Download 3-D Cell Model Rubric

Due Date: ___________________
NAME: ________________________________
3-D Cell Model
You will create a 3-D model of a plant or animal cell (your choice) using common materials. You will label the
structures on the model with numbers, providing a typewritten key to identify the labels. Also on the key, you
will identify the location of the structure in relation to other structures on your particular cell, as well as the
function of each structure. Below are details about how to do the project, examples of past cells, and pictures of
plant and animal cells to use as models.
Requirements and Limits:
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The cell can be no smaller than 4" x 6”.
The cell must be 3-D. Therefore, it can not be a poster or only puffy paint.
The model must be delivered in a box (e.g. shoe box, shirt box, etc.).
Use clear drying glue. Avoid tape, pins and staples. Ideas for materials include: yarn, beads, toothpicks,
pipe cleaners, string, straws, Styrofoam, Plexiglas, food, play-doh... Use many types and your
imagination, but be sure it will stay together!
You must identify all the organelles listed below for whichever cell you choose.
The type of cell, your name and block must be identified somehow on the model and the key.
DO NOT label the organelles on the model, use ID numbers. The key will identify which organelle is
represented by each ID number.
Organelles to be Included in Both
Organelles to be Included in
Cells:
Plant Cells ONLY:
cell membrane
cell wall
nucleus
chloroplast
cytoplasm
***PLUS EVERYTHING IN THE
1ST COLUMN!!!!
vacuole/vesicle
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
rough endoplasmic reticulum
ribosomes
golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
nucleolus
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Organelles to be Included in
Animal Cells ONLY:
lysosome
centrioles
***PLUS EVERYTHING IN THE
1ST COLUMN!!!!
You must turn in the scoring sheet, your key and your model
together in the box.
*** REMEMBER: Plant and Animal Cells have
different shapes, and this should be shown in your
model. ***
3-D Cell Model Rubric
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Items used to represent cell
organelles accurately
Items used to represent cell
match structure and
organelles are creative and
function of some
accurately match structure
organelles.
and function of most
organelles.
The cell is 3-D, and
The display is not
somewhat organized.
organized and/or items are
The cell is 3-D, attractive,
Items are securely attached
not securely attached.
and well organized. All
to the model.
items are neatly attached
Some organelles are not
and secure.
Most organelles are
represented and labels are
represented and numbered
either missing or incorrect.
Every structure is
to correspond to a
numbered and corresponds
legend/key with most
to a legend/key with the
organelles correctly
correct organelle name.
named.
Items used do not
represent cell organelles
and don't accurately match
structure and function of
most organelles.
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Level 4
Items used to represent cell
organelles are creative and
accurately match structure
and function of all
organelles.
The cell is 3-D, attractive,
and well organized. All
items are neatly attached
and secure.
Every structure is
numbered and
corresponds to a
legend/key with the correct
organelle name.
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FINAL SCORE: _______/100
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Animal Cell
This model was made using a sponge as the cytoplasm of the cell. Other materials used include:
puffy paint, ribbon, a ping pong ball, buttons, and a plastic cup. The organelles were labeled by
attaching numbers to each part, so that the key could be easily used to identify the names and
functions.
This is an example of a key in which the student labeled the model with numbers, and then
described the structure represented by those numbers in the key.
Plant Cell from Styrofoam
This cell is made using Styrofoam, construction paper, and fuzzy balls. Since the objects were so
hard to label with numbers, the key was made very differently. Notice that it was acceptable to use
a circular piece, as long as the cell wall (green construction paper) made the cell resemble a square
shape necessary for plants.
This key is different because instead of using numbers or descriptions, the student attached an
example of each object. This is also a useful technique if you are using food as a primary material
to make your cell.
BUT YOU STILL MUST
INCLUDE THE
LOCATION AND
DESCRIPTION OF THE
CELL ON YOUR KEY IN
AN ORDERLY
MANNER!!!