Science Blog 8

1. What science ideas did you learn?

This week I learned about plant cells and animal cells. I learned the names of all the organelles in these cells and what they look like. I also learned the function of these cells. We also learned what a paramecium was. We confirmed that it was in the group of an animal cell. I learned that paramecium has cilia on the outside of it and that's what makes it move.

2. How did you learn these ideas?

I learned these ideas by doing a lot of research for homework. We were assigned to look up what plat and animal cells were and what the organelles in them were called. We learned about paramecium by researching and today we looked at lake water from Lake Suprise and through the microscopes we saw actual paramecium. I thought it was really cool to see an actual paramecium cell and to be able to see it move. We also saw it eat on leaves that were also contained in the microscope. I think being able to actually see the real paramecium in ation helped me understand it a little more. We learned the plant and animal cells by going up to the smartboard and labeling the organelles.

3. Why is it important to know these ideas?

It is important to know these ideas because it will help us in future experiments. Also today we took a quiz on the plant and animal cells and it helped to know which organelles were which. It is important to know about paramecium because even though it is only one example of an animal cell, it helps us understand animal cells a little bit more when we see an animal cell in real life.