Cambridge Lower Secondary Unit 1. Cells (Plant Cell, Animal Cells and Specialised Cells)

This material includes experiment procedures, unit activities and end-of-chapter activity.

This Unit Covers the following topics:

1.1 Plant Cells
1.2 Animal Cells
1.3 Specialised cells (Palisade cells, Root Hair Cells and Ciliated cella
)
1.4 Cell, tissues and organs

In this unit the students will:

• begin toarn about cells
• find out about the parts of a plant cell, and what they do
• make a model of a plant cell
• use a microscope to look at plant cells.
• find out about tissues, organs and organ systems in living organisms
• recognise and name human organs that are part of different organ systems.
• learn about some specialised animal and plant cells
• explain how the structure of these specialised cells helps them to carry out their functions.