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**All About Cells**



I know what you're thinking. You already know ALL about cells. You studied cells last year and the year before that and you know everything there is to know about cells. Or do you? Look at the diagram above and see if you can identify the organelles designated as W, X, Y, and Z. **What are they and what do they do?** Hmmmmm.......maybe we could use a little more information. Activity One  View the UnitedStreaming video, **"The Living Cell,"** and answer all questions. If there is time, you may work on the vocabulary crossword puzzle.

Activity Two Access the website [|CellsAlive]. Pull up another tab and access the [|Cells and Their Organelles worksheet.] The main menu will appear; choose the heading **Plant and Animal Cells.** You cannot download or type on this form. You must write the questions and answers (yes, all 28 of them!). Don't worry about the organelle table yet; we will do this later. Also follow the directions to color code your plant and animal cells (your teacher will give these to you).

**Activity Three** **Review:** Use [|this site] to find out what you know (or don't know) about plant cells.

Review [|animal cells] on this site.

Review [|prokaryotic and eukaryotic] cells.

Learn the [|distinctions] between prokaryotic cell, plant cells and animal cells.

Cell Project Due Date September 11 Now let's take a journey "down under" to explore the interior of the cell and all its components. You will be embarking on a webquest written by Darrell Martin as a tribute to Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. For the most part we will follow the webquest just as it was written; however, we will not create a PowerPoint presentation. Instead, we will be creating a photostory with the same information. In addition, we will be following our own rubric instead of Mr. Martin's.

[|Ready, Mates? Crikey, let's get going]!

Special Notes on the Trading Cards :
 * Each individual must have his/her own set of trading cards.
 * Be sure to type your name at the bottom of each card.
 * In selecting the borders for your cards, please do not select the widest and darkest borders. This is a waste of ink: please don't be wasteful!
 * When making your trading cards, follow Mr. Martin's directions, except for the following: Do not space down 18 spaces inside the trading card box. Instead, space down 2 spaces; using the 18-space technique, the card will be too big and will waste too much space, because you can't remove spaces from the bottom of the page. I would like to have you get 2 or even 3 cards on each page. If you plan carefully and are economical with your descriptions, you should be able to do this easily.
 * When saving your trading cards, you may save them as "Yourname tcards" if you are saving to the hard drive; however, I recommend that you save them to your own jump drive.
 * Check the rubric below before handing in your final copy. It will save you a lot of grief!

**Trading Card Rubric:** to create cards. || Mostly follows directions. || Did not follow directions. || is correct and complete. || Most information is correct and complete. || Missing or inaccurate information. || School pictures are clear and readable. || Most correlations accurate. Most pictures are clear and readable. || Correlations inaccurate. Pictures are either unclear or no pictures are given. ||
 * **5 points** || **3 points** || **1 point** ||
 * Follows ALL directions exactly
 * Organelle pictures are clear and accurate. || Fair picture of organelles. || Inaccurate or missing pictures. ||
 * All information about organelles
 * All correlations are accurate.
 * Typing is neat and accurate. || Typing mostly accurate and neat. || Many errors and/or is not neat. ||

**For a [|tutorial] on PhotoStory, log on to this site.**

Final Product The Cell as a School Photostory  Your assignment is to produce a video presentation showing how the cell is like a school. To successfully complete this assignment, you must:
 * Produce two slides (one an actual photo and the other a colored diagram) for each organelle, explaining which person or which part of the school this organelle represents.
 * On the first slide (this will be your colored diagram), identify the organelle and explain what job it has in the cell.
 * On the second slide, explain how this organelle represents the person or part of the school. [You may use a picture **you** have taken of the person or place or you may find a picture on the internet of a similar person or place].
 * You must use music that is appropriate for each slide. For example, when explaining the mitochondrion, you might use music that sizzles with energy. You also know the rules about what type of music may be used; I depend upon your common sense and your sense of decorum. The music must cover the entire presentation.
 * Each organelle must be represented in the video, all 14 of them, plus 14 school slides. When you add an introductory slide and the last slide that contains your four questions, you will have a total of 30 slides.
 * With thirty slides, at 4 seconds per slide, you will need 2 minutes for your presentation. If you use 5 seconds per slide, your presentation will take 2 minutes and 30 seconds. I think you could plan on using between 2 and 3 minutes, not much more or less. If you spend too much time per slide, you may be giving too much information; if you spend too little time on each, you won't have enough information.
 * You must use at least three different transitions between slides; however, you must be careful about making the transitions smooth and not a distraction to your presentation.
 * Please be careful about enunciating your words so that everyone (especially the teacher with the red pen) can understand you clearly.
 * On the last slide, write four questions (narrating them, of course) that could be used on your organelle test. Be sure you know the answers!
 * Last, but not least, HAVE FUN!!!

 [|Presentation Rubric] You will note that the point value of the presentation is 70 points. The final 30 points will be based on individual participation in the project. If both partners contribute equally, each will receive the full 30 points, provided each has given a 100% effort each day of the project. Five points will be taken away for each day that the individual "goofs off."  After you've finished all your hard work and your presentation is complete, have a little fun with these [|Quia games] and even win the war with [|Battleship.]