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8 Cells - Simile - Assignment

The document describes a cell biology assignment where students will create a poster comparing the structures and functions of an animal cell to parts of a human-built structure. Students must choose a structure like an airport, football game, or shopping mall as the basis for their cell simile. They will label how each part of the structure relates to an organelle of the cell, such as comparing a shipping department to the plasma membrane or a power plant to mitochondria. The poster will be evaluated on how well the simile conveys how cellular structures work interdependently to allow the cell to grow, obtain and use energy, produce waste, and divide.

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8 Cells - Simile - Assignment

The document describes a cell biology assignment where students will create a poster comparing the structures and functions of an animal cell to parts of a human-built structure. Students must choose a structure like an airport, football game, or shopping mall as the basis for their cell simile. They will label how each part of the structure relates to an organelle of the cell, such as comparing a shipping department to the plasma membrane or a power plant to mitochondria. The poster will be evaluated on how well the simile conveys how cellular structures work interdependently to allow the cell to grow, obtain and use energy, produce waste, and divide.

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Cells R Us!

Cell Simile
() Project

Cell Biology Assignment: You


have embarked on a study of the
cell,
plant and animal cells. This project
will allow you to communicate your
understanding of the inner
structures of the animal cell and
how
those structures function
interdependently.

PROCEDURE:
PART ONE:
1. You will work individually to create a poster simile of a cell.
2. Choose a human built structure to serve as the basis for your cell similes. The title of your
poster will be “An Cell is like a…………..”. In the blank space you will put the name of your human
built structure such as a/an airport, football game, circus, shopping mall, etc. The poster will
actually show your human built structure – NOT the cell.
3. Choose details from your human built structure to compare to the structures and functions of
the organelles of a cell. Often a cell is compared to a factory. A sample is attached – you
will NOT use a factory for your simile. The logic and richness of your similes will help you to
learn better how a cell and its structures function together to enable the cell to grow, acquire
and use energy, produce wastes, divide, communicate, etc.
4. Next to each part of your human built structure, you will put a sentence that compares that
part to a part of the cell. EXAMPLE: “Just as a shipping/receiving department determines
what enters or leaves a factory, so the cell membrane selectively determines what can enter
or leave a cell.”
5. Use the following organelles/structures:
Plasma membrane Mitochondria Vacuole
Cytoplasm Nucleus Ribosomes
Rough endoplasmic reticulum Golgi Apparatus

6. Strive for EXCELLENCE


 Use neat printing.
 Plan graphics that illustrate the simile without overwhelming it.
7. Assessment: Your posters will be evaluated on the following criteria:
 Simile: Does your simile project a dominant, unified central image of the cell?
 Details: Have you included all of the animal cell organelles WITH details?
 Clarity: Have you produced clear, correct labels for each detail?
 Unity: Does your simile show that the parts of the cell function together coherently –
that the cell is using energy, growing, responding, etc.)?
 Technical Details: Have you used posterboard? Does your poster have a title? Is your
poster neat, attractive, and easy to read?
 Excellence: Is your poster creative, original, and interesting?
Here is an example of comparisons of cell parts to parts of a factory.

Factory Job Cell Organelle Simile


Shipping and Plasma Membrane Just as the shipping and receiving department controls
Receiving Dept. what enters and leaves a factor, so the plasma membrane
regulates what enters and leaves a cell.
CEO – Chief Nucleus Just as the CEO directs all operations of the factory, so
Executive the nucleus and DNA controls all cell activities and what
Officer proteins will be made.
Factory Floor Cytoplasm Just as the factory floor holds all of the machinery and
parts in the factory, so the cytoplasm is the where all the
organelles and activity are found in the cell.
Assembly Line Rough ER Just as the assembly line is the place where the workers
(Endoplasmic to their job in the factory, so the ER is the place where
Reticulum) the ribosomes do their job of assembling proteins.
Finishing and Golgi Apparatus Just as the finishing and packaging department prepares
Packaging Dept. factory products for shipment, so the Golgi apparatus
prepares the proteins for use or export out of the cell.
Power plant Mitochondria Just as the power plant provides energy for all the
activities in the factory, so the mitochondria are the
source of the ATP that is used for energy in cell
processes.
Product Vacuole Just as factories need to store products to ship, vacuoles
Storage store items such as food, water, wastes, and other
chemicals.
Product Ribosomes Just as the factory produces a product that will be sold
and used, the ribosomes of the cell produce proteins that
will be used to build the items coded for in the DNA
sequence.
Names: __________________________________ Date: January 3,
2008

Cell Simile Chart of Organelles

My cell is like a: _____________________

Job Cell Simile


Organelle
Plasma Membrane

Nucleus

Cytoplasm

Rough ER
(Endoplasmic
Reticulum)

Golgi Apparatus

Mitochondria

Vacuole

Ribosomes

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