"You Can Tell It's A Cell" is a fun song about the basic parts of cells and their functions. The nucleus, cytoplasm, and cell membrane are identified and the roles of each are explained. Plant cells are further identified as being unique as they have a cell wall and chloroplasts (which contain chlorophyll and allow plants to make their own food through the process known as photosynthesis).
You can tell it's a cell by the way it looks
When it's under a microscope or in a book
It may be an animal or a plant it's true
But I know it's a cell, cause I see all the clues
Chorus:
You can tell
You can tell it's a cell
Yeah, you can tell
You can tell it's a cell
Now you and I've got a brain, it helps us do what we do
It helps with walkin' and talkin' and eatin' our food
And cells need one too, to keep 'em stayin' alive
It's called a NUCLEUS and floats around inside
Chorus
Well CYTOPLASM is that jelly-like goo
That oozes round inside a cell, yeah, it's in you too!
But if there wasn't something there called the
CELL MEMBRANE
There'd be cytoplasm everywhere, we'd really complain!
Chorus
Now plant cells are unique, they're really something to see
Yeah they've got a CELL WALL to make 'em stronger, you see
They've got CHLOROPHYLL and CHLOROPLASTS on their list
And they make their own food by PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Chorus
Now cells are really small, yeah, they're hard to see
But look on down through a microscope there they'll be
And you and I are made of cells and so are birds and bees
Just like apples and bananas and the leaves on the trees
