Cell City Project

Cell City Project – You are the Designer!
Due Date: __________________
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 poster 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 poster 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
poster must be colorful, neat and creative. It should be done on a piece of poster board. 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 3: Make a rough draft of your poster idea (should have the shape of a plant or animal cell)
_____Step 4: Create your poster on poster board (colorful, neat and creative)
_____Step 5: Label your poster with the cell part and analogy (put parentheses around the cell part)
_____Step 6: Select a creative title (the word “cell” is in the title)
_____Step 7: Attach the completed cell city analogy worksheet and grading rubric to your poster
Please note that this project will be completed at home. Do your best and please ask for any help when needed. This is a
28 point project.
Please complete the following to let me know you understand the requirements for this Cell City project.
Student signature: ____________________________________________
Parent/guardian signature: ______________________________________

Cell City Grading Rubric
Required Elements 4 3 2 1
Organelles All 10 organelles are Most organelles are Some organelles are Few organelles are
Represented X2 present present present present
Analogies All analogies make Most analogies make Some analogies make Few analogies make
sense and are accurate sense and are accurate sense and are accurate sense and are accurate
Visual Appeal Very colorful extremely Colorful extremely neat Some color Little or no color
neat great attention to good attention to detail Fairly neat Not neat
detail great use of space good use of space Some attention to detail Little attention to detail
Fair use of space Poor use of space
Quality “City” “City” strongly “City” strongly “City” strongly “City” strongly
resembles shape of a resembles shape of a resembles shape of a resembles shape of a resembles shape of a
cell cell Time and effort shown cell cell
Great deal of time and cell Some time and effort Little time and effort
effort shown shown shown
Accurate details and All accurate Most accurate Some accurate Few accurate
representation of representations of representations of representations of representations of
organelles organelles and their organelles and their organelles and their organelles and their
X2 functions functions functions functions
Score _________/28
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

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Cell City Project – You are the Designer!

Due Date: __________________

Student signature: ____________________________________________

Parent/guardian signature: ______________________________________

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