Cell City Project
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Name___________________________
Cell City!!
Directions:
Create a visual aid comparing the organelles and structure of a cell to a city, town or village.
Your visual aid can be a poster, drawing or 3d model.
Step 1: Organelle Analogy Chart: (This can be used as your KEY in part 2!)
Organelle
Analogy: What place or object in a
city/town/house are you comparing
the organelle to?
Explanation: Why did you pick
that?
Cell Membrane
Cell Wall (plant cells)
Chloroplasts (plant cells)
Cytoplasm
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Golgi Apparatus
Lysosomes
Mitochondria
Nucleus
Nucleolus
Ribosomes
Vacuoles
Name___________________________
Step 2: Make your Visual Aid
You Visual MUST include!
1.
A labeled
diagram
of a plant cell. All organelles should be correctly labeled
2.
An
Illustration
of the city, town or village (or other approved idea) to which you are comparing the cell
3. A
Key
(or some other means lines, string, etc.) to show what each organelle is being compared to within
your city, town or village.
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