Plant and Animal Cells and Solon High
School
Cilia and
Flagella
DNA
DNA
By: Caroline M, Julie M, Eddie O, and Mike M
Cell Membrane
School Doors
Cell Membrane Analogy
• The function of the cell membrane is to be a barrier for the cell.
However, it is also a passage for molecules.
• The doors of a school are a barrier when locked, separating the
inside and outside of the school. When the school doors are
unlocked, they are used as a passage for students and teachers
to enter the school just as a cell membrane does to a cell.
Cell Wall
School Wall
Cell Wall Analogy
• The function of the cell wall is to provide
structural support to the cell and prevent
over-expansion.
• The walls of the school are used to support
the school and students cannot expand
beyond these walls just as a cell wall prevents
a cell from expanding too much.
Cytoplasm
Students
Cytoplasm Analogy
• Cytoplasm maintains the consistency and shape of a
cell and are necessary to have a cell function .
• Students in a high school are like the cytoplasm in a
cell because without students, the school has no
purpose and cannot function. The students are
required in order to continue having a running
school; they create the figurative shape of the
school, just as the cytoplasm does to the cell.
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Analogy
Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Teachers
Endoplasmic Reticulum Analogy
• Endoplasmic reticulum’s function is to transport
protein to the other parts of the cell. If protein is
thought of as knowledge, then in a school teachers
transport knowledge to the students.
• Teachers are alike to endoplasmic reticulum because
the teachers transport knowledge to students and
the endoplasmic reticulum transports protein to
other parts of the cell.
Ribosome Analogy
Ribosomes
Textbooks
Ribosome Analogy
• The function of ribosomes is to create and assemble
protein from amino acids. Knowledge is like protein
in a high school, and textbooks give knowledge to
the students. There are millions of ribosomes in a
cell, and there are hundreds of textbooks in a school.
Therefore, a ribosome creating protein is like a
textbook giving knowledge to a student.
Golgi Bodies Analogy
Golgi
Bodies
Backpacks
Golgi Bodies Analogy
• Golgi bodies protect and package protein in a cell.
• In a high school, backpacks protect a student’s
textbooks and notes (their “knowledge”). Just as the
Golgi Bodies do to a cell.
Chloroplasts Analogy
Chloroplasts
Solar Panels
Chloroplasts Analogy
• The job of chloroplasts in a cell is to convert energy
from the sun into food for the cell.
• The solar panels on a school roof can convert solar
energy into electricity that the school uses for lights
and heat. This is alike to the function of chloroplasts
in a cell because both convert solar energy into
energy that they can use daily.
Mitochondria Analogy
Mitochondria
Tests
Mitochondria Analogy
• The Mitochondria provides the cell with energy
the cell needs to move, produce products, and
divide. The outer membrane is fairly smooth,
while the inner had forming folds.
• In a High School, the tests give the students the
knowledge and the opportunity they need in
order to succeed. The students can produce
success through tests just as a cell does through
the mitochondria.
Nucleus Analogy
Nucleus
Principal
Nucleus Analogy
• The Nucleus of a cell is known as the “control
center”. This part of the cell contains most of
the it’s genetic material with DNA molecules
and a large variety of proteins.
• A principal is the boss of a high school. They
control everything in the building just as a
nucleus controls everything in a cell.
Lysosome Analogy
Lysosomes
Janitors
Lysosome Analogy
• Lysosomes digest excess or worn out organelles, food
particles, or bacteria and viruses in a cell.
• A janitor’s job in a high school is to clean up the
building from food, to bad germs, to dirt. This is just
like Lysosomes that clean out the cell.
DNA Analogy
DNA
Blueprint
of School
DNA Analogy
• DNA is nucleic acid in the cells that contains the
genetic information used in the development and
functioning of all living organisms.
• DNA is like the blueprint or maps of the schools
layout. There are maps and arrows all around the
school showing where classes are and the build up of
the school, just as DNA shows the living
characteristics of the cell.
Vacuole Analogy
Vacuole
Storage Room
Vacuole Analogy
• A vacuole is a large compartment in the cell that
stores water as well as nutrients, metabolites, and
waste products.
• A storage room in a school can hold anything from
books, to markers, to extra desks. This holds anything
important the school needs, just as a vacuole holds
things that are the essential for the cell to function.
Cilia and Flagella Analogy
Cilia and Flagella
Loading truck
Cilia and Flagella Analogy
• The Cilia and Flagella are found outside the cell. The
cilia moves the fluid or materials around a cell past
things around it. The flagella has the function of
moving the cell it is attached to.
• Cilia and Flagella are just like a heavy load truck that
can move a building on its own. The truck can carry
the building just as cilia and flagella can carry the
cell.
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