This resources provides 3 activities to be used as center rotations or whole group activities to provides students with practice to develop understanding of the basic structures of plant and animal cells. Students will match organelles with function and deepen understanding by applying those understandings in analogies. Students will also construct 2D and 3D models of cells (drawings and ziplock bag cells) and close read a text which discusses the structures that are specific to plant cells.
In this activity, children will practice calculating the unit price of various packages of items in the produce section of the grocery store. After collecting data, children will determine unit price to make informed consumer decisions.