1. Specialized Cells Are they all alike?

2. Maryland Science Content Standards Describe and explain that the complex set of systems found in multicellular organisms are made up of different kinds of tissues and organs which are themselves composed of differentiated cells.

3. Notebook Title:Cell Type Date:12/16/2009

4. Objective Students will be able apply the concept of cell division to hypothesize whether cells are identical in shape and function throughout the body

5. Your Thoughts What do your cells look like? Why do you think this? What are the function of cells?

6. Group Work In groups, you will research one of the following: –Nerve cell –Red blood cell –White blood cell –Muscle cell –Skin cell –Glandular cells –Brain cells

7. Big Group Trace a group member’s body on large poster paper Each member of the bigger group draw the cells in the location they belong and write the function of the particular cell

8. Final Thought Organisms grow due to cell division. DNA is replicated. Every body cell has the same DNA. What happens during cell division that allows the DNA of cells to be the same, but the shape and function to be different?