Cell Analogy Project
Advanced Biology
The Task:
To demonstrate your understanding of how cells and their organelles work, create an analogy linking cells to an everyday object, location, or system. A great way to start this is to think of something that has multiple parts that function as a whole, just like a cell. In your textbook, a cell is compared to a factory and each organelle is part of the factory. See chapter 7-2 if you want to see this example.
Your task is to create an analogy for a cell that is NOT a factory. You must use at least 12 organelles in your analogy. The product of this project will be your choice but should be one of the following:
- A Google Drawing (Digital poster) using pictures and text to explain your analogy
- Adobe Spark video https://spark.adobe.com/
- Easelly infographic using pictures and text to explain your analogy
- Song/Rap with musical or beat track and performance (live or recorded), lyrics detailing the analogy
A google what?
How to find Google Drawings
Adobe Spark
Easelly
http://www.easel.ly/ use your school google account to log in, use one of the templates or create your own
But... what should it look like?
End result:
- Your product should include a central analogy (the thing you are comparing the cell to) and all parts should be related to that analogy.
- Parts of the whole should be represented individually. For example, each organelle should have its own picture, video segment, verse, etc.
- All comparisons are explained. Ex: A cell is like a factory BECAUSE...
- At least 12 organelles should be used in your comparison, thoroughly explained with a detailed description of the organelle's function and why it is like the thing you are comparing it to..
- Your product should be a cohesive comparison, not unrelated analogies. (Ex: if you used a factory to compare, each organelle should be a working part of that factory, not a part of a different entity like a house)
See the rubric for specific grading information.
View the poster example below in a larger size: http://goo.gl/m2bxSJ
Turning it in!
1. TITLE your project with your names and period
2. share it with me (link, email, etc.)
This is due at the End of next class
Charlie and the Cell Factory