Name: _____________
Date: _____________
Science
CELL ORGANELLE FUNCTIONS AND ANALOGY ASSIGNMENT
Task: Your task involves 2 parts:
Part One: Label and describe the functions of the following parts of an animal and
plant cell:
Plant cell:
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Animal Cell:
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Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Vacuole
Endoplasmic Reticulum (smooth and rough)
Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Chloroplasts
As above but there is no cell wall or chloroplasts in an animal cell
Lysomsomes
golgi bodies
centrosome
Part Two: Your goal is to compare a system with a cell, writing analogies for the system
parts and how they relate to the functions of the individual organelles.
Format: You may choose to represent your system in any of the following formats:
-Poster
-Booklet
-Short story (illustrated)
-PowerPoint presentation
-Display Board
-movie
-3D model
-board game
-computer game
If you have any other ideas, please seek teacher approval.
Assignment Planning Sheet:
1. For each organelle, write an analogy to a part of your chosen system. In complete
sentences, explain why the two are alike, in terms of their functions.
Ie: In a Cell City The DNA is the mayor because he/she conducts the city’s activities,
just as the DNA conducts the cell’s activities
Cell Organelle
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Mitochondria
Vacuole
Smooth Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Rough Endoplasmic
Reticulum
Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Chloroplasts
Lysomsomes
Golgi bodies
Centrosome
How my cell organelle is like
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(your analogy ie: house)