02+Cells

Cells toc

General Cells:

 * Ye Olde Classic 'prepare a wet slide' lab ([|animation here] from Alberta University)
 * Practice [|using micrometer eyepieces] and [|calculating magnifications].
 * [|Fantastic free virtual electron microscope emulator]
 * Wonderful animation on the 'inner life of the cell'

Stem Cells

 * [|Embryos-R-Us] activity form Learn.Genetics
 * 'A Stem Cell Story' (DVD - 15mins). Eurostemcell, 2005. Available from http://www.eurostemcell.org

Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

 * Cooking up Cells - make food models of plant, animal and prokaryote cells (or various specialised cells)

Membranes & Transport

 * Using bubbles to explore membranes: []
 * [|Diffusion labs]
 * [|Diffusion and Osmosis labs from PH School]
 * [|Osmosis lesson plans collection] from lessonplanet.com
 * [|Osmosis in potatos and plasmolysis in Elodea lesson plan] (pdf) from Southwestern Medical Centre
 * Diffusion and Osmosis magic show (perhaps use as a student demonstration to review past learning)
 * [|Osmosis tutorial]

Cell Divison

 * [|How much time is spent in each phase of the cell cycle?] From Arizona University.
 * [|Match up images with stages] - from North Harris College (//why not have students make their own Flash games?//)
 * [|Onion root tip cell division] from Western Kentucky University

Internal Assessment Ideas:

 * "//Factors affecting osmosis in...//" (be careful of copied work from the internet) (Design, DPP, CE)

Key links:

 * Wikibook: Cell Biology
 * Cells Alive! Very visual website
 * 'A Stem Cell Story' (DVD - 15mins). Eurostemcell, 2005. Available from http://www.eurostemcell.org

OCC Resources:

 * Geoff Browne's [|Beetroot membranes prac]

Sample Tests:

 * 70 minutes, 50 marks: [[file:Cells Unit Test.doc]] by Steve Taylor

RECOMMMENDED TEXTS: CELLS

 * Further Investigations in Biology (Vol 1): Cells and Biochemistry. Billiet, P. et al. IBID Press, 2002. ISBN 1 876659 068