Life and Living Things

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This slide show has been created by Mrs.Colbert
Mrs.Kampwerth at Lincoln Elementary School.
Life and Living Things
Cells
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These activities will address the following
Dictrict 66 Objectives for fourth grade.
Explain science concepts and problem solve
orally and in writing.
Compare and contrast plant and animal cells.
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Directions
Whenever you see this picture, you will need to
write the answer in your journal.
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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.
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What is the smallest part of this living thing?
Cells !
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Label the plant cell.
nucleus
Cell wall
chloroplasts
cytoplasm
Cell membrane
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Label the animal cell.
cytoplasm
Cell membrane
Nucleus
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Compare and Contrast plant and animal cells.
Animal Cells Plant Cells
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Compare and Contrast plant and animal cells.
Animal Cells Plant Cells

• Cell wall
• Cell membrane
• Cytoplasm
• Vacuoles
• Chloroplasts
• Nucleus

• Cell membrane
• Cytoplasm
• Vacuoles
• Nucleus

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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.
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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
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Explain how fungi get their food.
Fungi absorb food from living or dead
organisms. They absorb their food like a sponge.
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Design a venn diagram comparing multi-cell
organisms with single-cell organisms.
Multi-celled
Single-celled
animals plants fungi
monerans
protists
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