Seeing Inside Cells

Cell structure and function: details to include in the analogies (suggested list)

  • operating instructions
  • getting energy
  • obtaining building materials
  • waste disposal
  • when it gets too large, it splits into two
  • cytoplasm
  • nucleus
  • mitochondria
  • cell membrane
  • organelle
  • chloroplast (if your cell is like a plant cell)
  • cell wall (if your cell is like a plant cell)

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