My Cell Analogy
Project
Biology
Deadlines!!
Write these down NOW!!!
You cannot miss any deadlines!
Blueprint Deadline:
Friday 10/4/13
Proposal Letter Rough Draft Deadline:
Typed - Tuesday 10/8/13
Proposal Letter FINAL Deadline:
Typed - Friday 10/11/13
Final Project Deadline:
Thursday 10/17/13
NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS ACCEPTED
Now for the details!!!...
Your school district wants to increase
funding for its science labs.
The local business, SG Biotechnology Co.,
has offered to pay for the construction of
the design with proceeds to go to the
school district.
The biotech company wants to get the local
community interested in biology and has
decided to have a design contest.
Participants must design an attraction
(amusement park, golf course, Santa’s
Workshop, etc.) modeled after either a
Plant or Animal cell.
The different cell organelles and structures must
be realistically incorporated into the design.
In order for designs to be considered,
blueprints, a proposal letter, and a presentation
must be submitted to the biotech company by
the proposal deadline.
Directions for the blueprint and model
Your design MUST cover the following cell structures:
1. Cell membrane
2. Mitochondrion
3. Nucleus
4. Nucleolus
5. Nuclear envelope
6. Ribosome (originate in nucleolus; free floating and on RER)
7. ER – differentiate between RER and SER
8. Golgi apparatus
9. Vesicle
10. Vacuole (in plant cell, it is called the Central Vacuole)
AND…. If the design is based on an animal cell, it must also include:
centriole and lysosome; If the design is based on a plant cell, it
must also include: chloroplast and cell wall
Incorporate the organelle’s structure or
function into your design.
Be creative!!
For example, if you did a miniature golf
course, the vacuole could be a water
feature; the endoplasmic reticulum could
have a tube that transports the ball to
another location.
Make a blueprint (written plans of the project)
•Shows the analogies you will be using along
with the layout of the project with the relative
shape and size of each organelle.
•Make sure the path that leads from one area
to the next links organelles whose functions
relate to one another.
•Your blueprint can be drawn manually or
done electronically. Do not copy information
or diagrams from the internet and call it your
own!
Create a Model
•Once the blueprint is complete, you will create an
actual model of your project.
•Your model must include a LABEL for each cell
structure or organelle (previously listed) clearly
stating the name, function, and analogy for that
structure.
•Model is neat, professionally done, appears time
went into the project, names, title, period and date
included on project
•Structures/Organelles make sense with analogies and
follow a clear path
Directions for the proposal letter :
•Describe your idea behind the design
•Explain how the design corresponds to the
organelle’s function in the cell
•Explain how the park would run and why you
placed the organelles in the order you did.
•Write the proposal as a business letter
proposal. Use professional language; address
and sign the letter accordingly. Be persuasive!
•Proposal should be 2-3 pgs. long, typed, and
double spaced, 12 pt font in Times New Roman
Presentation :
•You will pitch your design to the class. Your
presentation should be 4-6 minutes, explain
your idea and convince us that your design is
better than all the others.
•Dress professionally &come prepared!
DO NOT READ YOUR LETTER FOR YOUR
PRESENTATION!!!!! (Automatic “0” if you do!)
•Creativity - Unique ideas for analogies with
imaginative, colorful design