Organelles – Facebook Style…
We will be studying all of the organelles that make up Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells. In keeping with the 21st century, your job is to create a Facebook page for your assigned organelle. This task will require creativity and imagination. The purpose of this activity is to assist high school students in learning the names, locations, and functions of all of the organelles in cells.
The Requirements
A. The project must include the following list of organelles:
●Cell Membrane
●Nucleus
- Nuclear Envelope/pores
- Chromosomes & chromatin
- Nucleolus
●Ribosomes
●Lysosomes
●Mitochondria
●Golgi Apparatus
●Centrioles
●Vacuole
●Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum (including ribosomes)
●Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
●Cytoskeleton
- Microtubules/Microfilaments
●Chloroplast
●Cell Wall
●Cilia & Flagella
B. Incorporate the following components into your Facebook page:
1.Organelle Name
2.Location of Organelle in the cell
3.Type of cell your organelle is found in (plants, animals, or bacteria?)
(Is your part modified in some way in different kinds of cells?)
4.Colorful pictures of the organelle and its “friends”
5.Description of what your organelle is built of (include molecules you learned about in Unit 1)
(Do certain areas of your organelle have names?)
6.Description (function of the organelle)
7.Friends of the Organelle (Who works with the organelle? What other organelles are your “friends”? )
8.Sample Wall Posts (must include three posts per organelle; Let us know what you are up to!)
C. Creativity Counts:
1. Each “Facebook” page needs to be neatly typed using a Facebook template.
2. Use color to make your pages interesting.
3. Spelling and information presented must be accurate.
D. Organelle Flipbook
1. Complete Flipbook pages using information from other student’s Facebook pages.
2. Color and identify cells parts in animal, plant, and bacterial Cell Diagram
Modified from an activity by: Brad Graba and Charlie Filipek