01 - Meet the Cell

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01 - Meet the Cell

Title

Meet the Cell

Reading Text

Hello! My name is Cellie. I am very, very small. You cannot see me with your eyes. You need a microscope to see me! I am a cell. Everything alive is made of cells. You are made of cells. Your dog is made of cells. Even the big trees outside are made of cells. Think of me like a tiny Lego brick. If you put many Legos together, you can build a house. If you put many cells together, you can build... YOU! I have three important parts: The Wall (Cell Membrane), The Boss (Nucleus), and The Jelly (Cytoplasm). I am small, but I have a big job. I keep you alive!

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:
  • Text: A tool used to see very small things.
  • Text: The smallest building block of living things.
  • Text: Living, not dead.
  • Text: The center part of a cell that acts like a brain.
  • Text: The thin outer skin of a cell.
Items:
  • Label: Microscope
    Answer: A
  • Label: Cell
    Answer: B
  • Label: Alive
    Answer: C
  • Label: Nucleus
    Answer: D
  • Label: Membrane
    Answer: E
Fill In The Blanks:
  • Before: Scientists use a
    After: to look at bacteria.
    Answer: microscope
  • Before: Every person starts as a single
    After: .
    Answer: cell
  • Before: Plants and animals are
    After: because they grow.
    Answer: alive
  • Before: The
    After: tells the rest of the cell what to do.
    Answer: nucleus
  • Before: The cell
    After: holds all the pieces together.
    Answer: membrane
Scrambled:
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: You need a microscope to see me.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: Everything alive is made of cells.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: I have three important parts.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: The nucleus is like my brain.
  • Text: to be generated
    Answer: It tells me what to do.

Comprehension

Questions:
  • Text: You can easily see a cell with your eyes.
    Answer: false
  • Text: Trees and dogs are made of cells.
    Answer: true
  • Text: A cell is like a large Lego brick.
    Answer: false
  • Text: The nucleus acts like the brain of the cell.
    Answer: true
  • Text: Cytoplasm is hard like a rock.
    Answer: false

Written Expression

Questions:
  • Text: What is the job of the Nucleus?
  • Text: What can you build if you put many cells together?
Examples:

Examples:

  • The nucleus tells the cell what to do.
  • If you put many cells together, you can build a person or an animal.

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