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Example of Student Word Processing Project
Organelle
Plant/Animal
Cell
Function
Cell Wall
Plant
Support & Protect
This picture
depicts the great
wall of China.
This represents a
cell wall because
it supports and
protects.
Cell
membrane
Plant & Animal
Supports,
protects, controls
movements into
and out of the
cell, acts as a
barrier between
the cell and its
environment,
maintains
homeostasis
This image shows
a guard and
guard house. It
represents a cell
membrane
because it
protects and
controls what
goes in and out
of the
environment.
Nucleus
Plant & Animal
Controls cell
activities, contains
the cell’s DNA
This image of a
brain represents
a nucleus
because the
nucleus is often
compared to a
brain. This is
because it
controls
activities.
Cytoplasm
Plant & Animal
Supports and
protects
organelles, gives
the cell its shape
This image of
jello represents
the consistency
of cytoplasm.
You can imagine
the other
Image
Why the image
was chosen
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organelles
floating within.
Endoplasmic
reticulum
Plant & Animal
Translation and
folding of new
proteins and
expression of
lipids
This image
represents the
way the
endoplasmic
reticulum folds
proteins
structures into
its functional
shape.
Golgi
apparatus
Plant & Animal
Sorting,
packaging,
processing, and
modification of
proteins
This image
represents the
Golgi apparatus
because its job is
to package and
sort proteins,
much like a post
office does to
mail.
Ribosome
Plant & Animal
Translation of RNA
into proteins
This image
represents the
way in which
ribosomes
translate RNA
into proteins.
Breaks down
sugar molecules
into energy
This image of
coffee
represents
mitochondrion’s
production of
energy because
coffee (and the
caffeine it
contains) is
known for
boosting energy.
Mitochondrion Plant & Animal
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Vacuole
Plant & Animal
Stores food,
water, waste;
transports items
This image
represents a
vacuole’s storage
function.
Lysosome
Animal
Breaks down
larger food
molecules into
smaller molecules,
digests old cell
parts.
This image
represents the
lysosome
because it breaks
down all the
“trash” in the
cell, such as
unnecessary
products and old
cell parts.
Chloroplast
Plant
Uses energy from
the sun to make
food for the plant
(photosynthesis)
This image
represents the
function of the
chloroplast. The
sunlight is what a
chloroplast uses
to create food.