Designing Cell City!
You have an assignment to design a cell! Except, your cell will look like a city!
The city will have all of the places listed below AND each of the places will have
a function similar to an organelle in a cell.
This is what you do:
1. Use your worksheet “Cell City” to match city locations with cell organelles.
2. Draw the city location.
Example: Draw City Hall to represent the nucleus.
3. Label your drawing with the city location AND the cell organelle.
Example: City Hall is the nucleus.
4. On a separate paper you must state the reason a city location resembles
a cell organelle.
Example: City Hall controls city activities. The nucleus controls the
cell’s activities.
5. Make your city colorful.
6. If you have OTHER ideas about locations that represent the cell’s
organelles, OR an idea about something else other than a city, that can
represent a cell, explain to Mr. Sullivan. These ideas may be worth extra
points!
You do not have to be an artist to get a good grade. Your grade depends on how
many city locations you place on your drawing and how you explain why a city
location resembles the organelle you have chosen.
1. City Limits
9. Warehouse
2. Road System
10. Power Company
3. City Hall
11. Solar Power Plant
4. City Auditor
5. City Planning Office
6. Construction Company
7. Delivery Van
8. Food Processing Plant
Grade yourself- Designing Cell City!
You and I will use this worksheet to grade your project.
1. Use your homework “Cell City” to match city locations with cell organelles.
My homework had _____________ correct answers. (Answer 1 – 11)
2. Draw the location. Example: Draw City Hall to represent the nucleus.
I drew ___________ locations. (Answer 1 – 11)
3. Label your drawing. Example: City Hall is the nucleus.
I labeled ___________ locations. (Answer 1 – 11)
4. On a separate paper you must state the reason a city location resembles a cell
organelle. Example: City Hall controls city activities. The nucleus controls the
cell’s activities.
I described the relationship of ___________ city locations to cell
organelles. (Answer 1 – 11)
5. Make your city colorful.
My city is colorful. (Rate your coloring 1 – 10)
6. Is there anything else you believe is special about your assignment?
You do not have to be an artist to get a good grade. Your grade depends on how many
city locations you place on your drawing and how you explain why a city location
resembles the organelle you have chosen.