Cells

Readings

Cellupedia- http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/introduction.html

This website has a lot of information about cells. Have fun poking around in this site

Amazing Cells from Learn.Genetics. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/

This site also has a lot of great information in it about cells.

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to

- discuss the characteristics of prokaryotic cells

- discuss the characteritics of a eukaryotic cell

- identify the function of organelles/cellular structures such as nucleus, mitochondria, lysosomes, chloroplasts

- compare and contrast the characteristics of a prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell

- conpare and contrast chromosomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells