Cell Model Project - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools



Cell Model Project

Consider all the different organelles that are found in a cell, and the different jobs they do. Each organelle looks very different, just as your organs look different because they do different jobs.

For this project, you will make a model of a plant OR animal cell. Your project may be either a poster or model of a cell. This can be 3-D model or can be mostly flat.

Posters

If you chose to create a poster, it must be larger than an 8.5 x 11 piece of computer paper. Tape 4 sheets of paper together to create a large poster surface.

Posters must:

• Identify what type of cell is being shown.

• Be colorful and organized

• Show and describe each organelle (Name and job description)

• Each organelle should look similar to the organelles show on the cell handouts

Models

If you chose to create some sort of model, BE CREATIVE! You may use a variety of materials to represent each organelle. A list of possible supplies are shown at right(. The sky is the limit! You can make edible models, or go artsy models.

*If you make an edible model: DO NOT USE ANY MATERIALS THAT WILL SPOIL OR GO BAD WHILE YOUR MODEL IS SITTING IN THE CLASSROOM.

Models must:

• Identify what type of cell is being shown.

• Be creative and organized

• Show and label each organelle (name and job description)

• Use different materials to capture the different shapes and textures of the different organelles.

For this project, you will be graded on:

• Identifying the type of cell you are making (plant or animal)

• Including all of the organelles expected for that cell type

• Labeling each organelle (name)

• Providing a description of each organelle’s function (job description)

• General neatness and organization

• Color

• Overall presentation

*Some cells have specialized structures. Research and include some of these structures (IF APPROPRIATE TO YOUR CELL TYPE) for additional credit (no cell would have ALL of these structures):

• Flagellum

• Cilia

• Centrosomes

• Chromatids

• Pseudopodia

• Amyloplasts

• Nuclear Membrane

• Nuclear Pores

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An alternative model project option:

Create a comparative model that uses analogies to demonstrate the function of each organelle. (Do this INSTEAD OF making a poster or a 3-D model.)

This model will be a poster-sized map or diagram that compares the jobs of each organelle to a functioning unit (such as a city, amusement part, or school).

Draw each component of the unit and provide descriptions of their jobs and which organelle each component represents.

Color your map/diagram and give it a title.

Possible ideas to use for a map/diagram:

• Airport

• Church

• Musical Instrument

• School

• City

• Concert Band

• Library

• Hospital

• Grocery Store

• Hotel

• Restaurant

• Movie Theater

• Circus

• Classroom

• Museum

Example: If your functioning unit is a SCHOOL—the office might be considered the nucleus, because it controls everything that happens at the school; lockers might be considered vesicles because they store thing.

*These things would be drawn into a map of the school, labeled, and the comparative analogy written to explain why you chose to represent the organelles with those parts of the school.

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Possible Model Materials:

• Clay or Playdough

• Fabric

• Pipe-cleaners

• Macaroni

• Beans

• Beads

• Glitter

• Straws

• Foods (non-spoiling)

o Jell-o

o Cookies

o Cakes

o Gum Drops

o Sprinkles

o Jelly Beans

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These cell parts MUST be identified in your model:

Cell Membrane Mitochondria Ribosomes

Nucleus Vacuole/Vesicles Cytoplasm

Lysosomes Chloroplasts (if plant cell) Golgi Body

Cell Wall (if plant cell) Endoplasmic Reticulum(s) Nucleolus

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