1. EAL Nexus Resource Cells Comparing plant and animal cells Subject:
Science
Age group:
12 – 14,
Topic:
Cells, organs and life processes
© Bell Educational Trust 2016
EAL Nexus – free downloadable teaching materials
This resource was originally developed by Z. Davies and has been adapted for EAL Nexus.

2. Plant cell chloroplasts nucleus cell wall cell membrane vacuole
This slide can be used as a reference by the EAL learners.
vacuole
cytoplasm
mitochondria

3. Animal cell cell membrane mitochondria nucleus cytoplasm
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cytoplasm

4. Compare and contrast the two cells Fill the words in the Venn diagram
Plant cell
Animal cell
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chloroplasts vacuole cell wall nucleus
cell membrane mitochondria cytoplasm

5. Plant cell
Animal cell
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6. nucleus
cell
membrane
Print slides 6-11 as 6 per page handouts, cut out the labels and laminate for repeated use. Give a set to each EAL learner or to each group. Learners can also complete this activity individually and keep for further reference and revision. For this all the labels and pictures can be printed on paper and not laminated.

7. cytoplasm
vacuole

8. cell wall
chloroplasts

9. mitochondria

10. Answers: Compare and contrast the two cells
Fill the words in the Venn diagram
Plant cell
Animal cell
nucleus
mitochondria
cell membrane
cytoplasm
chloroplasts
vacuole
cell wall
Display for the learners to check their answers.
chloroplasts vacuole cell wall nucleus
cell membrane mitochondria cytoplasm

11. Useful language Comparing: similarly to likewise also like just as
just like
similar to
same as
compare
compare(d) to / with
Contrasting:
however
nevertheless
still
although / even though
but
yet
despite / in spite of
in contrast to
in comparison
on the other hand
Print out this slide and let EAL learners to translate the conjunctions they are not familiar with, so they can keep for further reference.

12. Comparing and contrasting
Like the animal cell, the plant cell has a nucleus, a cell membrane, mitochondria and cytoplasm. However, the plant cell has more cell parts than the animal cell.
The plant cell contains chloroplasts which help photosynthesis to happen, but the animal cell doesn’t have any chloroplasts. Also, in contrast to the animal cell, the plant cell has a cell wall and a vacuole.
Print out this slide and let EAL learners to translate the conjunctions they are not familiar with, so they can keep for further reference.

13. Compare and contrast the two cells
Plant cell
Animal cell
chloroplasts
vacuole
cell wall
nucleus
cell membrane
cytoplasm
Differentiated

14. Compare and contrast the two cells
The plant ____ has a ________ and the _________ cell has a __________ .
Both plant and animal cells have a ______, _________, __________ and __________, but the ________ cell doesn’t have _________, a _________ and a _____ ________ .
Differentiated

15. Image attributions
Plant cell: Drawn by R Wilson based on By domdomegg (Own work) [CC BY 4.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons
Animal cell: Drawn by R Wilson based on By domdomegg (Own work) [CC BY 4.0 ( via Wikimedia Commons