A cell is like a school

 Today's analogy is a cell is like a school. Pick one part of a cell and compare it to part of a school. 

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A cell is like a factory

 Today's analogy compares the cell to a factory. List in your comments one way a cell is like a factory. 

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A cell is like a city

 Watch the video and post a comment about how in one way a cell is like a city. 

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Khan Cell Challenge

 Todaywe face the Khan Cell Challenge. Please post your  reactions before or after the challenge.  

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A cell is like

 Go ahead google the answer or make it up. Just make sure yours is different than everyone else. 

Complete the following sentence in your comment. 

A cell is like... 

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Animal Cell Puzzle

Memory Match Game 

Analogies

 To understand some concepts in science, we often use analogies. Your mission write an analogy as your comment. 

Here is a video to explain analogies and how to write them. 

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More Parts of Cells

 Please watch this video and post one fact from the video about cells. 

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A tour of the cell

 Pick an organelle and describe its function in the cell. 

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 What do both chloroplast and mitochondria have in common in the cell? Which types of cells would have mitochondria and which would have chloroplast? 

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Energy Organelles

 What are two energy processing organelles inside of cells? 

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Power house of the cell

 Which organelle is known as the powerhouse of the cell? 

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Nucleus

 Which organelle in the cell directs all cell activity? 

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Organelles

 

Name an organelle that is found inside a eukaryotic cell. 

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Outside Layer

How is the outside layer of a plant cell different from the outside layer of an animal cell ? 

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AI

What defines life? Gavin said that someday AI may  make it so robots could be defined as being alive. Raistlin disagrees, saying that technology would not meet the characteristics of life. Who do you agree with in this discussion. Why do you agree with that person. 

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Taking Note

 Please write in your comment about something we have covered in our study of the characteristics of living things.

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Characteristics of Life

List seven levels of the organization of life. Start with the basic unit of life. 

Bonus Video

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More about cells

 We will watch the video together in class. Take the Brainpop quiz, screenshot your score as your blog comment. 

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Eukaryotic vs Prokaryotic Cells

 What are some of the differences between Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells? 

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Bear on bike

 A bear is riding a bicycle. Why is the bear living and the bicycle non-living?  Is there anything the bear and bike have in common? 

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