Free to use in class. Play it a few times; it's made to support what students learn in class, not replace it.
About this song
A cinematic rock anthem about animal cells for grades 6-9. Diagrams show every part as it's sung: the flexible membrane, nerve cells, red blood cells, sperm and muscle cells, the extracellular matrix, white blood cells and lysosomes, heterotrophs, centrioles and cell division, cilia and flagella, cell junctions, and how to tell an animal cell from a plant cell.
Dr. Lewicki Science Series
Check yourself
Why can an animal cell change shape?
Show the answer
It has no cell wall, only a flexible cell membrane, and a cytoskeleton inside that shapes it. That's why a nerve cell can stretch, a red blood cell can bend, and a white blood cell can wrap around a germ.
Key terms
animal cells
animal cell vs plant cell
cell membrane
no cell wall
specialized cells
nerve cell
red blood cell
white blood cell
phagocytosis
extracellular matrix
collagen
centrioles
centrosome
lysosomes
Standards it supports
MS-LS1-1Living things are made of cells: one cell or many different numbers and types of cells.
MS-LS1-2Model the function of a cell as a whole and how the parts of cells contribute to that function.
MS-LS1-3The body is a system of interacting subsystems made of groups of cells.
NGSS: Next Generation Science Standards.
Lesson pack
Coming soon for this song: a lyric sheet, fill-in-the-blanks, vocabulary, a quiz and an exit ticket.
