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Cells: the building blocks of life

Year 7 bridging · Year 7 bridging · S7-CELLS — KS3: cells as the fundamental unit of living organisms; plant and animal cell parts

Draft — awaiting teacher review

Builds on: Classification systems (Year 6), The heart, blood and a healthy body (Year 6)

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Concept Anchor

A cell is the smallest unit of a living thing. Animal and plant cells both have a nucleus, cytoplasm and a cell membrane. Plant cells also have a cell wall, chloroplasts and a large vacuole.

Worked example

Is a cell wall found in a human cheek cell?

  1. 1.A cheek cell is an animal cell.
  2. 2.Cell walls are only found in plant cells (and some others, like fungi).
  3. 3.So no — a cheek cell has no cell wall.
II

Guided Check

Which part of a plant cell captures light to make food?

    III

    Independent Diagnostic Practice

    Q1Year 7 bridgingS7-CELLS — The unit of life·Fluency·●○○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    What is the smallest unit that all living things are made of?

    Q2Year 7 bridgingS7-CELLS — Plant and animal cells·Reasoning·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    Which part is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?

    Q3Year 7 bridgingS7-CELLS — Function of the nucleus·Problem Solving·●●○Draft — awaiting teacher review

    What is the job of the nucleus?