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What’s a Cell Organelle?
• Humans have organs that do specific, important jobs.
• Cell Organelles are a lot like Human Organs.
What are Cell Organelles?• Inside a human,
there are organs that do special jobs to keep the human alive.
• Inside a cell, there are organelles that do special jobs to keep the cell alive.
Cell OrganellesCell Organelle: a structure inside of a cell that does a special job to keep the cell alive.
Nucleus - City Hall• The nucleus is responsible for controlling
the rest of cell just like a city hall is where the city is governed from.
Chromosomes - Blueprint • The chromosomes are the DNA of a cell
which is like a blueprint for a building or structure.
Endoplasmic Reticulum - Roads
• The Endoplasmic Reticulum is like roads in a city, transporting proteins around the cell.
Ribosomes - Shops• Ribosomes are like small shops in a
city. The ribosomes produce proteins like shops produce important things for the city.
Golgi Apparatus – Post Office
The Golgi Appartus is like the post office, packaging & sending proteins to other
parts of the cell.
Mitochondria – Power plant• The mitochondria is like a power plant
because it produces energy like a power plant does for a city.
Cell Membrane - Fence• The Cell membrane is like a fence, because it
let’s some things in but keeps others out.
Cytoplasm - Grass • The cytoplasm is like the grass in a town,
all over and surrounding all the parts of a cell/city.
Vacuole – Garbage collector • The vacuole is like a garbage collector
getting rid of unwanted waste from the cell.
Chloroplast – Solar Collector• The Chloroplast (only in plant cells)
convert sunlight into usable energy.