Life and Living Things

1. This slide show has been created by Diane Mills M.Ed Life and Living Things Cells Click here to begin the activity.

2. These activities will address the following Hazelwood Objectives for fifth grade. Explain science concepts and problem solve orally and in writing. Compare and contrast plant and animal cells.

3. Directions Whenever you see this picture, you will need to write the answer in your journal. Click here to go back to the previous slide.

4. Complete the web with four characteristics of cells. All organisms -living things- are made of cells. Cells do the jobs that keep organisms alive. Cells Cells are the smallest part of a living thing. These cells are like tiny building blocks.

5. What is the smallest part of this living thing? Cells !

6. Label the plant cell. nucleus Cell wall chloroplasts cytoplasm Cell membrane

7. Label the animal cell. cytoplasm Cell membrane Nucleus

8. Compare and Contrast plant and animal cells. Animal Cells Plant Cells

9. Compare and Contrast plant and animal cells. Animal Cells Plant Cells • Cell wall • Cell membrane • Cytoplasm • Vacuoles • Chloroplasts • Nucleus • Cell membrane • Cytoplasm • Vacuoles • Nucleus

10. Do you know that there are FIVE Kingdoms of living things? Moneran Protist Fungus Plant Animal Many- celled Many- celled One-celled with no membrane around the nucleus One-celled Most are many- celled Think of one example for each kingdom.

11. Do you know that there are FIVE Kingdoms of living things? Moneran Protist Fungus Plant Animal Many- celled Many- celled One-celled Most are many- celled One-celled with no membrane around the nucleus Paramecium Bacteria

12. Explain how fungi get their food. Fungi absorb food from living or dead organisms. They absorb their food like a sponge.

13. Design a venn diagram comparing multi-cell organisms with single-cell organisms. Multi-celled Single-celled animals plants fungi monerans protists The end