You Can Do it! Cell Model

 

 

You will create a 3-D model of a plant or animal cell (your choice) using common materials. You will label the structures on the model with numbers, providing a typewritten key to identify the labels. Also, on the key, you will identify the location of the structure in relation to other structures on your particular cell, as well as the function of each structure.

 

Requirements:

• The cell can be no smaller than 4" x 6", and no larger than 9" x 12".
• The cell must be 3-D. Therefore, it can not be a poster or only puffy paint.
• The model must be delivered in a box (e.g. shoe box, shirt box, etc.).
• Use clear drying glue. Avoid tape, pins and staples. Ideas for materials include: yarn, beads, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, string, straws, Styrofoam, Plexiglas, food, play-doh... Use many types and your imagination, but be sure it will stay together!
• You must identify all the organelles listed below for whichever cell you choose.
• The type of cell, your name and class period must be identified somehow on the model and the key.
• DO NOT label the organelles on the model, use ID numbers. The key will identify which organelle is represented by each ID number along with an accurate and detailed description of the function of the organelle as it relates to the entire cell.
• You must turn in this scoring rubric (rtf or html), your key and your model together in the box.

 

Organelles to be Included:

 

Both Cells	Plant Cells Only	Animal Cells Only
cell membrane	cell wall	lysosome
nucleus	chloroplast	centrioles
cytoplasm	Large central vacuole	cytoskeleton
vacuole
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
rough endoplasmic reticulum
ribosomes
golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
nucleolus

 

*REMEMBER: Plant and Animal Cells have different shapes, and this should be reflected in your model.