This four week for our oldest students unit looked at the structure and function of a typical animal cell. The animal cell’s organelles were described and discussed. Students constructed a large model of an animal cell, working in class and independently in pairs on their contracts. Students watched a PBS short and discussed the content which led to a discussion on the role of cell DNA as the template for protein synthesis and its preservation during mitosis. Finally students prepared, stained cell structure on slides and observed them microscopically.