Description:

Cell Poster:

In the project we had to create a poster of either an animal or plant cell and label each of the parts to the cell and explain what each part did. Our table group did an animal cell. The parts of an animal cell and their functions are listed below:

Nucleus: Control gene expression.

Cytoplasm: Helps fill out the cell and keep organelles in their place.

Lysosomes: Digest excess or worn out organelles, food particles and engulfed viruses/bacteria. "Stomach of the cell".

Cell Membrane: Control of movement in and out of the cells and organelles.

Centrioles: Helps with cell division.

Ribosomes: Cell structures that make proteins.

Golgi Body (Apparatus): Modifies protein and prepares them for export.

Mitochondria: "Power House" of the cell. Takes in nutrients from the cell, breaks it down and turns into energy.

Smooth ER: Produce lipids, detoxification of drugs and toxins.

Rough ER: Internal delivery system. Manufactures, processes and transports proteins.

We also had to include the different types of passive transport (simple diffusion, osmosis and facilitated diffusion) and active transport. The different types of transport are explained below.

Simple Diffusion: HIGH to LOW, until balanced or equal, "equilibrium".

Facilitated Diffusion: HIGH to LOW. Some molecules can not diffuse through the membrane and require special protein channels to move through.

Osmosis: HIGH to LOW. Diffusion of water, H2O, through special channels called aquaporins.

Active Transport: LOW to HIGH. Molecules move across the membrane against the concentration gradients, energy is required.

Our cell poster is shown below:

Venn Diagrams:

We also had to create two Venn diagrams comparing "Animal Vs. Plant Cell Parts" and Eukaryotic Cells vs. Prokaryotic Cells". Both Venn diagrams are seen below.

Reflection:

One thing we could have done better in this project is cooperation and communication. Sometimes two people would be trying to do the same thing and we wouldn't know and waste time. Then have to erase it and then do all the other work, it was just frustrating. Also, some people wouldn't know what to do and end up doing little to nothing which brings in cooperation. The work load for this project was mainly done by half the group. Everyone in the group needed to work together but instead it was only a 50% project for most of the project. Even if you do not know what to do, then ask, instead of doing nothing.

Something our group did well was creativity. We were able to draw, in my opinion, a very neat and good cell. We added lots of color and made it realistic while still looking easy to read. It came out super well. We also added bubble letters to give the poster a little more creativity and add a little pop.