PLANTS, PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Travel Brochure of a Plant Cell
The Project


You and your partners at your table will be required to produce a travel brochure that describes a plant cell as if it were a large exhibit/amusement park or even better, a small roadside attraction.
You want your travel brochure to attract visitors to spend money at the plant cell. You must accurately describe/draw/explain 9 organelles (attractions) and their functions. You must include the cell wall, central vacuole, nucleus and chloroplast as four of your choices.
The brochure must describe at least 9 "attractions" (organelles or cell processes) that will "delight and amaze" their potential customers.
Humor and creativity are strongly encouraged. Brochures will be evaluated by accuracy of organelle descriptions, design and creativity.
An oral presentation will be done by the your group. A skit or presentation complete with props and/or costumes is encouraged.
Using small roadside attractions as an inspiration produce a travel brochure to entice visitors to take the next exit and visit the "incredible! amazing!, and unbelievable!" sights of a plant cell. For example, your visitors might want to "visit the ribosomes, located just outside the nucleus, and watch as proteins are synthesized RIGHT BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES!".
You are allowed creative license in your descriptions, such as "be sure to visit the Golgi center inside the gift shop, and have your purchases gift wrapped for you before you leave." Use your imaginations!
There is no limit to what to you may decide to do. You might describe protein synthesis or mitosis (cell division) that we have not done in class. If you are not artistic there are other ways to make your brochures attractive, such as computer images or cut-outs from magazines.
Use the two websites below to start you on your way.
Click on Cells Alive
On the next screen click on Plant Cell in the column to the left.
Plant Cell Organelles
Click on each plant cell part for additional information

HAVE FUN!

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