MANUEL S.

ENVERGA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

CANDELARIA, INC.

CELL CITY PROJECT – You are the Architect

Name: _______________________________ Date: _December 3, 2021__-
Grade & Section: ______________________ Total Score: _________________

INTRODUCTION:

Each individual cell operates much like a city does. Each organelle in the cell does a job that allows the
whole cell to function properly. In a city, there are many different jobs that have to be done in order for the City to
run smoothly. For example, a city must have a waste management system (trash). Could you imagine what a city
would be like if there wasn’t anyone picking up the trash? In this project, you are going to compare the organelles in
a cell to the jobs needed to run a city. You and Your partner will design a cell city on a poster; you will need to draw,
and design all the parts of a city that correspond to cell organelles.

Instructions:
 Step 1. Using the list below: Match up which city jobs belong to each organelle. You may add other city jobs as you
want and easy for you.

Organelle List: City limits, road system, city hall, City Library, Construction Company, Packaging/Mailing Centers, Recycling
Centers/ Garbage Trucks, Warehouse/Distribution Centers, Power Company, Solar Power Plant, City wall, Factory workers.

Functions of that analogy which is like the

City Job/ City Analogy Cell Organelle
organelle it represents

Chloroplast

Responsible for financial operations, public

School Principal Nucleus relations, overall school matters.

Lysosome

Vacuole

Endoplasmic Reticulum

Golgi Complex
 Cell Membrane

Cell Wall

Cytoplasm

Mitochondria

Chromosomes

Ribosomes

Instructions Continued:
 Step 2: Choose whether you want to do a plant cell or animal cell.
 Step 3: Select a creative title for you work (the word “cell” is in the title)
 Step 4: Build your city:
o Decide what parts of a city you will need for the cell type you chose.
o On a 1 long bond paper, draw, design, cut-out your city parts and organize them on the poster like a real
city would be organized (see Example).
o Make a presentation vis powerpoint. (pwede and digital).
o Label each part of the city and underneath it in parentheses label the organelle it represents. Ex. City Hall
(nucleus)
 Step 5: Attach your poster along with this paper.
 Step 6: Practice presenting your poster.

You will be graded based on this Cell City Grading Rubric:

Required Elements 15 10 5 3
Organelles All organelles are Most organelles are Some organelles are Few organelles are
Represented present present present present
Analogies All analogies make Most analogies make Some analogies make Few analogies make
sense sense sense sense
Visual Appeal Very colorful Colorful Some color
Little or no color
Extremely neat Neat Fairly neat
Not neat
Great attention to Good attention to Some attention to
Little attention to detail
detail detail detail
Poor use of space
Great use of space Good use of space Fair use of space
Quality Great deal of time and Some time and effort
Time and effort shown Little time and effort
effort shown shown
Accurate spelling of shown
Accurate spelling of all Accurate spelling of
most words Many spelling errors
words some words
Creativity Very creative title Good title Fair title Poor title
Excellent creativity Good creativity Fair creativity Little creativity