Summary
Which parts of a cell serve a similar job to the parts of a cruise ship, human body, computer, or other system?
- First, students think of another example of a system and note several of its components.
- Next, they look for parts of their system that have similar jobs to parts of a cell. They note parts of a cell that have no counterpart in their system.
- Finally, they'll write a conversation between a cell and their second system in which the two systems discuss their related components.
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