Cell City Project

Assignment:
Floating around in the cytoplasm of a cell are small structures called organelles. Like the organs in your
own body, each one carries out a specific function necessary for the cell to survive. In order to survive,
the cell must be able to interact with its surroundings, use energy, produce materials and manage waste.
 
1. You will create a poster that compares a living plant cell or animal cell and its organelles to a city,
school, factory, ballpark, space station etc.
2. The place you choose must use energy, produce substances and manage waste. The organelles
will represent the parts of your place that carry out these processes
3. It must have the shape of a plant cell or animal cell.
4. All of the parts of the “city” should be labeled with the cell part and the analogy you chose to
represent it (put parentheses around the cell part). Your poster must be colorful, neat and creative. It
should be done on a piece of poster board. Have fun designing your “cell city.” Be sure to include
all of the organelles listed on the back of your sheet and the appropriate analogies.
Cell City Project Rubric
Required Elements 4 3 2 1
Organelles Represented All 10 organelles are Most organelles are Some organelles are Few organelles are
X2 present present present present
Analogies All analogies make sense Most analogies make Some analogies make Few analogies make
and are accurate sense and are accurate sense and are accurate sense and are accurate

Visual Appeal Very colorful extremely Colorful extremely neat Some color Little or no color
neat great attention to good attention to detail Fairly neat Not neat
detail great use of space good use of space Some attention to detail Little attention to detail
Fair use of space Poor use of space

Quality “City” “City” strongly “City” strongly “City” strongly “City” strongly
resembles shape of a resembles shape of a cell resembles shape of a resembles shape of a cell resembles shape of a cell
cell Great deal of time and Time and effort shown Some time and effort Little time and effort
effort shown cell shown shown

Accurate details and All accurate Most accurate Some accurate Few accurate
representation of representations of representations of representations of representations of
organelles organelles and their organelles and their organelles and their organelles and their
X2 functions functions functions functions
Cell City Project Rubric
Cell Part Function in a living cell Analogy- Identify the part and explain why this part of your
“city” is like the organelle it represents.
     
Cell membrane
     
Cell wall
     
 nucleus
      
ribosome
      
Endoplasmic reticulum
      
chloroplasts
      
Golgi apparatus
      
lysosomes
      
vacuole
Cell City Project Example
Cell City Project Example
Cell City Project Example
Cell City Project Example

Endoplasmic
Mitochondria
Reticulum

Ribosomes

Golgi Body

Nucleus
Cell City Project Example

Ribosomes Endoplasmic
Reticulum Mitochondria

Chloroplast

Vacuoles

Nucleus