cell poster project poster due: mon 11/30, tues 12/01 (20 pts) poster is due @ the start of class

Cell Poster Project

Poster due: Mon 11/30, Tues 12/01 (20 pts)

Poster is due @ the start of class.

Objective: create a color-coded poster showing how animal, plant, fungus, protist, and bacteria cells are similar/different.

Poster format:

ANIMAL CELL PLANT CELL FUNGAL CELL

PROTIST CELL BACTERIA CELL COLOR KEY

To complete this project, you will need to use the chart in your study guide:

STUDY GUIDE

ANIMAL PLANT FUNGUS PROTIST BACTERIA

Animal Plant Fungus Protist Bacteria

Type of cell

Size

Complexity

Specialization

Multi/Uni

Contains DNA?

Location of DNA

Cell membrane

Cell wall

Ribosomes

Rough ER

Golgi apparatus

Lysosomes

Vacuoles

Central vacuole

Contr. vacuole

Mitochondria

Chloroplasts

Cytoskeleton

Check to make sure your chart is correct.

Euk. Euk. Euk. Euk. Prok.Large Large Large Large Small

Complex Complex Complex Complex SimpleYes Yes Yes No No

Multi Multi Multi Multi/Uni Uni ONLYYes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Nucleus Nucleus Nucleus Nucleus LooseYes Yes Yes Yes YesNo Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes YesYes Yes Yes Yes NoYes Yes Yes Yes NoYes Yes Yes Yes NoYes No Yes No NoNo Yes No No NoNo No No Some Uni NoYes Yes Yes Yes NoNo Yes No Green NoYes Yes Yes Yes No

Step 1: Find diagrams online for:

1. Animal cell

2. Plant cell

3. Fungal cell

4. Protist cell

5. Bacteria cell

Choose a diagram that has all or most of the organelles listed in your study guide.

Hint: use the word “diagram” in your Google search.

For example, this would be a bad diagram to use because it does not show all of a plant cell’s organelles.

STUDY GUIDE

ANIMAL PLANT FUNGUS PROTIST BACTERIA

Step 2: Decide how the organelles will be color-coded, and create a color key.

ANIMAL CELL PLANT CELL FUNGAL CELL

PROTIST CELL BACTERIA CELL COLOR KEY

Organelle colors must be consistent (the same for all cells.) For example, if the nucleus is turquoise in one cell, it must be turquoise in all the eukaryotic cells.

= nucleus

= Rough ER

= mitochondria

= chloroplasts

= DNA

Step 3: Sketch the cell diagrams onto your poster.

ANIMAL CELL PLANT CELL FUNGAL CELL

PROTIST CELL BACTERIA CELL COLOR KEY

= nucleus

= Rough ER

= mitochondria

= DNA

= chloroplasts

No need to label the organelles, since they are color-coded.

Step 5: Color in the diagrams according to the color key.

ANIMAL CELL PLANT CELL FUNGAL CELL

PROTIST CELL BACTERIA CELL COLOR KEY

= nucleus

= Rough ER

= mitochondria

= chloroplasts

= DNA

Step 6: In each square, write answers to the bullet point questions.

ANIMAL CELL

• Prokaryote or Eukaryote?• Multi or Uni?• Specialized/not specialized?

For 4 pts. extra credit, use diagrams of specialized cells.

Remember to include the word “diagram” in your Google search.

Cells you can include in your poster:

Animal: Animal cell, myocyte, neuron, osteoblast

Plant: Plant cell, colenchyma, sclerenchyma

Fungus: Hyphal cell

Protist: Amoeba, euglena, paramecium

Bacteria: Prokaryote