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CellCityProject.docx

Cell City Project – You are the Designer!

Due Date: __June 11th 2021________________

Assignment:

Floating around in the cytoplasm of a cell are small structures called organelles. Like the organs in your own body, each one carries out a specific function necessary for the cell to survive. In order to survive, the cell must be able to interact with its surroundings, use energy, produce materials and manage waste.

You will create a 4page power point that compares a living plant cell or animal cell and its organelles to a city, school, factory, ballpark, space station etc. The place you choose must use energy, produce substances and manage waste. The organelles will represent the parts of your place that carry out these processes. Your ppt must include a creative title with the word “cell” somewhere in it. It must have the shape of a plant cell or animal cell. All of the parts of the “city” should be labeled with the cell part and the analogy you chose to represent it (put parentheses around the cell part). Your ppt must be colorful, neat and creative. Have fun designing your “cell city.” Be sure to include all of the organelles listed on the back of this sheet and the appropriate analogies.

Procedure:

_____Step 1: Select your analogy. (A cell is like a ______________)

_____Step 2: Complete the cell city analogy worksheet

_____Step 4: Create your ppt(4 Slides) *Slide 1 Title

*Slide 2 City

*Slide 3 The Legend

* Slide 4 (Organelle Analogy

This is a 200 point project.

Please complete the following to let me know you understand the requirements for this Cell City project.

Cell City Grading Rubric

Required Elements	4	3	2	1
Organelles Represented X2	All 10 organelles are present	Most organelles are present	Some organelles are present	Few organelles are present
Analogies	All analogies make sense and are accurate	Most analogies make sense and are accurate	Some analogies make sense and are accurate	Few analogies make sense and are accurate
Visual Appeal	Very colorful extremely neat great attention to detail great use of space	Colorful extremely neat good attention to detail good use of space	Some color Fairly neat Some attention to detail Fair use of space	Little or no color Not neat Little attention to detail Poor use of space
Quality “City” resembles shape of a cell	“City” strongly resembles shape of a cell Great deal of time and effort shown	“City” strongly resembles shape of a Time and effort shown cell	“City” strongly resembles shape of a cell Some time and effort shown	“City” strongly resembles shape of a cell Little time and effort shown
Accurate details and representation of organelles X2	All accurate representations of organelles and their functions	Most accurate representations of organelles and their functions	Some accurate representations of organelles and their functions	Few accurate representations of organelles and their functions

Score _________/200

Cell City:

Create a city model on the next sheet of paper. Your city must include the following locations AND their descriptions.

a. City limits - gives definite location to the city “Memphis” “Germantown” “Collierville”

b. City Hall- determines what happens within the city and gives directions for all work within the city

c. Factory - manufacture goods for the city and beyond

d. USPS/ FedEx- packages and ships out goods to be used within the city

e. Downtown- neighborhood surrounding City Hall. Location where many shops and businesses are located

f. I-240 (Highway system)- method of transporting goods and materials in and around the city

g. Blue-collar workers- employees who work to ensure the city continues to run smoothly. Can be find all over the city

h. CVS/Walgreens- location where medications, hormones and steroids are housed and distributed

i. Mayor- the most important person inside City Hall. Holds the details for city planning. Gives jobs to the blue collar workers.

j. Junkyard- location where all of all damaged and used items within the city go to get destroyed and broken down

k. MLGW- provides power and energy to be used throughout the city

l. Border patrol- creates a boundary for who and what can come in/out of the cell

m. Solar Panels- capture sunlight and convert into usable forms of energy

Creating a Legend

Identify which organelle matches each location in your city.

1. Fill in the correct organelle with its matching city location/job.

a. City limits ________________________________________

b. City Hall ________________________________________

c. Factory ________________________________________

d. USPS/ FedEx ________________________________________

e. Downtown ________________________________________

f. I-240 ________________________________________

g. Blue-collar workers ________________________________________

h. CVS/Walgreens ________________________________________

i. Mayor ________________________________________

j. Junkyard ________________________________________

k. MLGW ________________________________________

l. Border patrol ________________________________________

m. Solar Panels ________________________________________

Plant Cell or Animal Cell is being compared to a ____________________________________________

Name of Project _____________________________________________________________________

Use the following chart to explain why you chose each part of your “city” to represent each organelle.

Cell Part	Function in a living cell	Analogy- Identify the part and explain why this part of your “city” is like the organelle it represents.
Cell membrane
Cell wall
nucleus
ribosome
Endoplasmic reticulum
chloroplasts
Golgi apparatus
lysosomes
vacuole