Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes This illustration contains several discussion points relating to cell structure, and could form the basis of a debate about the similarity between a cell and a city/country. For example, both cells and cities/countries: produce their own power: represented by pink/red buildings (mitochondria) have a central controlling organisation: represented by tall building in centre (nucleus) have border controls: represented by perimeter wall (membrane/wall) have storage facilities: represented by the harbour and lakes (vacuoles) import food and gas: represented by oil tankers some can produce their own food: represented by green building (chloroplast) export waste: represented by dumper trucks have good communication links with neighbours: represented by communications satellites (neurones and hormones) have good defence: represented by heavily-armoured ships and white boats (white blood cells)
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes This activity could be used to gauge students’ existing knowledge of the major organelles in animal and plant cells.
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes Appropriately coloured voting cards could be used with this classification activity to increase class participation.
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes This click and reveal activity could be used to check students’ understanding of the organelles found in animal cells.
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes This click and reveal activity could be used to check students’ understanding of the organelles found in plant cells.
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes Some animal cells have a small/temporary vacuole involved in digestion or secretion.
Boardworks GCSE Additional Science: Biology Animal and Plant Cells Teacher notes Chloroplasts are between 2 µm and 10 µm in diameter.
