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Cell Structure & Cell ProcessesChoice Board

Assignment:Create Cell City, you will design a colorful city that represents a cell. You will compare the parts of the city to the organelles of a plant cell. Decide what part of the city each organelle represents.. On a piece of poster paper, draw the layout of your city in color and with labels. Go over all of your labels in pen. Come up with a creative cell name. Attach a piece of paper to your poster that explains why each part of your structure represents a certain organelle.
Example:
“The city hall represents the nucleus because it is the control center of the city. This is similar to a nucleus’ job, which is to control a cell.”
Keep in mind the part of the city’s job should be similar to the job that the organelle does for the cell. An explanation of this should be included in your sentences.
Worth 25 Point / Assignment: Create a children’s book about an animal or plant cell. Your book must have show creativity, pictures and a developed story line. Must have developed characters about the cell and its functions. Must include the following organelles:
Animal Cell: Lysome, Membrane, Ribosome ,Cytoplasm, Mitochondria, Nucleus, Vacuoles
Plant Cell: Ribosome, Nucleus, Mitochondrion, Cytoplasm, Cell Wall, Chloroplast, Vacuoles
Include Cell Structure & Cell Processes
Worth 25 points
***** / Assignment: To help you remember the functions of the organelles, you will be using the organelles and their function to write a story. You will be writing your own CREATIVE story that should be different from everyone else’s. In your story, you must include at least 5 organelles and their jobs. While you are writing, be sure to underline the organelles and their jobs in the story.
Example: I’m from a town called Cellville, and there are two gangs in town. One gang is called the Animals. The other gang is called the Plants. I know this sounds strange, but the leaders of both of the gangs are brothers. They control all of the things that happen all over Cellville. The leader of the Plant Gang is named R.J. Nucleus. His brother, the leader of the Animal Gang, is named Ron Nucleus. One day, R.J. and Ron got into a fight, and you will never believe what happened next…
Worth 25pts / Assignment: Build or Bake a Cell. Build or bake a model using whatever materials you want to represent all the organelles in a plant cell. You must have an object or food item in your model that will represent every organelle in your cell. Pay attention to where they go in your model, what they look like, their size, etc. They should be representative of the real organelles in a cell. Attach a piece of paper to your model explaining what item represents each organelle.
Example:
“The large cookie in the middle of my dish represents the nucleus because it is a larege organelle in the middle of the cell. The nucleus is the control center of the cell and also stores DNA (which are the sprinkes on my cookie.).”
To demonstrate your knowledge of what the organelles DO, please include their function in your sentences.
Worth 25 points / Assignment: Write a summary of the different organelles that are found in the cell and the different functions that each of the organelles do. Next, choose FIVE of the organelles that are found in your cell. In the next paragraph, you will compare the different organelles you choose to different people. In your paragraph, you should explain why a certain person would be a certain organelle (each comparison should have 2-3 sentences to explain your comparison. You may use people you know OR famous people.
Example: My friend Andrea would be the nucleus because she is bossy, and the nucleus is always in control of everything. OR Barack Obama would be the nucleus because he controls our country and he lives in the White house, where lots of important information is stored.
Worth 25points
Assignment: You have been hired by an educational network to produce a video series. The topic of your first episode is plant and animal cells in our daily lives. Create a video of your first episode.
Include Cell Structure & Cell Processes
Worth 25 points.
***** / Assignment: Draw a poster of a plant cell or an animal cell. On your poster, you should draw all of the organelles that we have discussed in class and label each one of them Each organelle should be illustrated in two different ways. First, each organelle should be illustrated like we would actually see it underneath a microscope Second, next to your real-life illustration of each organelle; you should also draw a picture that represents what the organelle actually does. For each organelle comparison that you make, you should write one sentence on your poster.
Worth 25 points / Assignment: After you have chosen, write a summary of the different organelles that are found in the cell and the different functions that each of the organelles do. Next, choose FOUR of the organelles that are found in your cell. Write four different hypotheses about what would happen to the cell if it did NOT have the organelle that you chose. For each organelle that you chose, write 3-5 sentences to describe what the cell would be like if that organelle just magically disappeared. Would the cell still be able to function? Would the plant or animal still be alive? What would happen if one of the cell parts went missing?
Worth 25 points / Assignment:You are the head of the Cell Museum. You need to put together a tour guide map and pamphlet for your cell museum. You may pick either a plant or animal cell for your museum. Your pamphlet needs to have the following items:
Title page – Picture/ price/ hours open
Exhibits (Cell Parts) – numbered
Descriptions of Exhibits
Map – with (You Are Here) sign
Worth 25 points / Assignment: Design a board game in which players travel though either a plant or animal cell traveling from organelle to organelle
Worth 25 points

Science Cell Choice Board Project!

Project Expectations and Guidelines:

You must complete enough assignments to make 125 points for your choice board project to be considered complete.You may do any combination of three assignments,and and you must select one of the assignments marked with (*****). The assignments should total 125 points.

  • Your assignments must follow the directions listed on the choice board and must meet the page limit.
  • Your project will be graded on the rubric below and MUST be turned in by : Friday, September 26, 2014
  • Every product must include the following organelles or structures: nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, ribosome, endoplasmic reticulum, golgie apparatus, vesicle, lysosome, mitochondria, vacuole, chloroplast, and cell wall. You may include DNA and Nucleolus, if you like.

Cell Choice Board Grading Rubric:

EOY Choice Board Grading Rubric! / 69/100
Poor (F)
No work was turn in, no effort was made to complete work. / 76/100
Not Yet (D)
Work was incomplete and poorly done. Inadequate representation of content (spelling mistakes, mess-ups) / 84/10
Nearly There(C)
Work was complete but lacked effort and provided inadequate representation of content.. / 92/10
Expected(B)
Work was complete and displayed sufficient effort. Content explanations of organelles make sense. (Followed directions, neat, and few errors.) / 100/100
Exceptional(A)
Work was complete and displayed strong effort. Content explanations and analogies explain what objects represent what organelle. (Creative, neat, well organized, with little to no errors..)
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