CELL WEBQUEST

Cells Alive

1. Mitochondria provide the ___________ a cell needs to move, divide, produce secretory products, contract – in short, they are the ____________ centers of the cell.

2. Chloroplasts contain the plant cell's ____________responsible for the plant's _____________ color.

3. List 3 ways in which the plant cell looks different from the animal cell shown in the pictures.

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4. Vacuoles tend to be ____________ in plant cells and play several roles: storing nutrients and waste products, helping increase cell size during growth, and even acting much like _____________ of animal cells.

Biology 4 Kids

5. What is the main purpose of a cell? Explain.

6. Take the organelle quiz and list one new fact that you learned.

Cell Organelles

7. What do ribosomes do?

8. Why is the endoplasmic reticulum called the "intracellular highway"?

9. What is the purpose of a cell wall?

Cell Structures and Functions

10. Draw a picture of a mitochondria (like they show on this page) and complete the following sentence:

The mitochondria are the __________________ largest organelle with unique genetic structure.

Cell Games 

Complete the GAME & QUIZ for the ANIMAL CELL and the GAME for the PLANT CELL.  When you get a perfect score it will do something special. Raise your hand so I will see it.

Animal Game________               Animal Quiz___________       Plant Game______________

Matching Game

Match the words with their descriptions. Can you beat your partner’s speed?

The Incredible MEGACELL

Read the comic strip & see if you know enough to save our hero!

FROG DISSECTION

WEBQUEST
Use this website to complete the worksheet you have been given.

VIRTUAL FROG DISSECTION
Use this website to complete the virtual frog dissection. Pay close attention to what the organs look like, where they are located, and the steps you took to dissect your frog.

BRAINPOP
Watch the "Amphibians" video and take the graded quiz for that video. Take the quiz until you score an 80 or higher.

SCIENCE GAMES

Producers, Consumers, Decomposers Game

Food Chain Game

Endangered Animals Game

Animal Diet Game

Animal Classification Game

What Kind of Animal? Game
Pick from several different habitats including ocean, African grasslands, and American forest.

Seek and Find
Try all 4 games (pond, garden, coral, and nocturnal animals)!

Paint and Make
Create your own environment! Paint the landscape, and then drag animals, plants, the sun, clouds and other items to build your own farm, jungle, backyard, ocean, forest, grassland or desert!


Memory Matching Games

Puzzle Page

Hidden Animals 
Can you find them all?

Name That Animal - 3 Games
African Savanna
African Rainforest
African Desert

Biome Webquest

Biome Movie and Questions
Watch the short biome movie and answer the 10 questions. You need at least an 80% to win.

Rags to Riches: Biome Challenge
Can you win a million dollars???

Eat or Be Eaten
Play to see how many of the 11 words you can figure out.

Human and Animal Habitats 
Different living things like to live in places that suit their needs and that includes humans. Play the Habitats Game to find out more.


Touch of Class
Identify organisms with the characteristics stated. See how many points you can get.

Principles of Ecology
Review your ecology vocabulary words. You need at least an 80% to move on to the next website.

Fun with Food Webs
Create three different food webs: in the meadow, in the arctic, and in the pond.

Food Chains
Identify the organisms, then place them in the correct spot in the food chain and the dichotomous key.




** When you are done with the above websites, play any of the games from the Ecology Webquest **

Ecology Webquest

Use the following websites to answer the questions on your worksheet:

PARTS OF THE FOOD CHAIN - Questions #1 - 4.

SCAVENGERS - Question #5

FOOD CHAIN - Question #6

SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS - Question #7

FOOD CHAIN GAME - Read all the instructions and make sure you complete ALL 7 food chains. Record how many mistakes you've made.... Keep mistakes to a minimal.

PRODUCERS, CONSUMERS, AND DECOMPOSERS GAME - Read all the instructions and make sure you play both rounds. Record your score at the end.

ANIMAL DIET GAME - Read the directions on the first page before you play. Play until you get a 100%.  Record the message you get when you have finished the game with no mistakes.


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When done with the above questions and games, check out the any of the following games:
Animal Characteristics Game - What sits at the top of each cup when they are filled correctly? 


What Kind of Animal is This? You may pick from 5 different environments. Try all 5! Read the directions before you start! Record how many you got correct in each game. You may play as many times as you want to try to get a perfect score.


Try playing some memory games with carnivores, omnivores, herbivores, mammals, and birds. You will start out with the carnivores. You may switch games by clicking on the “Other Matching Games” on the left hand side of the page.


Hidden Animal Games – Can you find the camouflaged animals??? Scroll to the bottom of this page and pick what type of animal you want to find. You can pick from amphibians, bears, deer, insects, spiders, turtles, and more!


Endangered Animals Game – Catch the endangered animals and answer questions about them. You must move quickly – they are hard to catch!!


Puzzle Page – pick which puzzle you want to put together. If there’s time, why not try them all??? 

Evolution Webquest

Nowhere to Hide

·      Click the "How to Play" button on the bottom left of the screen. Scroll down using the arrow key to read all of the instructions for the game.

·      Now click the "Back" button to go back to the game and begin the online interactive. Remember, the goal of this activity is to observe what happens to the bugs (green and orange) in response to an increase or decrease in pollution levels (the color of the background). The pollution level can be altered by dragging the slider either towards the orange factory (more pollution) or towards the green trees (less pollution).

·      When you are done with the game, answer the following questions:

1.    Which bugs were eaten more when there was a low level of pollution?

2.    Which bugs were eaten more when there was a high level of pollution?

3.    What factor determined the survival of the bug? Why?

4.    TRUE/FALSE: In natural selection, the organisms that are best suited to survive in an environment have the most babies and grow in numbers, while organisms that aren’t as well suited to the environment shrink and disappear.

5.    Do you think this process (natural selection) occurs over a short period of time or a long period of time?

Darwin’s Evolution Game

·      Click on “Learn about Natural Selection” BEFORE playing the “Survival Game”.  Answer the following questions from that section:

6.    TRUE/FALSE: All members within a species are exactly the same.

7.    What is “survival of the fittest”?

·      Play the game! Your goal is to survive 1 million years. Read the directions before you play!!

·      After you’ve survived for a million years, take the quiz. You must answer 7 out of 10 questions correctly to move on.  Raise your hand and I will come by to sign off that you’ve passed.                   

Natural Selection - Bunnies

Explore natural selection by controlling the environment and causing mutations in bunnies. Answer the following questions about this simulation:

8.    What are some interesting things that you have control over in the simulation?

9.    What happens to the bunny population if a friend is never added? Why is this?

10. What happens when you add a friend? What do you think would happen if the friend was the same gender?

11. What happens if food is infinite and no predators enter the picture?

The Evolution Experience

Your ultimate goal in this game is to survive long enough to reproduce.

      BONUS:  How many years did you live?  How many times did you get to reproduce?