Name:_________________________ Date:_______________

Amazing Cell Stations

Station 1: Vocabulary Card Match-Up

Be sure that you have completed each station along with the questions before turning in
Match each vocabulary word to its picture and definition. Be sure you pay
this packet!
careful attention to the pictures- some are plant cells and some are
animal cells!
Once you have matched the pictures, begin writing the definitions of the
parts of a plant cell and the parts of an animal cell. You may not have
time to finish, but thats okay!
Plant Cell:
1. Cell
Wall_____________________________________________________________________________
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2. Cell
Membrane_______________________________________________________________________
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3.
Station
2: Cell Mates
Cytoplasm___________________________________________________________________________
As a group, read your Cell Mates booklets. Then, cut out ONE
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PAGE
of small cell structure pictures. Use these pictures to

complete
your Venn Diagram on Plant and Animal Cell
4.
Nucleus_____________________________________________________________________________
structures.
Use your diagram to study the similarities and
differences
between the structures of plant and animal
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cells. When you have made good group decisions, glue
5.
your
pictures to your venn diagram.
Chloroplast___________________________________________________________________________
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Answer the following questions:

Animal Cell:
Which
structures were found in BOTH plant and animal
1. Cell
cells?
Membrane________________________________________________________________________
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2.
Which
structures are found in ONLY plant cells?
Nucleus_____________________________________________________________________________
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Which
structures are found in ONLY animal cells?
3.
Cytoplasm___________________________________________________________________________
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Station 3: Cell Models

Practice
to name the Cells
parts of both the plant and animal cell. Dont
Station trying
5: Technological
worry
if you
it wrong
the first
just
go back
fix your
work!
Use the
two get
websites
provided
to time,
sketch
a model
of and
a plant
and an
animal
Here
are
the
letter
of
the
parts
you
should
name:
cell. Label the parts that you had to define in station 1.

Plant Cell:
Animal Cell:
A:_____________________
A: _____________________
Plant Cell
Animal
Cell
B:_____________________
B: _____________________
Station 4: Getting Microscopic
1. Cork: Describe what the cork looks like.
C:_____________________
C: _____________________
_______________________________________ H: _____________________
F:_____________________
H: _____________________
I: _____________________
2. Onion Skin: How many nuclei does each onion cell have? __________
L: _____________________
K: _____________________
M:
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3. Green
Leaf: What parts can you see in cell A?
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4. Cheek Cells: What is the dark line surrounding each cell?
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5. Blood Cells: What type of cell can you see the most of?
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6. Nerve Cells: How would you describe the shape of this cell?
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