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Cells Under the Microscope

CONCEPTUAL
Science›Organisms & Life Processes|Ages 11—12|ID: mt_VfA4xo4kUv

Understand that all living organisms are made of cells and use a light microscope to observe, interpret, and record cell structure

Mastery Evidence

  • States that all living things are made of cells
  • Prepares or examines a slide of cells (e.g. onion skin, cheek cells) under a microscope
  • Draws and labels a diagram of cells observed
  • Identifies nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane in a microscope image

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] prepared a slide of onion skin and looked at it through a school microscope, could they identify what they were seeing and explain that all living things are made of these tiny units?”

Curriculum Standards2 alignments

MS-LS1-1Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Middle Schoolcodes only
Standard code — full text not included in this dataset.
KS3.Sci.Bio.Cells.1The national curriculum in England
Cells as the fundamental unit

cells as the fundamental unit of living organisms, including how to observe, interpret and record cell structure using a light microscope

Science · KS3

Prerequisites0

No prerequisites — this is a foundational topic.

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