This activity was designed for small group discussions during class. The purpose of this activity was to help students see the importance of the cytoskeleton and to get some exposure to mechanisms of cancer, specifically metastasis of cancer cells. The images and much of the information was taken from a review published by Fife, et al., Brit. J. Pharm., 2014. The first page of the file contains...

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This worksheet contains questions about macromolecules and cellular organelles. The questions allow students to make predictions for some observations and apply concepts for chemistry to macromolecules and cells. Students are also given the opportunity to practice drawing the levels of protein structure as well as different lipids.

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The video is an animation of an animal cell and describes all of the key components that it contains. Descriptions of the organelles and their functions are included. This video would serve as a great introduction to parts of a cell for students.

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Biology students compare and contrast meiosis and mitosis using a Venn Diagram.

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Modified from a worksheet originally created by Dr. Biao Ding, this worksheet can be passed out to students to use as a review of chemistry, macromolecules, and components of the cell. The key to the worksheet and all references for the figures are included in the file.

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