for homework the night before the lab. At the beginning of class, we will discuss these questions and give a brief history of cells. Students will then pair up and construct a three-dimensional editable cell with the use of Jell-O and various candies to represent specific parts of the cell. The lab will end with a homework assignment which will be discussed the following class.

Approximate timeline: Introduction and Discussion- 10 minutes. Pre-lab questions- 15 minutes. Activities (Jello-O Cell) - 20 minutes. End discussion- 5 minutes.

__Student Objectives:__

1. Students will recall past knowledge of cells including what cells are, two types of cells, purpose of cells, and what their interpretation of what cells look like. 2. Students will be able to recall Robert Hooke’s discovery of the cell, three parts of The Cell Theory, and understand the basic differences between plants and animal cells. 3. Students will be able to visualize a three-dimensional view of a cell and the following parts: nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, ribosomes, mitochondria, cell membrane, lysosomes. 4. Students will be able to determine each organelle's structure and its associated function. 5. Students will understand how organelles work together to complete a specific task.

__Inquiry Level:__ Activity

Standards: **11.A.4f** Using available technology, report, display and defend to an audience conclusions drawn from investigations. **11.B.3b** Sketch, propose and compare design solutions to the problem considering available materials, tools, cost effectiveness and safety. **11.B.3c** Select the most appropriate design and build a prototype or simulation. **12.A.4b** Describe the structures and organiza­tion of cells and tissues that underlie basic life functions including nutrition, respiration, cellular transport, biosynthesis and reproduction. **13.B.3b** Identify important contributions to science and technology that have been made by individuals and groups from various cultures.

__Materials List:__

1 gumball (nucleus) 1 blue fruit roll up (endoplasmic reticulum) 1 green fruit roll up (golgi apparatus) 1 teaspoon of sprinkles (ribosomes) 3 jelly beans (mitochondria) 1 peel-apart twizler (cell membrane) 2 m&ms (lysosomes) 10 paper plates 1 package of plastic spoons 6 jello snack cups 1 package of plastic knifes

__Teacher Preparation Instructions:__

1. Place the following candies in 1 Dixie cup: 1 gumball (nucleus) 1 blue fruit roll up (endoplasmic reticulum) 1 green fruit roll up (golgi apparatus) 1 teaspoon of sprinkles (ribosome) 3 jelly beans (mitochondria) 1 peel-apart twizler (cell membrane) 2 chocolate covered raisins (lysosomes) 2. Place 1 paper plate, 1 snack jello cup, 4 plastic spoons, and 1 Dixie cup with candies on each workstation for each group.

__Safety Instructions:__

1. Students should wash hands before activity 2. Students should spoon out Jell-O and place candy in. Do NOT push candy in because the jello mold will break.

__Resources:__

Todd Howard and Nick Hoffman of Wallace High School Science Department. “The Incredible Editable Cell”. Website: []

Teacher answer key: (Best to upload the Word doc to Google Docs, and make a link. Hint, design the student lab first, do teacher key last.) https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1SlBVspJ035QB-xVCoUJ0wKKNnk-NErf-5adANV-bWXM&hl=en&authkey=CL_JxtgF

PowerPoint slide presentation: https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AehERgL0FjioZGd3NmNneG1fMWc0a3p6dHdz&hl=en&authkey=CJizw4gI =Student Lab Handout= https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1Oa4vV1T8SwaS7Hrca5ZpraKIVB8dV0tx1sCrvYsSoT8&hl=en&authkey=CICouJEK

Write the student Lab in a Google Doc, and link it here, so we can view it.