Extension

Journey to the Center of the Cell Project

Welcome to ‘Cell Tours”. You are a travel agent in charge of inter-cellular
holidays. The biggest exposition of the year is scheduled to meet right here
in this room. You and your partners have one week to prepare a
presentation that will ‘sell’ your cell to your audience.
Who: You, and up to three other people will work together to create a
travel guide and presentation about the cell that you select. Each group
will research a different cell and share what you learned at the Travel Expo
.
What: Each team will need to work together to produce a travel guide.
This guide should answer the following:
1. The size of the cell and its function
2. The shape
3. The organelles you find inside of the cell and their functions
4. How to get to your cell
5. Whether the cell is stationary or circulates in the body.
Also, the guide must include information on:
1. Where the cell gets its energy.
2. What it might look like on the inside
3. Most interesting facts
4. Recent discoveries about this type of cell
In addition, your presentation should include a simple model, showing
where the cell is found and what it looks like and a poster showing the
reasons to visit.
Finally, your group needs to come up with a name and create a jingle – a
song that convinces people to visit.
The travel guide should be about 8 pages. Each member must share in
the work and sign the pages they submit to the final copy.
Grades will be based on the quality of the final products (the travel
guide, poster, and model), the use of class time, and poster session
questions.