Week 3 & 4 "Welcome to Cell Middle School"

Week 3

 

We spent much of our time this week on researching different organelles of plant and animal cells.  We looked at what the function of each part was as well as how the parts work together.  Each group was assigned two organelles to research and they then shared with the whole group as much of their information as possible.  We discussed that understanding cells and their functions are a huge part of biotechnology.  We then tried to connect today's research to how it could be helpful in the field of biotechnology. 





 

Week 4

 

This week we spent some time reviewing the different organelles of plant and animal cells.  We even had a fun trivia competition to kick things off!  The main goal of our lesson today was to further our knowledge and understanding of cell organelles and their functions by making a school related analogy for each cell part.  Students had to choose parts of a school building to relate to the different parts of a cell.  Again, we reviewed why knowledge of cells and their organelles is so important to the field of biotechnology.