Animal and Plant cells

We started the class of by getting out Unit 4 tests back...not too bad. Then, because our entire class didn't actually read what we were supposed to for homework (oops!), we discussed with a partner the differences and similarities of a plant and animal cell. We did this by making Venn diagrams. This brought us into discussion about our Unit 5 project and we were then given time to work on it.

After working on the project for a little bit, we learned how to use a new type of microscope. We observed  a dog flea, a cheek cell from our cheek, and a plant cell. We looked so closely that we could actually see the cell walls and chloroplasts in the plant cells. It was so cool!