Name _________________________________
Period ____ Date __________
The Cell Is Like…
Finish this statement and create a poster that represents how the cell is like…your chosen theme. You will, in essence,
be creating an analogy between the cell and what you are comparing it to.
Today, you’ll be creating an analogy for each organelle…. Nucleus : cell ::…. (the nucleus is to the cell as the
________________ is to the __________________ )…
What To Do….
1. Use your imagination and think of a general theme for your paper.
2. Put a clear TITLE at the top of the paper.
3. Either use pictures from magazines, drawings, illustrations or free hand artwork to show your theme on your
paper.
4. Describe in BIG print how the image that you have chosen to represent that part of the cell is like that
structure of the cell.
a. Finish this statement next to each image… (organelle name) is just like (a) (the) (an) ______________
because (describe how it’s similar)….
i. EX. The nucleus is just like the motherboard because it controls the cell and contains all the
information (DNA) of the cell.
5. Use COLOR and STYLE!
6. Use the following organelles on your poster:
a. Cell membrane
g. Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
b. Cytoskeleton
h. Lysosome
c. Golgi Apparatus
i.
Nucleolus
d. Nucleus
j.
Cytoplasm
e. Ribosome
k. Mictochondria
f.
l.
Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
Vacuole
Possible Themes but NOT limited to….
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The cell is like a movie theater
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The cell is like a dirt bike race course
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The cell is like a sports arena
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The cell is like a car wash
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The cell is like a restaurant
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The cell is like a house
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The cell is like a bank
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The cell is like a family
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The cell is like a city
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The cell is like a classroom
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The cell is like a radio station
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The cell is like a football team
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The cell is like a car
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The cell is like the government
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The cell is like a motorcycle
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The cell is like an i-pod…
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The cell is like a school
Grade: 30 Points
Title—
2 points
Description accurate and logical –
1 point for each organelle
Picture for each organelle –
1 point
Overall theme –
2 points
Completion –
2 point