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Journey into the Living Cell
Grades 5-8
Travel from outer space to inner space. Using the planetarium’s immersive environment, this show examines the structure and formation of the living cell and provides insight into our existence.
CT - Grades 3-5 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: Scientific literacy includes speaking, listening, presenting, interpreting, reading and writing about science.
B INQ. 2 - Seek relevant information in books, magazines and electronic media.
5.4 - Humans have the capacity to build and use tools to advance the quality of their lives.
B25. Describe the uses of different instruments, such as eye glasses, magnifiers, periscopes and telescopes, to enhance our vision.
NY – Standard 4 – Science (Elementary)
2. Organisms inherit genetic information in a variety of ways that result in continuity of structure and function between parents and offspring.
Students:
- recognize that traits of living things are both inherited and acquired or learned.
- recognize that for humans and other living things there is genetic continuity between generations.
CT - Grades 6-8 Core Scientific Inquiry, Literacy and Numeracy
7.2 - Many organisms, including humans, have specialized organ systems that interact with each other to maintain dynamic internal balance.
C15. Describe the basic structures of an animal cell, including nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria and cell membrane, and how they function to support life.
MA –Life Science (Biology), Grades 6 – 8
Structure and Function of Cells
2. Recognize that all organisms are composed of cells, and that many organisms are single-celled (unicellular), e.g., bacteria, yeast. In these single-celled organisms, one cell must carry out all of the basic functions of life.
4. Recognize that within cells, many of the basic functions of organisms (e.g., extracting energy from food and getting rid of waste) are carried out. The way in which cells function is similar in all living organisms.
Reproduction and Heredity
7. Recognize that every organism requires a set of instructions that specifies its traits. These instructions are stored in the organism’s chromosomes. Heredity is the passage of these instructions from one generation to another.
CT – Grade 10, Strand IV: Cell Chemistry and Biotechnology
10.1 - Fundamental life processes depend on the physical structure and the chemical activities of the cell.
D28. Describe the general role of DNA and RNA in protein synthesis.
D30. Explain the role of the cell membrane in supporting cell functions.
CT – High School Biology
Cell Biology
- Cells are enclosed within semipermeable membranes that regulate their interaction with their surroundings.
- The endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus have a role in the secretion of proteins.
The role of the mitochondria is to make stored chemical-bond energy available to cells by completing the breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide.
MA – Biology, High School
1. The Chemistry of Life
Central Concept: Chemical elements form organic molecules that interact to perform the basic functions of life.
1.2 Describe the basic molecular structures and primary functions of the four major categories of organic molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids).
2. Cell Biology
Central Concepts: Cells have specific structures and functions that make them distinctive. Processes in a cell can be classified broadly as growth, maintenance, and reproduction.
2.1 Relate cell parts/organelles (plasma membrane, nuclear envelope, nucleus, nucleolus, cytoplasm, mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosome, ribosome, vacuole, cell wall, chloroplast, cytoskeleton, centriole, cilium, flagellum, pseudopod) to their functions. Explain the role of cell membranes as a highly selective barrier (diffusion, osmosis, facilitated diffusion, active transport).
3. Genetics
Central Concepts: Genes allow for the storage and transmission of genetic information. They are a set of instructions encoded in the nucleotide sequence of each organism. Genes code for the specific sequences of amino acids that comprise the proteins characteristic to that organism.
3.1 Describe the basic structure (double helix, sugar/phosphate backbone, linked by complementary nucleotide pairs) of DNA, and describe its function in genetic inheritance.
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