Examines the structures, functions, and behaviors of different types of cells, including those of animals, plants, and single-celled organisms.
Integrates biology, technology, engineering, and history
Encourages comparing and contrasting of scientific studies during different historical periods.
Readers learn the science behind how cell science is being used for food production, cures for disease, and the criminal justice system, as well as the controversies and social impacts of human interaction with cell science.
Uses an inquiry-based approach to encourage readers to perform meaningful experiments and to reach their own independent conclusions, and to think creatively about the future of cell science.
Meets the structure and function and matter and energy in organisms standards for NSTA's NGSS curriculum.
Primary sources promote further thought and exploration beyond the page to deepen readers' curiosity about this topic.
Meets the Common Core state standards in language arts for reading informational text.
Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
