Make Your Own Pie Cell (ES)

Students will create an edible model of an animal or plant cell.

objectives

• This lesson is an introduction to the idea of life at the cellular level. Students will be exposed to the vocabulary of the structures of a cell. Exposure to this lesson will lay the foundation for development of the concept of the cell as the smallest unit of life.

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Topic(s)

Matter and Its Interactions

type

Elementary school lesson

Grade(s):

time needed

Two 30-minute sessions

author

Jeni Peterson

national next gen standards

• PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter. Matter of any type can be subdivided into particles that are too small to see, but even then, the matter still exists and can be detected by other means.

north dakota standards

• 5-PS1-1 Develop a model to describe that matter is made of particles too small to be seen.

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