Cells and "E" Lab

In class on Thursday May 26 we labeled Animal and Plant Cells. We also started and finished a small lab called the “E” Lab. I will explain what we did in that lab later on in my scribe post.



Parts of an Animal Cell:



Cell Membrane - The outside boundary of a cell


Cytoplasm - Liquid inside a cell


Golgi Body - A structure in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum.


Lysosome - A small round cell structure containing chemicals that break down large food particles into smaller ones.


Mitochondria - Rod-shaped cell structure that converts food into energy.


Nucleus - A cell structure that contains nucleic acids.


Ribosome - A small grain like structure in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are made.


Endoplasmic Reticulum - Carries material from one part of the cell to another.


Vacuole - Stores food, water, waste, and other materials.




Labeled picture of an Animal Cell:








Parts of a Plant Cell:


Cell Membrane - The thin layer of protein and fat that surrounds the cell, but is inside the cell wall.


Cell Wall - A thick layer that surrounds a plant cell.


Chloroplast - Captures sunlight to produce food for the cell


Cytoplasm - Liquid inside a cell


Golgi body - A structure in a cell that receives proteins and other newly formed materials from the endoplasmic reticulum


Mitochondrion - Rod-shaped cell structure that converts food into energy.


Nucleus - A cell structure that contains nucleic acids.


Ribosome - A small grain like structure in the cytoplasm of a cell where proteins are made.


Endoplasmic Reticulum - Carries material from one part of the cell to another.


Vacuole - Stores food, water, waste, and other materials.





Labeled picture of a Plant Cell:









“E” Lab:


So now a little about the “E” Lab. When we did the “E” lab we had to cut out any type of “E or e” letter from a magazine that was the size of this font, and paste it on a slide that had a drop of water on it. Then we put a cover slip over it and pasted it on the microscope. The people that had chosen color full letter “e” had seen many color full dots mostly colors like blue, green, yellow, and light purple mixed with dark purple. But the people that chose letters that were black saw a black letter with little lines around it. After we were done looking at the letters we had a sheet to fill in of what we saw and we also had to draw a little pic of how the letter looked like.



Microscope:








Web sites to Animal Cell information/ games:



1. http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm


2. http://www.purposegames.com/game/716e85a2


3. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/cell_game.htm


4. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/cell_quiz.htm




Web sites to Plant Cell information/ games:



1. www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/plant_cell_game.html


2. http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-11683


http://zagreb.ceesa.net/course/view.php?id=188


Microscope Game:

1. http://nhscience.lonestar.edu/biol/biolab/microscope2.htm