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1. CELL CITY:
• In Cell City, you will design a colorful city that
represents a cell. You will compare the parts of the
city to the organelles of a plant cell.
• Decide what part of the city each organelle
represents.
• On a piece of poster paper, draw the layout of your
city in color and with labels. Go over all your
labels in pen. Come up with a creative city name.
• Attach a piece of paper to your poster that explains
why each part of the city represents a certain
organelle. Here is an example of a explanation
sentence: “The city hall represents the nucleus
because it is the control center of the city. This is
similar to a nucleus’ job, which is to control a cell.”
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Keep in mind the part of the city’s job should be
similar to the job that the organelle does for the cell.
An explanation of this should be included in your
sentences.
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3. WRITE A CELL RAP/ POEM/ or SONG:
• Write a poem, rap, or song about a cell and all of its
organelles.
• Your poem, rap, or song should include information
about all the cell organelles and structures and what
they do in a cell.
• You will turn your rap/poem/ or song in on a piece
of paper and will have the option to either perform
your piece before or after school for your teacher or
in front of the entire class.
• Your poem, rap, or song should rhyme!
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4. Menu Board
Appetizer (required)
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Describe what criteria an organism must do/go through in
order to be classified as a living thing. Give three examples.
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Write a short story (1/2-3/4 of a page) for three different life
forms (plant cells, animal cells, and bacteria) and describe
how they meet the living things requirements (air, food, water,
light, and reproduce).
Compare the parts and function of a cell (plant or animal) with
that of a school. Defend your answers.
Draw and label an animal cell and a plant cell with the
following organelles: nucleus, mitochondria, cell membrane,
cell wall, vacuole, and chloroplast. Entree (Pick One)
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Side Dish (Pick 2)
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Write a paragraph describing how animal cells and plant cells
get their energy.
Describe the differences between bacteria, animals and plant
cells.
Create a Venn diagram comparing the parts of an animal cell
and a plant cell.
Create flash cards using index cards for each of the following
organelles: cell membrane, cell wall, vacuole, chloroplast,
nucleus, mitochondria. The name should be on the front with
a drawing and its function on the back. Dessert (required)
Write a paragraph describing why plants might need a
cell wall and chloroplasts and animal cells do not.
2. Cell Diagrams
Draw one animal cell and one plant cell. Your
cells must be large, neat, colored, and labeled.
Animal Cell
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Nucleus
Nucleolus
Golgi Apparatus
Cell Membrane
Mitochondrion
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Centriole
Plant Cell
Include these structures:
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Golgi Apparatus
Cell Membrane
Mitochondrion
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
Vacuole
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cell Wall
• Chloroplasts
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5. Metaphorical Cell Drawing
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Making a metaphorical cell poster model.
Choose a plant or animal cell.
Rather than making a normal diagram, you will
draw/model the cell replacing the organelles with a
metaphor based on their functions. For example, I
won’t draw a nucleus at the center of my cell; I
will draw a brain. I will label it nucleus. When I
label the brain “nucleus,” I am saying the nucleus
is a brain, which is a metaphor.
Use the cell diagram in your science book to make
sure you represent each organelle with a metaphor.
If you get stuck thinking of a metaphor, you may
come review the group papers from yesterday’s
activity for inspiration.
GRADING RUBRIC:
1. CELL CITY GRADING RUBRIC:
2. Cell Diagrams:
12 buildings/ parts of city labeled: _____/12 All required organelles represented in model:
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12 written explanations that explain organellebuilding analogies and make sense. Should
All organells have written explanations that
include description of what organelle does.
explain the function of each organelle..
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Creative City Name:
_____/2
Creativity/ Craftsmanship:
____/4
Colorful:
_____/2
Neatness:
____/2
Neatness:
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TOTAL POINTS:
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3. CELL RAP/ POEM/ SONG RUBRIC:
12 organelles are described, including their
function:
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poem/rap/ or song rhymes:
TOTAL POINTS:
4. Menu board:
Appetizer completed.
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Entrée competed.(pick 1)
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Side Dish (pick 2).
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performed either in class or at OH: _____/2
creativity:
TOTAL POINTS:
Metaphorical Cell Diagrams:
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TOTAL POINTS:
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Feed Back:
All required organelles represented in model:
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All organells are represented as a metaphore
explain the function of each organelle..
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Creativity/ Craftsmanship:
____/4
Neatness:
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TOTAL POINTS:
Dessert.
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