Project No. 1
Cell City
Each individual cell operates much like a city, a business, a home, or a school does.
Each organelle in the cell does a job that allows the whole cell to function properly.
There are many different jobs that must be done for a city to run smoothly. You will
design a project where you will need to research the organelles to deepen your
understanding, plan what the pieces to your project will look like, and then
build/design all the parts of your city, home, etc. that correspond to the organelles
in a cell.
Your cell MUST have the following: Cell Membrane, Cell wall, Nucleus, Cytoplasm,
Chloroplast, Mitochondria, Lysosome, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Vacuole, Golgi
apparatus.
Instructions:
• Step 1: Research the functions of the organelles that are found within the
cell.
• Step 2: Plan your city/home/business:
o Decide what Parts of you will need for the cell type you chose.
Cell Organelle
NUCLEOUS
CELL MEMBRANE
CELL WALL
CYTOPLASM
CHLOROPLAST
MITOCHONDRIA
Organelle Function
Similar to a ____ because
it ________.
Stores DNA and ARN. Gives the
cell Instructions.
Similar to a City Hall
because the City Hall
also gives instructions
and organizes the city.
LYSOSOME
ENDOPLASTIC
RETICULUM
VACUOLE
GOLGI APPARTOUS
Instructions Continued:
• Step 3: Choose whether you want to do a plant cell or animal cell.
• step 4: Build your city:
o Decide what Parts of a city you will need for the cell type you chose
(MINIMUN 8)
o On a poster board provided, draw your city parts and organize them
on the poster like a real city would be organized.
o Label each part of the city and underneath it in parentheses label
the organelle it represents. Ex. City Hall (nucleus)
• Step 5: In the left corner of your poster draw an actual cell.
Grading Rubric:
1.Properly matching each organelle with a city part
_______/10 pts
2. Choosing the right organelles for Plant vs. Animal
_______/10 pts
3. Designing a city with all the parts represented on a poster
_______/40 pts
4. Labeling all parts of the city with their correct organelle
_______/10 pts
5. Overall quality, effort, neatness, timeliness, etc.
_______/20 pts
6. Cell colored and labeled in the left corner
_______/10 pts
Total Point value ______/100 pts