The One That Got Away
Biology Name ____________________________________
Cell City Analogy Period ___________ Date ___________________
In a far away city called Leeuwenhoek, the main export and production product is the steel widget. Everyone in the town has something to do with steel widget making and the entire town is designed to build and export widgets. The town hall has the instructions for widget making. Widgets come in all shapes and sizes and any citizen of Leeuwenhoek can get the instructions and begin making their own widgets. Widgets are generally produced in small shops around the city. These small shops can be built by the carpenter’s union (whose headquarters are in town hall).
After the widgets are constructed, they are placed on special carts which can deliver them anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported, the carts take the widgets to the postal office, where they are packaged and labeled for export. Sometimes widgets don't turn out right, and the “rejects” are sent to the scrap yard where they are broken down for parts or destroyed altogether. The town powers the widget shops and carts from a hydro-electric dam that is in the city. The entire city is enclosed by a large wooden fence. Only the postal trucks and citizens with proper passports are allowed outside the city. Match the parts of Leeuwenhoek (they’re italicized and underlined) with the parts of a real cell. Briefly describe each part/organelle’s function.
1. Mitochondria
2. Ribosomes
3. Nucleus
4. Endoplasmic Reticulum
5. Golgi Apparatus
6. Protein
7. Cell Membrane
8. Lysosomes
9. Nucleolus
We want to be creative in Biology (and, of course, to learn about cells!). Demonstrate your own understanding of Leeuwenhoek (the cell city) and of cells themselves. Choose one of the activities below.
Write a story: Create your own analogy of the cell using a different model (something other than a city). Some ideas might be: a school, a
Cell City Analogy Period ___________ Date ___________________
In a far away city called Leeuwenhoek, the main export and production product is the steel widget. Everyone in the town has something to do with steel widget making and the entire town is designed to build and export widgets. The town hall has the instructions for widget making. Widgets come in all shapes and sizes and any citizen of Leeuwenhoek can get the instructions and begin making their own widgets. Widgets are generally produced in small shops around the city. These small shops can be built by the carpenter’s union (whose headquarters are in town hall).
After the widgets are constructed, they are placed on special carts which can deliver them anywhere in the city. In order for a widget to be exported, the carts take the widgets to the postal office, where they are packaged and labeled for export. Sometimes widgets don't turn out right, and the “rejects” are sent to the scrap yard where they are broken down for parts or destroyed altogether. The town powers the widget shops and carts from a hydro-electric dam that is in the city. The entire city is enclosed by a large wooden fence. Only the postal trucks and citizens with proper passports are allowed outside the city. Match the parts of Leeuwenhoek (they’re italicized and underlined) with the parts of a real cell. Briefly describe each part/organelle’s function.
1. Mitochondria
2. Ribosomes
3. Nucleus
4. Endoplasmic Reticulum
5. Golgi Apparatus
6. Protein
7. Cell Membrane
8. Lysosomes
9. Nucleolus
We want to be creative in Biology (and, of course, to learn about cells!). Demonstrate your own understanding of Leeuwenhoek (the cell city) and of cells themselves. Choose one of the activities below.
Write a story: Create your own analogy of the cell using a different model (something other than a city). Some ideas might be: a school, a