Looking Inside Cells: Lesson 1 - Build-a-Cell

Interact and collaborate with &nbsp;cellular modules in Looking Inside Cells . Working in groups of 2-4, students will put on Virtual Reality headsets and participate in simulations that include building cells from scratch, specializing those cells for unique roles in organisms, and advancing a cell through mitosis. These simulations can help increase your students’ interest in biology while improving their understanding and retention of organelles and their relationships.

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Students will build models of animal, plant, and prokaryotic cells. Using a toolbox of organelles, students can build models from scratch, and receive adaptive feedback.

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