Animal Cell Coloring Worksheet
This Animal Cell Coloring Worksheet is a fun and educational way to learn about the different parts of an animal cell!
Introduce more animal activities to your child’s science study with these helpful animal activities for kids.
The worksheet includes diagrams of an animal cell with labels for each part. It’s a great resource for students, teachers, and anyone who wants to learn more about the inner workings of cells.
Once you’ve learned all about the different parts of an animal cell, you can test your knowledge by coloring in the diagram!
If you’re studying cell biology then you’ll love this animal cell diagram as you learn each of the organelles within a cell.
Did you miss our plant cell coloring worksheet? You can grab it here: Plant Cell Coloring Worksheet.
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Common Animal Cell Structures
As stated in the plant cell coloring worksheet intro, all cells have certain “organelles” in common. An organelle is simply what we call those cell parts. Organelles are to cells what your organs are to your body.
Learn more about human body systems with our Human Body Worksheets. Common to all cells are the vacuole, Golgi apparatus, and endoplasmic reticulum, along with cell walls/cell membranes, mitochondria, and nuclei.
Vacuole
Your body has openings to let in fuel and let out waste. Your cells do too. The vacuoles are what we call those openings in the cell wall or cell membrane. Vacuole operates as part gate, part storage for the cell. On the animal cell coloring worksheet, color the vacuole yellow.
Golgi Apparatus
Golgi apparatus, also known as Golgi bodies or Golgi complex, are the “messengers” of the cell. They’re often likened to a kind of post office for the cell. They take simpler molecules in the cell and package them up into more complex and more useful molecules.
They also are responsible for the digestion of proteins called lysosomes. Golgi (pronounced “gol-ji” by the way) apparatus works closely with the endoplasmic reticulum and should be colored grey on your animal cell coloring worksheet.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
While the Golgi apparatus is the “post office” of cells, the endoplasmic reticulum is the highway. These are a series of tube-like structures that help transport different chemicals to different parts of the cell, much like your blood transports food and oxygen to different parts of your brain, or a truck and highway system transports the food from the farm to the city.
The smooth endoplasmic reticulum helps produce protein and lipids while the rough endoplasmic reticulum has attached ribosomes to help protein production.
They are actually found throughout your cell, but on the animal cell coloring worksheet, you’ll notice we only showed them around the nucleus.
Animal Cell Organelles
Like plant cells, animal cells have organelles specific to them, such as lysosomes and centrosomes.
Lysosomes
Lysosomes are the garbage disposals of animal cells. They collect and deal with the waste products of the cell, such as excess water, salt, or other minerals.
Centrosomes
Centrosomes are the parts that are responsible for cell division and the creation of parts that allow cells to move.
Recommended Animal Cell Coloring Books
Learn all about the organelles of cells with these great books. You can color each part in the animal cell coloring worksheet, after you’ve read that section in your book, and complete an entire unit of science, in easy time.
Cellfies: A Cell Biology Coloring BookGIANTmicrobes–Cells Coloring BookColoring with Cell: Color and discover the cellular organelles and the details of your cells with your friend Sammy.The Biology Coloring BookAnimal Cell Anatomy Coloring Book: Introduction to Animal Cell Anatomy Workbook.From Cells to Body Systems: Science Doodle Coloring Book
Cell Coloring Worksheet Supplies
- Printer (I love my printer, I use this one!)
- Paper
- Pencil
- Crayons
Create your own paper plate animal cell craft to visualize your own animal cell.
Recommended Animal Cell Activity Kits
Want more cellular fun? Check out these marvelous animal cell anatomy kits. If you get one, and your kids setup, we’d love to see it. Just tag us on Instagram.
Cells: Under a Microscope (ScienceWiz Book-Kit)Learning Resources Giant Magnetic Animal Cell, Classroom Supplies, 4 Piece Animal Cell, Ages 9+GiftAmaz Animal and Plant Cell Anatomy Model, Soft Felt Toy, Early Cell Biology and Life Science STEM Toys, Classroom Teaching Aid, Educational Learning Activities STEM Toys Gift for Kids Ages 6+Ein-O Science BioSigns Animal CellLearning Resources Cross-Section Animal Cell Model, Soft Foam, Early Biology, Classroom Teaching Aid, Grade 4+, Ages 9+GIANTmicrobes Animal Cell Plush – Learn About Cell Biology and Life Science with This Educational Plush, Memorable Gift for Students, Educators, Scientists, and Anyone with a Healthy Sense of Humor
What’s Included in the Animal Cell Coloring Worksheets?
Identify the Cell Parts
Your homeschoolers will have fun learning what makes up an entire animal cell by identifying each of its parts in this colorful and fun page of animal cell worksheets.
Animal Cell Parts Coloring Activity
Have an enjoyable science learning and a little bit of art time with your young learners as they identify, and color each part of the animal cell. Your kids will surely marvel at the outcome of their work!
Build an Animal Cell Structure
Test your child’s memory and what they have learned by letting them build their own animal cell structure using cutout parts and pasting them onto the Build an Animal Cell worksheet page. You can also encourage them to color their finished work to make it even more fun!
More Biology Worksheets
- Paper Plate Animal Cell Craft
- Plant Cell Coloring Worksheet
- Plant Cell Craft
- Animal Cell STEM for Kids by The Natural Homeschool
- Edible Jello Cell Model Project by 123 Homeschool 4 Me
Print out the cell color sheet to learn all of the parts of the cell in a fun hands-on way. Once your kids know all about the animal cell you can go ahead and see how the plant cell differs!
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