Student Objectives

Investigation 4 and Chapter 1 of Cells and Heredity

The cell

Students will be able to:

1. Prepare a wet mount using biological dye.

2. Design an experiment to demonstrate that humans, too, are made of cells.

3. Provide evidence that humans and all other complex life-forms, are made of cells.

4. Compare and Contrast eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms.

5. Classify all organisms as eukaryotic or prokaryotic.

6. List and describe the function of organelles such as cell membranes, cell walls, nuclei, chloroplasts, ribosome, mitochondria, and cytoplasm.

7. Create notes form a multimedia presentation.

8. Identify the basic unit of life.

9. Explain and support the fact that all life is aquatic at the cellular level.

Section 1: (history of microscope in this section is bonus)

1. Tell what cells are

2. State the cell theory

Section 2:

1. Identify the role of the cell wall and the cell membrane in the cell.

2. Describe the functions of cell organelles.

3. Explain how cells are organized in many-celled organisms.

4. Tell how bacterial cells differ from plant and animal cells

5. Tell how plant and animal cells differ from each other

Section 3: (all material in this section is bonus)

Section 4:

1. Describe how most small molecules cross the cell membrane.

2. Explain why osmosis is important to cells.

3. Tell the difference between passive transport and active transport.