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Goes Cellular

From The Magic School Bus · 1997

Goes Cellular
26 min3rd4th5th6thScience
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Summary

The class shrinks to cell size to learn the building blocks of living things. They discover that all living things are made of cells.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

The class shrinks to cell size to learn the building blocks of living things.

  1. What are all living things built from?
  2. Why are cells called the building blocks of life?
  3. How can cells be alive if they're so tiny?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: cell, living, tissue.

Try it: Explain how cells are like the bricks that build a living thing.

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