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In a far away city called Central City, 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 Central City can get the
instructions and begin making their own widgets. Widgets are generally produced in small
shops around the city. These small shops can be built by the carpenter's union (whose
headquarters are in town hall).
After the widget is constructed, they are placed on special carts which can deliver the
widget anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported, 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, and the "rejects" 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 hydraulic dam that is in the city. Water is also drawn
from the river and held in water towers to be used by the factories. A large wooden
fence encloses the entire city, only the postal trucks (and citizens with proper passports)
are allowed outside the city.
Match the parts of the city (underlined) with the parts of the cell and tell the job of
each.
Cell Part
1. Mitochondria
2. Ribosome
3. Nucleus
4. Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Function/job of part in
cell
Part of the city
(underlined)
Job/function of that
part of the city
5.
Golgi Body
6. Protein
7. Cell Membrane
8. Lysosomes
9. Vacuole
** Create your own story analogy of the cell using a different model. You must
include each cell part and their functions. Some ideas might be: a school, a house,
a factory, or anything you can imagine. Please number and underline each structure
as you use them according to the numbers in the chart.
Cell Story Rubric
Cell Part
Underlined part
of cell from
your story
Name_________________________________
Job/function of part in
the cell
Self
Teacher
Evaluation Evaluation
/10
/10
2. Ribosome
/10
/10
3. Nucleus
/10
/10
4. Endoplasmic
Reticulum
/10
/10
5. Golgi Body
/10
/10
6. Protein
/10
/10
7. Cell Membrane
/10
/10
8. Lysosomes
/10
/10
9. Vacuole
/10
/10
1. Mitochondria
Total
Answer Key
In a far away city called Central City, 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 Central City can get the
instructions and begin making their own widgets. Widgets are generally produced in small
shops around the city, these small shops can be built by the carpenter's union (whose
headquarters are in town hall).
After the widget is constructed, they are placed on special carts which can deliver the
widget anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported, 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, and the "rejects" 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 hydraulic dam that is in the city. Water is also drawn from
the river and held in water towers to be used by the factories. A large wooden fence
encloses the entire city, only the postal trucks (and citizens with proper passports) are
allowed outside the city. Match the parts of the city (underlined) with the parts of the
cell and tell the job of each.
Cell Part
Function/job of part in
cell
Power house—produces
energy
Part of the city
(underlined)
Hydraulic Dam
Job/function of
that part of the city
Produces power
2. Ribosome
Makes protein
Small Shops
Make widgets
3. Nucleus
Control Center
Town Hall
Controls activities
of town
4. Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Moves Stuff
Special Carts
Carry stuff
5. Golgi Body
Packages materials for
transport
Postal office
Packages materials
for shipping
1. Mitochondria
6. Protein
Building component—
made by ribosomes
Widget
Major product
7. Cell Membrane
Regulates what comes in
and out of cell
Wooden Fence
8. Lysosomes
Get rid of waste or
damaged cell parts
Scrape Yard
Regulates what
comes in and out of
city
Break down or
destroy garbage
9. Vacuole
Store food, water or
waste
Water tower
Stores Water for
city