Organelle Cards
Instructions for use: Make enough photocopies of each of the following pages for a class set. The first page will be used to make the cards and the second page will stay as is. You may choose to laminate these pages and cards if you have the resources/time. Have students cut out each of the organelle cards and function cards on the next page. When one page is cut into cards, place all the cards into one envelope. Repeat cutting cards and putting into envelopes. As a review activity, have students take the cards out of an envelope and organize them on the organelle/function graphic organizer. Hints: Use a different color paper for the cards than for the graphic organizer. Recruit students in a study hall or detention to do the cutting work for this activity; don’t waste class time. Put the organizers and envelopes on the desks before class so students can begin as soon as class starts. Alternately, you can erase all the function descriptions in this file, print out the organizer only, and use as a note-taking sheet.
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** Cut these cards out carefully. Throw out the top row and left-most column**
Organelle
cytosol cytoskeleton ribosome rough ER smooth ER All cells Golgi apparatus cell membrane lysosome mitochondria nucleus vacuole
Plant cells
Function
found in between all organelles provides shape to all cells produces proteins has ribosomes attached for protein synthesis produces lipids stores, modifies and ships proteins boundary of the cell breaks down wastes using enzymes where cellular respiration occurs holds the DNA storage container where food is produced provides a rigid shape for the cell aids in cell division
chloroplast cell wall centriole
Animal cells
Animal cells
Plant cells
All cells
Organelle Function