Compare the cells
Show a labeled animal cell and plant cell side by side. Kids find what's the same (nucleus, membrane) and what plants have extra (cell wall, chloroplasts). Then they explain why plants need those extras.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
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