Emily

Kesler
EDU 201
Portfolio Project 10
4/23/17

1. What are cells?
2. Grade 5
3. Group instruction
4. Science
5. L8B Students understand that living things are composed of cells, which are specialized
in multicellular organisms to perform a variety of life functions.
6. Objective: students will understand the building blocks that are essential to create life.
They will form a relative knowledge for the size of a cell. Students will understand what
a cell is, what a multicellular organism is, and what a cell does. Students will understand
that there are different types of cells for each function of the body.
7. Materials: Legos
8. Procedures:
1. I will first dump a bag of predetermined Legos onto a desk. (I know that these
Legos form a small horse when arranged together.) I will explain that each Lego
is a “cell.”
2. “A cell is what makes up our entire body. Cells are a lot like Legos because they
work together to create an organism or in this case, a Lego horse.” As I am
talking, I will slowly put the Legos together so that they eventually form a horse.
“An organism is anything that is alive. Humans, animals, insects, plants, and
bacteria are all organisms. This means that all of these “alive” things are called
organisms.
3. “Let’s go around the room, and each person tell me an example of an organism
that they know of.” ***waits to hear an answer from everyone.***
4. “Cells are very hard workers. They work together constantly as a team to create
organisms and keep them running. Does anyone have any idea what parts of the
body contain cells?” ***listens to answers***
5. “Every part of the body contains cells!! The cells in your body are assigned a
specific task. Just like how we all have to work together as a team in our
classroom, the cells in our bodies have to work as a team with other cells.”
6. “There are cells that make blood and they are called blood cells. There are cells
that make our brains and they are called brain cells. We have bone cells, skin
cells, organ cells, etc. “
7. “Does anyone know the size of a cell.” ***listens to answers***
8. “A cell is very small! Cells cannot be seen without a microscope. A microscope is
a tool that makes teeny tiny objects appear larger so that we can see them with
our human eyes.”
9. “Even though cells are very small, they do a ton of work and create full on
human beings just like you and me!
 9. Assessment: I will assess the students understanding of this topic with a subject exit
quiz. I will ask three questions outload and ensure that the answers I’m hearing from my
students encompass the standard. These questions will be:
1. Who can tell me what an organism is?
2. Who can tell me what a cell is?
3. Who can tell me what kinds of jobs a cell has?