Cell Collage Project
Webster’s defines an analogy as "A comparison between two things, which are
similar in some respects, but otherwise are different. An analogy explains the
meaning of something by comparing it point by point with something else." -Webster's Dictionary.
1. Draw a plant or animal cell in pencil on white paper. Include the following structures:
Cell membrane
Cell wall (plant cell only)
Cytoplasm
Chloroplast (plant cell only)
Chromosomes
Nucleus
Mitochondria
Golgi apparatus
Ribosome
Vacuole
Endoplasmic reticulum
Lysosome
Nuclear Membrane
2. Correctly identify your cell as a plant cell or an animal cell.
3. Keep in mind the function (or main job) each structure has in the cell.
4. Find a magazine or newspaper picture of an everyday object, which has a similar function
(or use) as each cell structure. Write an analogy to show the similarity between the cell
parts and the everyday objects. Be sure to explain the reasoning behind your analogies.
(The nucleus is like a brain because it controls and coordinates the activities of the whole
cell in the same way the brain controls and coordinates activities of the body.)
5. Paste your cell drawing in the middle of a poster-size piece of construction paper.
6. Paste the pictures of everyday objects at the edges of the construction paper. Label the
pictures with your neatly written analogies and make a pointer to the correct structure in
your cell drawing.
"It takes 3 million cells to cover the head of a pin, but only one cell
collage to cover part of your Biology grade!"
What is included
Turned in On Time
Turned in Late
Drawing of cell
o Unique looking and neatly done
o Adequately done, but some detail missing
o Poorly done
o Not turned in
Labeled Plant or Animal Cell
o All parts labeled correctly
o Most parts labeled correctly
o Not labeled
Name of organelle #1
o Stated and paired correctly with type of cell identified
o Not stated or not correctly paired
Analogy #1
o Clear, imaginative and original
o Somewhat clear or not imaginative
o Unclear how organelle and picture relate
o Description of the process is missing
Name of organelle #2
o Stated and paired correctly with type of cell identified
o Not stated or not correctly paired
Analogy #2
o Clear, imaginative and original
o Somewhat clear or not imaginative
o Unclear how organelle and picture relate
o Description of the process is missing
Name of organelle #3
o Stated and paired correctly with type of cell identified
o Not stated or not correctly paired
Analogy #3
o Clear, imaginative and original
o Somewhat clear or not imaginative
o Unclear how organelle and picture relate
o Description of the process is missing
Name of organelle #4
o Stated and paired correctly with type of cell identified
o Not stated or not correctly paired
Analogy #4
o Clear, imaginative and original
o Somewhat clear or not imaginative
o Unclear how organelle and picture relate
o Description of the process is missing
Name of organelle #5
o Stated and paired correctly with type of cell identified
o Not stated or not correctly paired
Analogy #5
o Clear, imaginative and original
o Somewhat clear or not imaginative
o Unclear how organelle and picture relate
o Description of the process is missing
Name of organelle #6
o Stated and paired correctly with type of cell identified
o Not stated or not correctly paired
Analogy #6
o Clear, imaginative and original
o Somewhat clear or not imaginative
o Unclear how organelle and picture relate
o Description of the process is missing
Total
Possible
points
2
0
Earned points
6
4
2
0
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
1
0
3
2
1
0
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"It takes 3 million cells to cover the head of a pin, but only one cell
collage to cover part of your Biology grade!"
"It takes 3 million cells to cover the head of a pin, but only one cell
collage to cover part of your Biology grade!"