Animal cell coloring pages
A great way to use these cell pictures is to ask your class to color them according to their parts. This can either be dictated orally or written on the board. For example, you can instruct learners to color the nucleus light blue, the mitochondria yellow, the Golgi Apparatus purple, and so on.
Students who are only beginning to learn about cells will need a textbook or a labeled image to help with this. You can also provide one of the labeled coloring pages below instead.
Another fun activity is to let students cut out the parts of the animal cells and recreate them on a separate sheet of paper. All they need to do is draw a cell/plasma membrane and place the pieces inside it appropriately. Note that if you plan on coloring the cell parts (organelles), it is best done before they are cut out.
The cell parts can also be stuck to an inflated balloon if you want to create 3D cell diagrams!
For a more advanced exercise, ask your class to write the functions of each of the cell parts that are being learned on the back of the coloring pages. This can be done as a research project or as homework. Encourage students to also add any interesting facts that they may come across.
Parts of an animal cell
There are many different kinds of animal cells made up of various components. This is because they serve specialized functions. Some of these cell types include – blood cells, fat cells, muscle cells, nerve cells, and skin cells.
The different parts that make up cells are known as organelles. Below are some of the organelles that you may want to add to your coloring pages.
Cell Membrane
Centriole
Cilia
Cytoplasm
Flagella
Golgi Complex/Golgi Apparatus
Lysosome
Microfilament
Microtubule
Mitochondria
Nucleoli
Nucleus
Peroxisome
Ribosome
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Secretory Vesicle
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Vacuole
