Cell Analogy Project
Part 1
1. Create a google document and share it with your partners.
a. The title of the document needs to have the following format: CA-period #-Name. For
example, if I am in period 1, group 3, then my google document would be CAperiod1.Mr.Austen.
2. Share the google document with your teacher: cory.austen@asfm.edu.mx or
rachel.davis@asfm.edu.mx
Part 2
1. Choose a large-scale operation such as a castle, house, school, car, train, ranch, airport or shopping
mall to represent the cell. Your choice: _____________________________________
2. a) For each organelle of the cell compare it with an object in the large-scale operation that has a
similar function. Write an analogy to show the similarity between the cell organelle and the object in
the large-scale operation.
The
cell organelle is like a
object you will compare it to because state similarity ,
like the complete definition of the cell organelle.
“The nucleus is like a brain
because a brain controls and coordinates the activities of the whole body,
like the nucleus coordinates all of the functions of the cell”
b) Write the analogies in the space below. Show your teacher your analogies before you begin the
poster.
Circle one:
PLANT CELL
or
ANIMAL CELL
A. GOLGI BODY – The _____________________________ is like a ___________________
because _____________________________________________________________________,
like the ____________________________________________________________________
B. CELL MEMBRANE – The ________________________ is like a ____________________
because _____________________________________________________________________,
like the _______________________________________________________________________
C. NUCLEUS – The _____________________________ is like a ________________________
because ____________________________________________________________________,
like the ___________________________________________________________________
D. VACUOLE – The _____________________________ is like a _____________________
because ___________________________________________________________________,
like the ____________________________________________________________________
E. RIBOSOME – The _____________________________ is like a _________________________
because _______________________________________________________________________,
like the ___________________________________________________________________
F. MITOCHONDRIA – The __________________________ is like a ____________________
because ______________________________________________________________________,
like the ______________________________________________________________________
G. ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM – The ___________________________________________
is like a _______________________
because ______________________________________________________________,
like the __________________________________________________________________
H. CELL WALL – The _____________________________ is like a ______________________
because ___________________________________________________________________,
like the ___________________________________________________________________
I. CHLOROPLAST – The ____________________________ is like a ______________________
because _____________________________________________________________,
like the __________________________________________________________________
J. LYSOSOME – The _____________________________ is like a _________________________
because __________________________________________________________________,
like the ____________________________________________________________________
3. Get your analogies approved by your teacher.
Part 3:
1. Go to www.prezi.com.
2. Create a prezi or iMovie to present your cell analogies. In the middle of the prezi should be the cell,
with pictures of your analogies on the outside. See the examples on the wiki!
3. Use the following rubric:
Excellent (4)
Cell Organelles (x2)
Golgi Body
Cell Membrane
Nucleus
Vacuole
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cell Wall
Chloroplast
Lysosome
Pictures (x2)
Golgi Body
Cell Membrane
Nucleus
Vacuole
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cell Wall
Chloroplast
Lysosome
Information (x4)
Golgi Body
Cell Membrane
Nucleus
Vacuole
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Cell Wall
Chloroplast
Lysosome
Communication
Presentation
Well Done (3)
Needs Improvement (2)
Unacceptable (0)
Each cell organelle is
accurately
represented
More than 7 of the
cell organelles are
accurately
represented
4-6 of the cell
organelles are
accurately represented
Fewer than 4 cell
organelles are
accurately
represented or they
are not included
Includes a picture to
represent each
analogy that
accurately represents
the function
Includes a picture
for more than 7 of
the analogies that
accurately
represents the
function
Includes a picture for 46 of the analogies that
accurately represents
the function
Pictures are not
included for the
analogies or do not
accurately represent
the function
Accurately compares
all cell organelles
using the correct
analogy format
Accurately
compares the
majority of the cell
organelles using the
correct analogy
format
Accurately compares
less than half of the cell
organelles using the
correct analogy format
Analogies are
missing or incorrect
or not written using
the correct analogy
format
All analogies are
written with correct
spelling and
grammar
Prezi includes an
appropriate title
Analogies are
written with 1 – 3
errors in spelling
and/or grammar
Analogies are written
with 4 – 5 errors in
spelling and/or
grammar
Analogies contain
more than 5 errors in
spelling and/or
grammar
Prezi does not
include an
appropriate title
Prezi includes your
names, course, and
period
Prezi is missing one
of the following:
your names, course,
or period.
Prezi is missing two of
the following: your
names, course, or
period
Prezi is missing all
of the following:
names, course,
period, date
Each organelle is
labeled
1 – 3 organelles are
not labeled
4 – 5 organelles are not
labeled
More than 5
organelles are not
labeled
Each organelle
analogy is connected
to its organelle in the
Prezi pathway.
7 of the analogies
are connected to
their organelles in
the Prezi pathway.
4-6 of the analogies are
connected to their
organelles in the Prezi
pathway.
Fewer than 4 of the
organelle analogies
are connected to
their organelles.