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Cell Analogy Project (30 points)
Use An Analogy To Describe The Function Of A Cell
Your analogy must compare the function and structure of a living cell with a common nonliving
system or event, such as a shopping mall, baseball game, hockey team, getting ready for a date,
or baking a chocolate cake. BE CREATIVE !!!!!
Using an analogy: Describe.the structure and function of a particular item or aspect of your
nonliving system and then describe the structure and function of the cell organelle you are
comparing. Example:
Shopping Mall
Function
•
Wall and Doors
•
Cell Organelle
Allow people merchandise, and
trash in and out
Give shape to building
Function
•
Cell Membrane
Allow substances to leave
and enter the cell
Food Court
Informational
“You Are Here”
Map
Include and Describe the functions of the following organelles:
nucleus
chromatin
cytoplasm
golgi apparatus
ribosomes
Check List For Project:
Descriptions of the nonliving system
Descriptions of the cell organelle functions
Poster Board
Colorful
Graphics
Neatness/Effort
straight lines
cell membrane
lysosome
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum
graphics labeled
printed neatly
some graphics!
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Cell City Analogy
What do you think of when you hear the word cell? Do you picture a simple organism with a
nucleus and not much else? What does it take to keep a cell alive? In this lesson, you will learn
that cells are far from simple. What if I told you a cell was as busy as a city full of people?
The following story describes some of the structures and functions of a city. It is your job to
match each part of the city to the part of the cell that has a similar function. Use your notes
and textbook to help you!!!!
Match the parts of the city (underlined) with the parts of the cell. Explain the function of each cell part and
WHY it is matched with each part of the city.
1. Mitochondria = _________________________________________________________________
2. Ribosomes = ____________________________________________________________________
3. Nucleus = ______________________________________________________________________
4. Chromatin =_____________________________________________________________________
5. Endoplasmic Reticulum = _________________________________________________________
6. Golgi Apparatus = _______________________________________________________________
7. Protein = _______________________________________________________________________
8. Cell membrane = _________________________________________________________________
9. Lysosomes = ____________________________________________________________________
10. Nucleolus = _____________________________________________________________________
In the city of Amoeba, the main export and production product is the steel widget. Everyone in
the town has something to do with steel widget making and the entire town is designed to build
and export widgets. The town hall has the instructions for widget making. Widgets come in all
shapes and sizes and any citizen of Amoeba can get the instructions and begin making widgets.
Widgets are generally produced in small shops around the city. The small shops that make
widgets can be built by the carpenter’s union (whose headquarters are in town hall).
After the widgets are constructed, they are placed on special carts attached to a rail system
which can deliver them anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported to another
city, the carts take the widget to the postal office, where the widgets are packaged and
labeled for export. Sometimes widgets don’t turn out right or are worn out. These rejects and
used widgets are sent to the scrap yard where they are broken down for parts or destroyed
altogether. The town powers the widget shops and carts from a hydroelectric dam that is in
the city. The city is enclosed by a large fence and only the postal trucks and citizens with
proper passports are allowed in and out of the fence.