Cells Alive!
"Explore, Study, and Play"
Description:
This website went online nearly thirty years ago! It is constantly updated about revised since its publish date in May, 1994. Nearly everything provided on this website (created by Jim Sullivan, is free of cost for anyone. This website gets 45,000 visitors a day. James Sullivan also includes his resume on the website which includes his information about both his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Biology. Therefore, the website could include possible errors since it is created by an individual, but the information on his website seems to be very accurate.
What's included?
-Interactive Cell Models of Plant and Animal Cell
-Interactive Bacteria Cell Model
-Cell Puzzles and Games
-Match, Jigsaw & Crossword Puzzles
-Interactive Eukaryote Cell Cycle (Mitosis, Meiosis, Cell Cycle)
-Virtual Labs
-Study Aids
-Quizes
-PowerPoints and Videos (costs may apply)
-& SO MANY MORE ONLINE RESOURCES!!!
Potential uses:
There are so many tools on this website would fit perfectly into essentially any phase of the learning cycle. The interactive cell models could fit perfectly into either the explain or the explore phase of the learning cycle. The Virtual labs would work really great for the explore or elaborate phases. The puzzle and games would be good for review before the evaluate phase or even for the evaluate phase. The teacher could also create a webquest for students to complete. During the web quest there could be different requirement students must find and complete on the website. There is so much to do on the website, it would be a good idea for the teacher to have a plan for the things they definitely wanted students to accomplish. Or this could also just be a supplementary activity that students who finish early could log on and do in order to keep them occupied.
Here's some images of what Cells Alive! has to offer your classroom:
Hi Keaton! Thanks for this resource. It looks like it has a variety of tools to use in the science classroom, specifically with cells. You mentioned using a webquest, and I think that giving students a worksheet with links and questions for certain activities would be a great way for them to self-direct their learning using activities from this website. I'm very excited to be able to use this resource in my classroom!
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon, Keaton, I think I will use this resource not only for my students, but also for myself! Biology is one of my weaker content areas, and I can certainly use this to brush up on before actually teaching. The virtual labs can be very useful formative assessments without breaking the budget on supplies, something that I've considered recently.
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ReplyDeleteGreetings Keaton! This is a very helpful resource that would be very engaging and interactive for the students. In this age, technology use in the classroom is critical because our students are becoming more and more tech savvy everyday! I can't wait to use this source for my future classroom!
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