1. INTRODUCTION TO CELLS! CLASS NOTES: Monday, Sept. 13, 2010

2. What is a cell? A cell is the basic unit of all living things Cells perform a variety of functions and have many components (parts) called organelles

3. Why do we study cells? To understand how animals and plants (and humans!) get energy: Cells take energy stored in food and change it into forms to be used for all daily activities There are many types of cells, and we will focus on ANIMAL and PLANT cells

4. Comparing animal and plant cells

5. QUIZ ON THURSDAY! KNOW THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A PLANT AND ANIMAL CELL

6. Cell parts that animals and plants have in common

7. Extra parts of a plant cell

8. Cellular Vocabulary worksheet

9. Continued…