Parts of a cell - R2P

This resource provides a lesson plan showing how to use educational games, such as bingo, to teach about parts of the cell and their function.

The research summary discusses how pupils find it challenging to identify and describe the functions of the internal components of a cell, and how this understanding is essential for understanding life processes. It also suggests that the use of games that challenge pupils' knowledge and provide a navigation through the cell to different cell organelles, such as role play, improves pupils' understanding of cell parts and functions. 

By the end of the lesson pupils should be able to draw and label an accurate diagram of a cell and its parts, and describe the function of each cell part. 

This resource is part of a collection of research informed secondary science lesson plans produced as part of the Research-2-Practice (R2P) project undertaken by research teams at the University of Roehampton, University of Lincoln, York St John University and KYRA research school, between 2020 and 2021, which was funded by Wellcome.

The overall aim of the project was to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in science by giving time-pressed teachers quick and easy access to relevant research to inform their practice and provide exemplar lesson plans to show how the research could be used in the classroom. More resources can be found here.