Cells

Below is a picture of our animal cell anchor chart. The organelles that 5th graders must know for a plant cell are the cell membrane, the nucleus, the cytoplasm, and vacuoles.

Today we dissected an animal cell... An egg! They were to do a step by step cartoon with captions about the dissection. Here was the prompt on the board...

 

 

Jobs of each organelle:

Nucleus- the control center, or brains, of the cell (A and P)

Cell Membrane- holds the cell together and allows things to flow in and out of the cell (A and P)

Cytoplasm- jelly-like substance that keeps the cell healthy (A and P)

Vacuole- storage center of the cell (A and P)

Cell Wall- keeps cells structure and does not allow things to come in and out of the cell (plant cell)

Chloroplasts- allow the cell to make its own food using photosynthesis (plant cell)

 

 

Plant Cell Anchor chart.

 

The organelles of a plant cell they must know are cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, and vacuole...just like the animal cell. But, they must also know that plant cells have a cell wall and chloroplasts...animal cells do not!