Download AT HOME CELL MODEL PROJECT

AT HOME CELL MODEL PROJECT
DUE DATE: Friday, January 13, 2017
THIS WILL BE WORTH A TEST GRADE!
Part 1. ANIMAL OR PLANT CELL MODEL: Create a model of an animal or plant cell. Here are some
ideas for creating your animal or plant cell model:
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Draw a poster with a picture of your cell.
Create a model out of clay or other materials.
Make an edible cell! You can bake a cake, make it out of Jello - use your imagination.
Check with your teacher if you have another idea.
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MAY NOT MAKE PHOTOCOPIES OF AN ANIMAL OR PLANT
CELL AND GLUE THEM TO A POSTER! YOU MUST CREATE YOUR OWN MODEL!
Your model needs to be neat and colorful and as realistic as you can make it.
Part 2. Written Explanation: Write a paragraph telling me the parts of your cell. You should also describe
each part and tell me what they do to help the cell work. Use pages A6 and A7 in your textbook to help you!
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Somewhere on your model there should be flags or arrows or a key to identify each of the parts
you labeled.
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Animal Cell – Should include the following parts… cell membrane, cytoplasm, vacuole, nucleus,
mitochondrion
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Plant Cell – Should include the following parts… cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, vacuole,
nucleus, mitochondrion, chloroplast, and chlorophyll
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Check your written explanation carefully for spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
Below you will find the rubric which will be used to grade your project.
PLANT
ANIMAL
COMPLETENESS
ACCURACY OF
INFORMATION
SPELLING AND
CAPITALIZATION
NEATNESS AND
ORGANIZATION
WOW! (4)
Project had all of the
required
information.
Information was
correct.
All words were
spelled and
capitalized correctly.
Project was
extremely neat and
easy to read and
understand.
Score: _______________
ALMOST THERE
(3)
Project had almost
all of the required
information.
Only a few mistakes
in information.
Most words were
spelled and
capitalized correctly.
Project was pretty
neat and easy to
understand.
ON THE WAY (2)
NEEDS WORK (1)
Project was missing
several pieces of
information.
Many mistakes in
information.
Many mistakes in
spelling and
capitalization.
Project was a little
messy and hard to
understand.
Project had too much
missing information.
Too many mistakes
in information.
Too many mistakes
in spelling and
capitalization.
Impossible to
understand project
because it was so
messy.
Grade: _________________