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Cell Part Worksheet (15 points)
Step 1: Select the cell part from the list below that corresponds to your group #. For example, if you are
group 1 you will select the Nucleus.
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2.
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7.
8.
Nucleus
Centrosome
Rough ER
Smooth ER
Cytoskeleton
Peroxisome
Golgi apparatus
Lysosome
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16.
Ribosome
Plasma Membrane
Peroxisome
Glycocalyx
Vesicles
Vacuole
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Step 2: Identify one or more review articles (or primary literature articles) about your cell part using
PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and/or Web of Knowledge. If you have trouble finding articles
about your cell part, be sure that you search using multiple different search terms and in multiple different
places. For example if you were assigned Nucleus you might search for “Nucleus”, “Nuclear trafficking”,
“Nuclear Lamina”, “Nuclear Pore complex” etc. When using PubMed, be sure to check ‘review’ on the
left to search for review articles at first. After you are familiar with the current state of the field you can
check out some primary literature articles.
Step 3: Create a PowerPoint slides that contain your teams answers to the following questions:
Assigned Cell Part:
1. Without using any resources other than your own head, what do you currently know about your
assigned cell part? What does your cell part do?
2. What questions do you have about your cell part? (i.e. How does it form? How do proteins get to
it? What happens to it during cell division? How many membranes surround it? etc.)
3. Using review and primary literature articles try to answer the questions you posed above. What
things did you learn in your research that you didn’t know before?
4. What is still unknown about your cell part? In other words, what questions are scientists still
trying to answer about it?
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5. How does your cell part relate to human disease?
Step 4: Present your PowerPoint slides on your table’s monitor to other groups next class period. Make
sure your slides are informative and look nice. Spruce them up with relevant figures, images, or
diagrams. See the Presentation Design video on the course website for more tips. DO NOT USE
QUOTES. Write everything in your own words and try to minimize the number of words on each slide.
Cite and reference everything clearly, including images taken from the web.
Step 5: Record notes about what you learned from the other team’s presentations
Step 6: Finalize your presentation by incorporating any feedback you received from your peers. Upload
your presentation to the specified drop-box on the Moodle site. Name the files like this: “Team 01-Cell
Part Presentation.ppt”. Your file should also contain the date and the names of your team members.
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Assignment Grading Rubric:
Every cell part is different so answers are expected to vary substantially between groups. Points will be
awarded for a good-faith effort for each category listed below. Copying answers directly from any source
is plagiarism. If answers are not written in your own words your group will receive a zero for the
assignment or may be asked to do it again. High quality slides are clear, use bullet points, have
meaningful images, and have lots of white space. Poor slides are wordy, bland, non-scientific, and/or
overly simplistic. Poor slides also can lack contrast, contain quoted or improperly cited material, and/or
have inappropriate images. Points will be deducted for poor/inaccurate answers and for poor slide design.
How points will be awarded:
1. (1 point) Without using any resources other than your own head, what do you currently know
about your assigned cell part? What does your cell part do?
2. (3 points) What questions do you have about your cell part? (i.e. How does it form? How do
proteins get to it? What happens to it during cell division? How many membranes surround it?
etc.)
3. (3 points) Using review and primary literature articles try to answer the questions you posed
above. What things did you learn in your research that you didn’t know before? For questions
that you were not able to answer, you should include a hypothesis and an experiment that could
be done to address your question.
4. (3 points) What is still unknown about your cell part? In other words, what questions are
scientists still trying to answer about it?
5. (3 points) How does your cell part relate to human disease?
6. (2 points) Slide design
7. (1 bonus point) List at least three things you learned during the team presentations that you didn’t
know about other teams’ cell parts.
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B.
C.