Note card analogies
Name _________________________
When learning about something new and kind of complicated, it is often
helpful to compare that new thing to something that is familiar to you,
something you know quite a bit about. Such a comparison is called an
analogy. Making an analogy between something new and unfamiliar and
something familiar allows you to emphasize ways the new thing is like the
thing you already know about. Often analogies help people make
connections between new things and familiar things in ways that help
them learn and understand a great deal about the new thing.
You will make analogies using the parts of the cell on note cards. You must
think of things that you are familiar with and compare them to the parts of a
cell. For example, your book makes some comparisons between things in a
store and parts of a cell on page 18. When you explain your analogy you
should use the stem: “A nucleus of a cell is like a __________ of a _____________
because …”
Each note card must contain the following:
 name of the cell part on 1 side
 name of the comparison part on the opposite side
 picture of the comparison part on the opposite side
 explanation of how they are similar on the opposite side
Each of your analogies don’t need to involve the same topic. You might say
the vacuole of a cell is like a computer cart in a classroom because they both
hold stuff. Your other analogies don’t have to be about a classroom or a
school.
You need 8 analogy note cards for the following 8 cell parts:
Nucleus
Cell Membrane
Vacuole
Mitochondria
Lysosome
Golgi Apparatus
Ribosome
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Scoring rubric
Instructions were followed
_______/8
(9 note cards, all parts are included on the correct side)
Comparison explanation
_______/16
(explanations make sense)
Total points
_______/24