Visit Cell City

URL: http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/teachers/Internauts/index.htm

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In this online activity, students search the Web in order to learn about human body cells. After collecting their research, they make an analogy between the structure of a human liver cell and a real city. Included are activity pages, team pages, teacher pages, and a list of electronic resources that students will need to complete the activity.

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Subject keyword(s)	Biological sciences, Cell, Cells, Cellular specializations, Cellular structures, Chemistry, Chromosomes, Cytology, DNA, Genes, Genetics, Life Science, Life science, Life sciences, Molecules, Organ systems, Science
Grade level	Middle School, High School, Informal Education
Intended audience	Learner
Resource type	Instructional Material
Resource format	text, text/html
Rights	Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it.

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Title	Middle School Portal: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2)
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Description	The Middle School Portal 2: Math and Science Pathways (MSP2) supports middle grades educators with high-quality, standards-based resources and promotes collaboration and knowledge-sharing among its users. Educators use MSP2 to increase content knowledge in science, mathematics, and appropriate pedagogy for youth ages 10 to 15. MSP2 employs social networking and digital tools to foster dynamic experiences that promote creation, modification, and sharing of resources, facilitate professional development, and support the integration of technology into practice. MSP2 is a project of the Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology, National Middle School Association, and Education Development Center, Inc., and is funded by the National Science Foundation. The partners integrate resources, tools, and services across projects, and support multiple methods of resource discovery to meet the needs of this audience.
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   VisitCell CitybySue Glass,Dieguero Middle SchoolEncinitas,CaliforniaWanted:Middle School Internauts needed for an amazing intercellular adventure!! Your government is looking for a fearlessadventurer for an exciting mission. The technology to shrink and injecta full size rocket ship and science student into the blood stream of aliving human is now available. Your mission, if you decide to accept it,is to navigate your way from the blood stream to a human liver cell, enterthat cell, and study the internal organs of that cell. Sound like a funvacation? You will discover that a city is anexcellent analogyfor a cell. After injection, you will travel to the cell in a largeartery, and then travel through a tiny capillary to the cell. It will belike traveling to our city on the Interstate highway. Wouldan interstate highway, therefore, be a good analogy for a bloodvessel? As you visit each organelle in thecell, and using all you have learned about the cell, and the Resourcesavailable to you, answer the questions and requirements on the ActivityPage and Team Page.Good luck and Bon Voyage! Home ActivityPage TeamPage TeacherPage Resources