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Cell Analogies Collage
“It takes three million cells to cover the head of a pin, but only one cell collage to cover a
large part of your Biology grade!”
1. Select a plant or animal cell as the subject for your collage**. Complete a drawing or
coloring of that cell on a standard 11”x 8” piece of paper. Be certain to include the
following structures:
(**Please note: you are ultimately responsible for all parts of
the cell; if you choose to do an animal cell, you will include
plant cell parts on the back or to the side, separate from the
overall collage, and vice versa for a plant cell..)
Cell Wall
Cytoplasm
Chloroplast
Chromatin
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Rough ER
Cell Membrane
Cilia/Flagella
Golgi Apparatus
Lysosome
Ribosome
Vacuole/ Vesicle
Smooth ER
Mitochondria
Nuclear Envelope0
2. Correctly identify your cell as a plant or animal cell. Include your justification on
the back of your poster before turning it in. It is probably easiest to type this up on
a sheet of paper and to glue this onto the back of the paper, rather than just write on
the back.
3. Review the function and structure of each item on the list above.
4. Select a theme for the analogies you will be creating. (Examples: Objects in a
House, Animals in a Zoo) Then, using clip art, magazines, newspapers, or high
quality drawings, find everyday objects related to your analogy that have a similar
function or structure as the parts of your cells. Type an analogy to show the
similarity between your cell part and the everyday object. Be sure to explain the
reasoning behind your analogies in your typed descriptions. (Example: The
nucleus is like a brain because it controls and coordinates the activities of the
entire cell; in the same way the brain controls and coordinates activities of the
body. The look of the organelle to the real object is not sufficient.) You will include
your analogy with your pictures in the collage.
5. Paste your cell drawing in the middle of your collage poster board.
6. Paste the everyday objects at the edges of the paper. Label the pictures with your
typed analogies and make a pointer to the correct structure in your cell drawing.
7. You will be graded on the quality/strength of your analogies and their explanations,
Cell Analogies Project Feedback
Name:_______________________
Partner’s name (if you had one) ______________________
1. Did you like this project? Explain.
2. Do you think this helped you remember functions with organelles?
3. Should I use this next year? Explain.
4. What was the hardest part about of project?
5. What grade do you think you deserve? (A, B, etc, or grade out of 64 points?)