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Grade 6 Science lesson plan: Cell structure & function

Topic: Cell structure and function (MS-LS1-2). Adjust the settings, then copy the prompt.

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Prerequisite skills to check: living things are made of parts that each do a job; reading a labeled diagram; using a hand lens or simple magnifier.

Key vocabulary: cell, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplast, mitochondria, organelle.

Warm-up idea: Compare a cell to a school or a factory and ask students which part of the cell would do each job.

Exit ticket idea: Students label a plant and an animal cell diagram and explain one structure only plant cells have and what it does.

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