Cells

[|Cell Table]**//What object is __shaped like__ a box, a coil, a corkscrew, a cube, an octopus, a rod, a saucer, a star, or a blob of jelly?//** ===**//(Answer = the cell) A cell is the tiny building block that makes up all living things.//**===

[|mitosis information] Learn about the process of body cell division Mitosis: [|Mitosis animation]

Cells Alive: [|Interactive Cells] [|Another great CELL site] [|Look inside a cell!] (very cool!)J Diagram of Plant and Animal Cell:[|Diagram of Plant and Animal Cell] [|Definitions for Cell Parts] Cell Theory and "What makes something alive?"


 * __List 1 - Vocabulary words:__** You have the definitions in your science journal OR they can be found on the above websites.
 * cell
 * cytoplasm
 * vacuole
 * organelles
 * cell wall
 * chloroplast
 * cell membrane
 * nucleus
 * mitochondria
 * nuclear membrane
 * ribosome
 * chromosome
 * mitosis
 * prophase
 * metaphase
 * anaphase
 * telephase
 * Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (discovered a "whole new world" that couldn't be seen without magnification)
 * Robert Hooke (He looked at a slice of cork and named the tiny parts "cells". He was the first person to study cells.)

eukaryotic prokaryotic DNA Chromosome gene mieosis gamete zygote =A Cell going through mitosis:=
 * __List 2 - Vocabulary words (These words will be introduced in the spring of 2011):__**


 * [[image:http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/common/images/md/pc005180.gif width="191" height="117" caption="Plant Cell" link="http://www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Media?id=pc005180"]] ||