Cell Analogy Project Names:______Now that you have learned about the organelles in a cell, you need to think of an analogy, comparing the cell and it’s organelles to something of your choice, as I did below, comparing a cell to a factory. This project should be on paper LARGER than notebook paper (2 pieces of computer paper taped together is fine), and should be in full color. The following criteria will be graded:

 Make sure you include a color labeled picture of what you are comparing your cell to (even though my picture is not labeled. This is NOT a picture of a cell, but of a soccer field or Pizza Hut, or a car etc.)  Make sure you list and compare each of the 10 organelles to something in your picture (use a key if necessary)  Make sure you include a typed/word processes chart (like the one below) with the function of each part of your analogy, and why it is like the organelle.

Please choose ONE type of cell (plant or animal), and check off each organelle as you add it in your chart: Plant Cell Animal Cell  Nucleus Mitochondria  Nucleus Mitochondrion  Cell wall cell membrane  flagella cell membrane  Chloroplast ribosomes  lysosome ribosomes  Golgi body Endoplasmic reticulum  Golgi body Endoplasmic reticulum  vacuole lysosome  Contractile vacuole cytoskeleton

Please attach this checklist to your analogy Due: Tuesday October 21

I have included a chart as an example (no you cannot use this example!) The Cell as a Factory: Factory Part Function Organelle

Central Office Manages activities, initiates production, controls activities of Nucleus factory

Assembly Line Assembles raw materials to manufacture items Ribosome

Packaging & Shipping Packs products for distribution Golgi Bodies

Conveyer Belt Moves product within the factory Endoplasmic reticulum

Generator Produces energy for the factory Mitochondria

Storage area Stores materials for later use Vacuole

Collection center Breaks down and recycles used parts Lysosome

Door Allows for things to enter and leave the factory Cell membrane

Bricks and Steel Construction materials that keep the factory from collapsing cytoskeleton

Trucks/ 18 Wheelers Move the factory when it needs to relocate centrioles Due to Murphy’s Law, (and in order to avert technical difficulties, computer glitches, time warps, black holes, gremlins, natural and unnatural disasters) please do not wait until the last minute to complete or print your project.