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Mr. Blacher
Biology
Cell Analogy Project-Cereal Box
Due Friday November 8
This project will help to develop your understanding of the relationship
between the cell’s structure and its function. You will be creating analogies
for each of the organelles within the cell. You will also design and construct
a cereal box display. This will illustrate the organelles of a typical animal
and plant cell and it will include a brief summary of a current research
topic. Hopefully this project will allow you to demonstrate your
understanding of cells, and express your creativity. This project is also
environmentally and economically friendly! There’s nothing to purchase and
virtually no waste other than a cereal box, which you likely already have!
Here’s what to do:
1. Find yourself a cereal box (15 oz or larger).
2. Large Panel #1: Marketing! A Cell Biology-related name for your
cereal, a creative slogan, and a mascot. Illustrate this side…make it
eye-catching and colorful!
3. Large Panel #2: Separate Animal and Plant Cell Diagrams with
organelles numbered (10 for animal cell 12 for plant cell…see list).
4. Side Panel # 1: Key for Animal Cell Diagram
5. Side Panel # 2: Key for Plant Cell Diagram
6. Bottom Panel: One typed paragraph summarizing a current cytology
(cell biology) research topic with source(s) cited.
7. Top Panel: Labeled Diagram of Bacterial Cell, Name, & Class Color
8. Twelve (12) Analogies: Type your analogies on an 8.5” x11” sheet of
paper (standard printer paper), and be sure that your name and class
color are included on this paper as well. All of your analogies should
relate to one common theme (example: the various parts of a city,
various players on a team, etc., an office, a school…whatever you
want). Each analogy should have the name of the organelle and the
analogous object underlined. It should also explain the relationship
between the two objects (functionally and/or structurally). This
paper will go inside of the box.
There are THREE PARTS to a complete analogy.
Here’s an example of what I mean:
Part 1:The cell wall of a plant cell is like a brick wall
of a house because both of them provide support and
protection.
Part 2: The cell wall gives the plant cell
structure and keeps out unwanted substances.
Part 3: The brick wall of house also keeps things
out (like wind, rain, and people that aren’t
invited) while enabling the house to stand up.
Organelle List:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Nucleus
Cell Membrane
Mitochondria
Ribosomes
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Golgi Complex
*Plant Cell Only
7. Cytoplasm
8. Vacuoles
9. Lysosome
10. Chloroplast*
11. Cell Wall*
12. One more organelle of your
choice