Handout: Animal & Plant Cell diagram
Method: Use the handout or develop it as an overhead.
Background knowledge: The animal and plant cell contains various "organelles" which are tiny organs within the cell. Some of the main organelles include...
Nucleus = this houses the reproductive material and is necessary to maintain cell metabolism and functions
Vacuole = the water storage device for the plant
Mitochondria = energy production in the cell
Chloroplast = organelles (small scale "organs" within a cell) responsible for photosythesis (the process of converting sunlight (solar energy) into chemical energy for the plant to use)
Golgi bodies = a series of membrane channels that allow certain metabolic functions to take place free from other hindering chemical material.
Cell wall = providing protection and support for the cell's contents.
Cytoplasm (or plasma) = liquid within the cell.
Comparison of animal and plant cells :
- cell wall (in plant cells only)
- chloroplasts (in plant cells only)
- vacuoles (a few small ones in animal cells; large in plant cells)
- size.