The Cell Project

Cell Project:
Due September 3rd

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 AND LIMITS:

1) The cell can be no smaller than 4" x 6", and no larger than 9" x 12".

2) The cell must be 3-D. Therefore it cannot be a poster or only puffy paint.

3) The model MUST be delivered in a box (shoe box, shirt box, etc...)

4) Use clear drying glue. Avoid tape, pins, and staples. Ideas for materials include: yarn, beads, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, string, straws, Styrofoam, play-doh, etc... Use many types and your imagination, but be sure it will stay together.

5) You must identify all the organelles listed below for whichever cell you choose.

6) The type of cell, your name, and period must be identified somehow on the model and on the key.

7) DO NOT label the organelles on the model. Use ID numbers. The key will identify which organelle is represented by each ID number.

8) You must turn in the scoring sheet, your key, and model together in the box.

Organelles to be included in BOTH CELLS:
cell membrane
vacuole
rough endoplasmic reticulum
smooth endoplasmic reticulum
golgi apparatus
nucleolus
nucleus
ribosomes
mitochondria


Organelles to be included in PLANT CELLS ONLY:
cell wall
chloroplast


Organelles to be included in ANIMAL CELLS ONLY:
lysosomes
centrioles


REMEMBER
Plant and animal cells have different shapes, and this should be reflected in your model.