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