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Construct a Cell Model

Students must create a model of a plant or animal cell that accurately represents the parts that help the cell function. Construction paper is used for organelles. Students must use index cards in which the organelles is drawn and colored on one side and opposite include the function and one interesting fact.

Rubric Code: BX42W7W

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Subject: Biology

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Plant and Animal Cell Model
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Cell Structure	Poor Inaccurate representation. Not all cell parts are represented and/or are not a representaion of its part.	Fair Representation of cell not fully accurate. Not all cell parts are represented or are not clearly represented.	Good Mostly accurate representation of cell . Cell parts are clear and all represented	Excellent Highly accurate representation of cell. Cell parts are very clearly and accurately represented.
Labeling	Poor No key or numerous errors in cell part labeling.	Fair Missing labels or more than two spelling errors in key of cell parts.	Good All parts are labeled appropriately with no more than two spelling errors in key of cell parts.	Excellent All parts are labeled accurately with correct spellings in key of cell parts.
Organelles	Poor Most (6 or more) organelles were left out of the model or have size/appearance issues.	Fair 4-5 organelles were left out of the model or have size/appearance issues.	Good 1-3 organelles were left out of the model or have size/appearance issues.	Excellent All organelles are present, and correct in size appearance.
Neatness	Poor Very messy. Numerous smudges on project. No Title.	Fair Somewhat neat. Some effort in appearance. Title present, not centered.	Good Neatly constructed. Attractive, with little room for improvement. Title present, same size as rest of text	Excellent Extremely neatly constructred. Attractive. Title larger than rest of text and centered.
Creativity and Effort	Poor Little creativity seen in design. Problems with planning and organization. Poor use of materials.	Fair Shows some creativity in design. Use of materials show signs of planning and organization.	Good Creative use of materials that show very good planning, organization and hard work.	Excellent Extremely creative design. Clever use of materials. Time management well used. Above and beyond expectations.
Organelle Function	Poor No cards, or handwritting illegible.	Fair Cards present but missing more than 3 parts of the cell. Descriptions inadequate. Handwritting messy.	Good Cards present. Missing 1-2 parts of the cell. Descriptions Adequate. Handwritting mostly neat, few mistakes.	Excellent Cards include all parts of the cell with full descriptions. Handwritting neat an organized.
Interesting Fact	Poor No interesting fact.	Fair Fact is it function.	Good	Excellent
Organelle drawn and colored.	Poor Organelle drawn is not representative of the true organelle. .	Fair Organelle drawn is representative of the true organelle but not colored.	Good Organelle drawn is representative of the true organelle and is colored.	Excellent Organelle drawn is an excellent representative and colored entirely.

Keywords:

nucleus, cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitchondria, vacuole, ribosomes,endoplasmic reticulum, golgi apparatus, lysosomes

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