Organelles wrap up and project brainstorming time

Daily Questions – Thursday October 17^th

Studies of fat cells and thyroid cells show that fat cells have fewer mitochondria than thyroid cells. A biologist would most likely infer that fat tissue….

a. does not require energy

b. Has energy requirements equal to thyroid tissue

c. Requires less energy than thyroid tissue

d. Requires more energy than thyroid tissue.

After germination, continued plant growth pushes first the shoot and then the leaves through the soil.  We would expect the emergent leaf cells to contain many Chloroplast for photosynthesis.  Because the developing stem must support the plant, we would expect those cells to develop Cell Walls

I had you write two more slides of notes today about cilia and flagella before you started working on your "A Cell is Like a....." Project.

 
I then handed out the guidelines for the project and had you get to brainstorming!!! 

 I LOVED what I was hearing from you guys as you worked through your analogies.  Some of the analogies I heard were A cell is like a: Football team, Snow Mobile, Softball Team, School, House, Army.....
 
Great Start guys!!  You will continue working through the analogy tomorrow after the DQQ