Cell CommandCell Structure and Processes Learning Game
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About the Game
Cell Command is a cell biology learning game aligned to Common Core and Next Generation Science standards. Shrink down to a microscopic size and captain a ship, leading your intrepid crew through the human body. Explore cells while managing DNA duplication and other cellular processes. Learn the role of critical cell structures including the membrane, mitochondria, golgi complex, and ribosomes as you return your team safely to the station.
Learning Objectives
- Investigate, understand, and explain cell theory.
- Identify the structures and functions of major animal cell organelles.
- Relate the structure of a specialized cell to the function which that cell performs.
- Describe the functions performed by cells needed to sustain a living organism.

Curriculum
Filament Learning curriculum is aligned to Next Generation Science Standards, Common Core State Standards, and Benchmarks for Science Literacy. Each supplemental curriculum unit includes a Teacher's Guide with discussion activities, workshops, labs, and assessments. Students follow along with the included Student Guide, which allows for seamless communication between the lessons and the gameplay.
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Teacher Dashboard
Check in on student progress with the Teacher Dashboard, which gives you visibility into which learning objectives your students have encountered, serving as a real-time assessment tool. If your students are stuck at any given point, the Teacher Dashboard will tell you where, so you can provide just-in-time intervention when students need it most.
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Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways parts of cells contribute to the function.LS1.A: Structure and Function
- Within cells, special structures are responsible for particular functions, and the cell membrane forms the boundary that controls what enters and leaves the cell. (MS-LS1-2)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.3
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6–8 texts and topics.
5C/M1a
All living things are composed of cells, from just one to many millions, whose details usually are visible only through a microscope.5C/M2a
Cells repeatedly divide to make more cells for growth and repair.5C/M3a
Within cells, many of the basic functions of organisms—such as extracting energy from food and getting rid of waste—are carried out.