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25 November, 2022

Examining specialised cells

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Examining specialised cells Year 7, as part of their Cells unit, has been looking at specialised cells.

Year 7, as part of their Cells unit, has been looking at specialised cells. These are cells that have special adaptations to do a specific job in animals and plants.

For a fun way to learn about these, the students did some research on one type of cell and drew their chosen cell on a piece of polystyrene sheet (a Shrinkle®), this was then heated in an oven for a few minutes and became more ‘cell sized’.

You can see the comparison sizes in the pictures. A lot of “wow”s and “oohs”s were heard as they were heated.
 

Kirk Wootton

Teacher of Science/Chemistry and Mathematics