This lesson may satisfy the following:

• National Science Education Content Standards for Unifying concepts and processes in science related to systems, order and organization as well as form and function; content standard C - Life Sciences.
• Pennsylvania secondary standard for Biological Sciences 3.1.12A6: Analyze how cells in different tissues/organs are specialized to perform specific functions

Materials

• Presentation [PPT, 1.6MB] or PDF version [PDF, 2.2MB]
• Lecture notes [PDF, 158KB]
• Vocabulary [PDF, 107KB]
• Activities [PDF, 142KB]
• Crossword [PDF, 176KB] and crossword answer key [PDF, 147KB]
• Quiz and quiz answers [PDF, 110KB]
• Helpful links [PDF, 58KB]

Test and evaluation

If you have completed all three learning modules, download the unit test for your students to complete. Also, please take a few minutes to fill out the evaluation form and send it to us; we are very interested in your feedback.