If you need an easy-prep set that will keep students engaged and learning about plant and animal cells this set is for you! You will have so many choices of templates, drawings, and tasks!

➡️This easy-to-use set has many uses:

• Early finishers
• Extra credit
• Morning work
• Warmups before science class begins
• Center task cards
• Substitute assignments
• Review before a test

➡️What is included?

• The package includes reading selections about animal cells, plant cells, and cell membranes.
• I included drawings of a plant and animal set in 4 styles. You can choose to have students fill in their own labels for the cell parts.
• Use the 4 task cards with an interactive notebook tab organizer.
• OR, use the Task Sheet and worksheets to complete the 4 tasks.
• Use the 2-page quiz as an assessment or as additional worksheets.
• Just for fun- choose from 2 puzzles about plant and animal cells.
• Answer Keys are provided.
• And, everything is provided in black/white.

➡️VERSION 1: This is not a traditional set of task cards. Each task is time-consuming.

Note: The ★four★ task cards have very specific tasks to complete:

• Task 1: Students complete a folding organizer after reading a selection about Animal Cells. This includes drawing and labeling the cell.
• Task 2: After reading a selection about Plant Cells students complete a folding organizer. This includes drawing and labeling the cell.
• Task 3: Students draw a Venn diagram and use the reading selections to compare plant and animal cells.
• Task 4: Using one of the reading selections students write a paragraph describing how cells stay in balance.

As you can see these are task-oriented task cards, rather than a quick answers. Each of the four tasks is time-consuming and one great idea is to have students complete all four on different days. This set is also perfect for using on a substitute day!

➡️VERSION 2: Instead of 4 task cards the tasks are provided on one page. You can opt to use this version if you are not currently using interactive or cut/paste notebooks.

• The 4 tasks are the same.
• Use a set of 3 worksheets to complete the tasks

➡️The specifics:

• 2-page teacher's guide
• Animal Cell Drawing- with and without labels and border
• Plant Cell Drawing- with and without labels and border
• Small version of cell drawings (4 to a page)
• Reading Selections
• Set of 4 task cards- 2 to a page
• Set of 4 task cards- 4 to a page
• Template for tab organizer
• Photos in student notebooks
• Task sheet (instead of cards)
• 3-page worksheet set
• 2- page quiz
• 2 puzzles
• Answer keys
• Vocabulary list
• All items are provided in color and black/white.

The SPECIFIC cell parts used are listed below.

****Please note that I did not include ALL cell parts. Animal Cell: cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuoles, mitochondria, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes. Plant Cell: cell membrane, cell wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, vacuoles, mitochondria, ribosomes, Golgi apparatus, chloroplasts

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