CELL ORGANELLE ANALOGY PROJECT

Using the diagrams from your notebook, you will create a poster-sized drawing of an animal or plant cell and label its organelles (see details below). Next to each label (organelle) you will provide a picture and your analogy to the cell part. You must explain how your analogy relates to the organelle’s function. Be creative! Example: a closet is like a vacuole because both vacuoles and closets store materials. You are required to complete this project independently.

The 15 required cell parts are:

vacuole cell membrane nucleus

nuclear envelope chromatin (DNA) mitochondria

cytoskeleton Golgi apparatus lysosome

ribosomes cytoplasm nucleolus

(ER) endoplasmic reticulum

For Animal cells only: Cilia or Flagella; centrioles

For Plant cells only: Chloroplasts and Cell Wall

Categories & Points:

·  Cell is hand-drawn and colored on poster board. The drawing itself should be no less than 12in. by 12in. (25 points)

·  Title that describes the type of cell (animal or plant) (5 points)

·  Colorful and neat (10 points)

·  All 15 cell parts are labeled correctly and analogies are clear and concise (45 points)

·  All 15 cell parts are accompanied by an image of the analogy (10 points)

·  A straight line connects each part of your hand-drawn cell to a location containing three things: the organelle name, analogy, and image. (5 points)

·  10 extra credit points will be given if all 15 analogies follow the specified requirements AND follow a single, consistent theme. Theme should be in title.

Grading of the above will be based on the fact that:

·  All 15 cell parts have analogy pictures from magazines or from the computer (or nicely drawn) that are representative of the organelle function.

·  Analogies are in complete sentences, well-written and creative.

·  All analogies relate to the FUNCTION (i.e. “job”) of the cell part

·  The textbook/class analogies are not allowed.

Total points possible for this project: 100 POINTS! (Lab category)

Posters are due at the beginning of class Friday, January 17th. Typed analogies are due on turnitin.com on the same date.

Use the chart below to plot out your analogy for each organelle

Organelle / Analogy
vacuole
nuclear envelope
cytoskeleton
ribosomes
lysosomes
cell membrane
chromatin (DNA)
Golgi Apparatus
cytoplasm
nucleus
nucleolus
endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
mitochondria
Cilia or Flagella (ANIMALS ONLY)
Centrioles (ANIMAL ONLY)
Chloroplasts (PLANTS ONLY)
Cell Wall (PLANTS ONLY)