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Georgia Performance Standards Framework for Life Science – Grade 7
Unit: The Structure and Function of Cells
General Task
The Animated World of Cellular Processes
Subject Area: Life Science
Grade: 7
Standards (Content and Characteristics):
S7L2: Students will describe the structure and functions of cells, tissues, organs, and organ
systems.
a. Explain that cells take in nutrients in order to grow and divide and make needed
materials.
S7CS5: Students will use the ideas of system, model, change, and scale in exploring scientific
and technological matters.
b. Understand that different models (such as physical replicas, pictures, and analogies)
can be used to represent the same thing.
Enduring Understanding: Cells take in nutrients to grow, divide and make needed materials.
Essential Questions: How do cells get the energy and nutrients they need? How do they get rid
of waste?
ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES
Pre-Assessment: Students will take a short quiz matching cellular processes with their correct
definitions.
Match the following definitions with their correct processes.
1. Water moving from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
2. Passing of a material through a protein doorway from an area of low concentration to an
area of high concentration.
3. The process by which the cell membrane envelops material that is too large to pass
through the membrane and then pinches of inside the cell
4. Passing of a material through a protein doorway from an area of high concentration to an
area of low concentration.
5. The process by which the cell membrane removes material that is too large to pass
through the membrane by surrounding by a membrane within the cell and then expelling
it by pushing it out of the cell.
Georgia Department of Education
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
Life Science  Grade 7  Structure and Function of Cells
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Georgia Performance Standards Framework for Life Science – Grade 7
Word Bank
Passive Transport
Osmosis
Outcome / Performance
Expectations:
General Teacher Instructions:
Materials Needed:
Safety Precautions:
Task with Student Directions:
Resources:
Endocytosis
Active Passport
Exocytosis
Students will be able to correctly identify and explain the
different cellular processes used to transport nutrients in and
out of the cell by definition and diagram.
Students will make flip books animating the processes of
active and passive transport, endocytosis and exocytosis and
osmosis.
White copy paper, colored pencils or markers, alligator clips,
paper clips or stapler, active and passive transport diagram
templates, endocytosis and exocytosis diagram templates
(see pages for copying)
Scissors and staplers can be a risk for cuts.
Students will create a step-by-step representation of the
cellular processes passive transport and endocytosis.
Students will break down the cellular processes of active
transport and endocytosis into 12 separate scenes. Students
will then draw each of these twelve scenes on 4x6 index
cards. Each card will then be placed in order. It is very
important that the scenes are in correct order. Diagrams are
attached for help and may be used with students with
disabilities. Once completed, students will then place the
drawings in order and clip them together using an alligator
clip, paper clip or stapler. Students will then flip through the
clipped papers to see the animation of each process. Flipping
through the sheets forward will demonstrate one process and
flipping it the opposite way will demonstrate the opposite
process. Students could also make a multimedia presentation
or a movie that demonstrates each process.
Textbook, United Streaming video clips, additional
informative and illustrated books about cellular processes
Homework / Extension:
Students will take their final project home to share with
parents.
Instructional Task
Accommodations for ELL
Students:
Students will be given extended time to complete
assignment. Provide a sample of a finished product (SEE
BELOW)
Students will be paired with other students.
Georgia Department of Education
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
Life Science  Grade 7  Structure and Function of Cells
July 26, 2007 Page 2 of 7
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Georgia Performance Standards Framework for Life Science – Grade 7
Instructional Task
Accommodations for Students
with Specific Disabilities:
Instructional Task
Accommodations for Gifted
Students:
Students will be given extended time to complete
assignment.
Provide a sample of a finished product (SEE BELOW)
Students will be paired with other students.
Students will be given the premade pieces of their flip book
that are numbered so they can put them in correct order.
Students will use their own ideas to create an analogy for one
of the cellular processes and make their own animated
cartoon using the analogy.
Georgia Department of Education
Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
Life Science  Grade 7  Structure and Function of Cells
July 26, 2007 Page 3 of 7
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
Life Science  Grade 7  Structure and Function of Cells
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Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools
Life Science  Grade 7  Structure and Function of Cells
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