Let's MAKE A CELL!!

This activity will help the students solidify their knowledge in parts of a cell, and what each part does and looks like (roughly).

Materials - Deck of Cards, pictures of organelles, descriptions of organelles

Procedure - TO make the deck: Decide which organelles to use. Here is a list of some:
Lysosome
Ribosome
ER
Golgi body

mitochondria
chloroplast
cell wall
cell membrane
nucleus
chromosome

There should be enough students to make 4 cells, so not all cards may be distributed. Since each organelle will be represented 4 times (except chloroplast, cell wall, and mitochondria will have 2 each), they can be diverse - maybe 2 pictures of the organelle and 2 written descriptions

Each nucleus should be directed to a separate corner of the room. The class needs to then make a cell by organizing themselves according to their cards. Each cell should have only one of each organelle (even though real cells have multiples!) There should be two things to look out for - one cell cannot have BOTH the picture AND description of the same organelle, AND the two plant cells should have no mitochondria and the animal cell should not have cell wall or chloroplasts. Maybe to distinguish the nucleus should say Animal or Plant. Or, instruct the chloroplasts and mitochondria to go to the corners instead of the nuclei.