5th Grade Lesson Plan: The Cell: The building …

1 This Lesson plan is the property of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, It is provided as a complimentary service to the public. Reproduction and distribution without modification is allowed. Images, links and linked content referenced herein are the property of the originating series of lessons was designed to meet the needs of gifted children for extension beyond the standard curriculum with the greatest ease of use for the edu-cator. The lessons may be given to the students for individual self-guided work, or they may be taught in a classroom or a home-school setting.

2 This particular Lesson plan is primarily effective in a classroom setting. Assessment strategies and rubrics are included. The lessons were developed by Lisa Van Gemert, , the Mensa Foundation s Gifted Children Specialist. 5th Grade Lesson Plan: The Cell: The building blocks of lifeIntroductionNot only is the cell one of the fundamental building blocks of life, it forms the basis of biological study in many grades. Study of the cell enables students to search deeper and deeper on their own, extending un-derstanding levels far above what is taught. This Lesson sequence is designed to give students a fundamen-tal understanding of the cell that will enable them to extend their knowledge on their own.

3 Because these lessons are designed to be self-guided, the language and wording are geared to the appropriate Questionsl What is a cell?l How are plant and animal cells different? How are they the same?l What makes an effective cell model?l How does osmosis affect cells ?l What is cell diffusion and how does it work?Learning ObjectivesAfter completing the lessons in this unit, students will be able to: l Describe main structures and functions of the Construct three cell models, evaluating them for complete-ness, effectiveness and accu-racy. l Conduct two labs on cell membrane osmosis and diffu-sionPreparationl Print out all sheets that need to be colored or completed on Make sure you have reliable Internet Gather materials for experi-ments.

4 This Lesson plan is the property of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, It is provided as a complimentary service to the public. Reproduction and distribution without modification is allowed. Images, links and linked content referenced herein are the property of the originating | Mensa Foundation Lesson plan : THE CELLL esson 1: The structure and function of the cellRead through the PowerPoint presentation at: #1 Read through the information at #1 Grade the two sources using this rubric. Give the PowerPoint and the website each a score for each PowerPoint score: _____ Total website score: _____If you could pick only one, which would you recommend to another student learning about the cell ?

5 Why? _____ CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 AttractivenessPPT:Website:Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc., to enhance the good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc., to enhance to the use of font, color, graph-ics, effects, etc., but occasion-ally these detract from the presen-tation of font, color, graphics, effects, etc., but these of-ten distract from the presentation content. ContentPPT:Website:Covers topic in-depth with details and ex-amples. Subject knowledge is essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge ap-pears to be essen-tial information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual is mini-mal or there are several factual :Website:Content is well organized, us-ing headings or bulleted lists to group related headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organiza-tion of topics appears is logi-cally organized for the most was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of :Website:Information was easy to learn and was somewhat easy to learn and remember.

6 Information was not easy to learn and was difficult to learn and remember. This Lesson plan is the property of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, It is provided as a complimentary service to the public. Reproduction and distribution without modification is allowed. Images, links and linked content referenced herein are the property of the originating entities. Mensa Foundation Lesson plan : the cell | 3 Color a plant cell, using information learned in the PowerPoint and the website to name structures.

7 Print a coloring sheet from an animal cell, using information learned in the PowerPoint and the website to name structures. Print a coloring sheet from five different structures of a cell. Put a star next to the one you think is the most _____2. _____3. _____4. _____5. _____List two differences between a plant cell and an animal Cell: 1. _____2. _____Is this a plant or an animal cell pictured above? How can you tell? _____ This Lesson plan is the property of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, It is provided as a complimentary service to the public. Reproduction and distribution without modification is allowed.

8 Images, links and linked content referenced herein are the property of the originating | Mensa Foundation Lesson plan : THE CELLL esson 2: Making a model cellYou will now make three different models of a cell. You can decide if you want them to be plant or animal cells . MODEL NO. 1: MELLOW YELLOW JELL-O CELLYou will need:l One small box of lemon gelatinl A number of different items to represent the cell s structures. This could include mandarin or-anges, raisins, grapes, gummy worms, jelly beans, cake sprinkles, dried fruit or rolled fruit, hard can-dies, gumballs and many Cell model chart (below)l A container (glass or plastic)l A zipper plastic bag (at least quart size gallon is better)How to do it:l Make the gelatin as instructed on the pack-age, using a little less water than it calls for in the recipe.

9 This will make your cell firmer. l Put the plastic bag inside the container, spreading the mouth of the bag over the edge of the container. l Pour the gelatin into the bag. Once the gelatin is in the bag, seal the bag tightly and put it in the re-frigerator for about an hour so that it sets a little While the gelatin is setting, complete the cell model chart When the gelatin has set for an hour, take it out of the refrigerator and add the items you ve decided to use. Put the bag back in the refrigera-tor and let it set NO. 1: GelatinSTRUCTURE WHAT I USED WHY I USED This Lesson plan is the property of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation, It is provided as a complimentary service to the public.

10 Reproduction and distribution without modification is allowed. Images, links and linked content referenced herein are the property of the originating entities. Mensa Foundation Lesson plan : the cell | 5 MODEL NO. 2: Corn SyrupSTRUCTURE WHAT I USED WHY I USED NO. 2: I CAN SEE THROUGH YOU, TOO CELLYou will need:l Corn syrupl Two zipper plastic bags, sandwich or quart sizel Different items to represent the parts of the cell . Don t use goodies this time; use things like buttons, pipe cleaners, different shapes of pasta, string or yarn, marbles, beads, Cell model chart (below)How to do it:l Pour the corn syrup into the Complete the model Add the items you ve chosen to represent the Seal the bag tightly.