What are some good examples of a city cell analogy project?

Answer 1

a restaurant

a car

a city

a country

a computer

and some other things :)

or you could even use a factory such as:

A factory is probably the best way to describe it:

Cell membrane, would be the wall of the factory with only specific parts where components can enter or leave - doors/gates

Nucleus: main office, where what the factory makes is decided with instructions passed to the main workers.

Nucleolus: would be like the HR department in the office, as it contains the DNA that forms ribosomal RNA, which makes the ribosomes that produce proteins so are like the workers.

Rough ER: manned production line, the ribosomes make proteins and insert them into the RER to be processed and transported out of the cell.

Smooth ER: Automated production line: doesnt use ribosomes but produces lipids, steroids. involved in metabolism of carbohydrates, and regulates Calcium ions.

Ribosomes: Workers- producing proteins from mRNA.

Golgi Bodies: Sort of like the export/mail room. will package products, for example proteins, and send them to the correct destination, either internally or externally.

Mitochondria: Like a power station/ canteen. produces ATP which is used for energy. Powers all processes in the factory, including the workers. hence the combination of power station and food.

Cytoskeleton: these would be similar to the beams and solid structures that give the factory its shape (but in a cell they also enable growth and movement) also sub types would be like conveyer belts moving between departments, as the skeleton is used as a transport network by proteins like myosin, dynein and kinesin.

Lysosomes: Quality control/waste disposal. Detects products that are not 100% perfect and need to be destroyed, engulfs them and breaks them down, so that component parts can be recycled.

Vesicles: packages - how components are transported around and exit the factory. made from phospholipid bi layer they move around on the cytoskeleton, usually from the golgi, to the correct target.

Answer 2

School, Hogwarts, Water Park, House, City, Basketball Court, Kingdom, Car, the White House, etc.