1. The Nucleus Do Now: 1.Take out last night’s homework

2. The nucleus is a small sphere that holds all of a cell’s DNA.

3. Structure & Function Structure: spherical lipid membrane (like cell membrane) Function: Stores DNA, controls cell activity

4. It is found ONLY in EUKARYOTIC cells.

5. Dolly the Sheep Dolly was the first clone of an adult mammal ever made. Dolly was born in 1997, she died a few years later, younger than usual for a sheep. So what does a cloned sheep have to do with a cell nucleus?

6. When adult animals are cloned, it is by adding a nucleus from a cell to a new egg cell without a nucleus.

7. How to Make a Sheep.

8. The nucleus is surrounded by a lipid membrane called the nuclear envelope, which is very similar to the cell membrane. It has openings called nuclear pores that allow things in and out of the nucleus.

9. Most of the inside of a nucleus is made up of chromatin, which is a mix of DNA and certain proteins.

10. The nucleolus is a small dark part inside a nucleus where ribosomes are made.

11. Find those parts: Nuclear Envelope Nuclear Pores Chromatin Nucleolus

12. Homework… read all about it! “Nucleus” p. 81, SR #3 p. 83

13. Cell City! You will be constructing a project during this unit. You will construct a city that is an analogy to a cell. Each part of the city should have a similar function to one of the cell parts we study. You will get more information soon, but start thinking: what part of a city is a cell membrane like? A nucleus?