Energy in the Cell Project
You will make a poster or other visual presentation that shows how energy is obtained for the cell and how the cell uses this energy to function. It must be educational and usable to teach students that are your age or younger.
From start to finish the following questions must be clearly addresses in your presentation.
Where is energy coming from for the cell to use?
What happens to this energy source once it enters the cell?
How is it broken down to make this energy usable for the cell? What is required to break this energy source down?
What is energy used for in the cell?
Think both broad and detailed.
You must include in your visual presentation the following cycles and processes:
Glycolysis
Lactic Acid Fermentation
Krebs Cycle
Electron Transport Chain
ATP/ADP Cycle (Make sure this ATP/ADP cycle is drawn as a complete cycle going to and from the ETC and ribosome.)
Ribosome making a protein (When we did the ATP skit, we bonded amino acids in a long chain using the bonds supplied by the ATP molecule.)
Points
will be given for the following:
(20 pts) Included all processes above
(20 pts) Processes are labeled and detailed enough to understand what is happening
(20 pts) Accuracy of details covering the processes (All products and reactants are drawn and labeled)
(15 pts) Connections between processes are clear and correct (connecting arrows showing the sequence of events.
(All questions are presented above are addressed in your illustration.)
(5 pts) Processes drawn in a logical order on the poster (Processes are not out of place in the order of events)
(10 pts) Amount of apparent thought, planning, and effort put into ità it must be neat and colored
(10 pts) Creativity in depicting processes (or) detailed Using analogies for processes or molecules would increase points received in this category.
The more imagination and details used, the more points. Just remember you should be able to teach others using your presentation. Make sure that the presentation is clear, interesting, and easily understood. Plan out your drawings before you make your final drawings.
Doing this optional project does not guarantee you an “A” for trying. You must put the effort into it to receive an “A”.