Cell Poster Project – 50 points
Instructions: You will create a poster with a diagram of a cell that includes all of the cell
organelles listed on the next page. Choose your list of organelles based upon whether or not
you want to make a poster of a plant cell or an animal cell (for this assignment, each has the
same number of organelles).
The poster will include:
 A drawing of a cell (plant or animal) with its organelles and creating a key
 An analogous photo representation of what the organelle does in the cell* (see below)
 An explanation of the organelle function with respect to a bacterial or viral infection.
What occurs in the cell when this happens? How do the organelles react?
*An important part of this assignment is that you will be assigning a more commonly
recognizable analogy or metaphor to each of the cell organelles, and finding pictures of those
analogous objects to put on your poster. For example, you might use picture of a government
building as an analogy for the nucleus. You will do this for each of the organelles listed,
finding meaningful analogous objects that make sense to represent the organelles you will
connect them to.
On the back of your poster, you will write (or attach a typed version of) a key that will
explain why each analogous object image was used to describe each cell organelle. This
must demonstrate your knowledge of the function of the cell organelles on the poster, or the
key will not make sense of your use of analogies. You must be creative in your choosing of
proper analogous objects.
Also on the back of the poster, you will be assigned a bacterial or viral infection and must
explain how the organelles in the cell will react to such an infection. Be specific with your
information and cite all sources.
Here is a sample of what a poster may look like (please do not copy this one)
Picture 8
Picture 2
Picture 7
Picture 6
Picture 3
Picture 5
Picture 4
Organelle Lists:
Plant Cell
1. Nucleus
2. Central Vacuole
3. Cell Wall
4. Chloroplast
5. Mitochondrion
6. Cell Membrane
7. Cytoplasm
8. Endoplasmic Reticulum
9. Golgi Apparatus (or complex)
10.Ribosome
Animal Cell
1. Nucleus
2. Cytoplasm
3. Cytoskeleton
4. Cell Membrane
5. Mitochondrion
6. Endoplasmic Reticulum
7. Golgi Apparatus (or complex)
8. Ribosome
9. Lysosome
10.Vacuole
Grading Rubric:
0 Points
4 Points
Cell drawing clearly lacked
effort, not 3-D, unclear,
and/or missing more than ½
the organelles on the list
Cell drawing is not very
clear, poor attempt at 3-D,
or missing more than 2
organelles on the list
Organelle metaphors/
analogies are illogical or
not present, and/or pictures
do not make any sense
Organelle metaphors/
analogies are not very
logical or creative, or
pictures are unclear and
irrelevant
Key to metaphors/
analogies is missing several
parts, insufficiently
explained, and/or does not
at all link organelles to
pictures
Key to metaphors/
analogies is missing 1-2
parts, not at all thorough
and/or does not properly
link organelle functions to
pictures used
Bacterial/viral infection is
not part of the poster or not
depicted with respect to
organelle function
Bacterial/viral infection is
missing information about
the cell reaction and/or is
not written on the back of
the poster
8 Points
12 Points
Cell drawing is less than
Cell drawing is clear,
clear, 3-D, and/or complete realistic, 3-D, and complete
with all but 1-2 organelles
with all organelles in the
on the list
list
Organelle metaphors/
analogies are a bit of a
stretch, or not especially
creative, and pictures are
not clear/relevant
Organelle metaphors/
analogies are logical and
creative, and the pictures of
them used look clear and
relevant
Key to metaphors/
Key to metaphors/
analogies is complete,
analogies is complete but
thorough, and fully
not very thorough, and
explains link between the
more or less links organelle
organelle’s function and the
functions to pictures used
picture used
Bacterial/viral infection is Bacterial/viral infection has
contains complete
complete information about
information about the cell
the cell reaction and it
reaction but is missing
typed up on the back of the
some key features and/or
poster and has all work
does not have work cited
cited