Here are some websites to get you started

 

Cell City Web Resources

If you are better at reading and processing information- go to 1 and follow the tour bus route.

If you are better at looking at things visually - go to two and look at the comparison of the cell and the city side by side. By clicking on the different tabs over the two pictures, you can learn more about each cell part or each city part.

 

1. By then end of this activity, you should have a good idea of how a cell and a city are similar.

• http://www.biopic.co.uk/cellcity/around.htm     

 

Take a tour through a city to see how it is like a cell. Click on the tour bus picture in the right bottom corner of each window to continue you tour.

 

2. If you want to learn more about how cells are like a city, try this interactive site that allows you to point to an organelle in the cell and see what it is like in the city.

 

• http://www.open2.net/science/cellcity/flash_5.html

 

3. To see more pictures of cells and to see an interactive model of a cell, try this site.

 

• http://cellsalive.com/  

 

Cell City Project

 

 

Group Names

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

City Name

 

 

 

Monument Name

 

 

Monument Description

 

 

 

Monument Building Materials

 

 

 

Threats to the monument

 

 

 

 

Is it a Plant Cell  or Animal Cell based city? Explain why.

 

 

 

 

1. Decide what parts of a city are similar to the organelles (parts) of a cell.
2. Design a shape for your city. Plant cities should have a geometric shape, Animal cities can be any shape.
3. Each member of the group should design a section of the city. Split up the cell organelles (parts) that are on your list we worked on in class. Make sure you only have one person doing the nucleus and nucleolus but more than one person can include the other parts.  Divide the city into 3,4 or 5 "neighborhoods" depending on how many people are in your group. Each person must include his/her parts in the neighborhood.
4. Your city can only have one city hall (nucleus) but it can have more than one of any of the other organelles (parts)
5. Describe each of the buildings or services you offer in your neighborhood. Explain what their job or role in the success of the city is.
6. You can make a blue print of the city using an overhead view, you can make a 2 dimensional drawing of the city or you can actually build a 3 dimensional model.
7. Label all the buildings etc. with their city name and their organelle name. For example city hall would be labeled “City Hall” “Nucleus”
8. Plant cities may use solar power
9. Brainstorm threats to your monument- write them down
10. Create an action plan that will protect your monument- include who will be responsible for doing the parts of the plan.

 Internet Resource for Creating Your Monument

Building Materials and Design

í    http://www.artsresourcenetwork.org/public_art/starting_a_project/default.asp  Use the questions at this site to help you to plan your monument.

í    http://www.saratoga.ca.us/commission%20agenda/Public%20Art%20Policy%20Adopted%204.16.03.htm This is an actual selection process that is used to pick public art for a city. Section III A. has good guidelines for you to follow as you develop your monument

í    http://www.coldspringgranite.com/comparing_granite_to_other_build.htm Comparison of different types of building stone.

í    http://www.wowproject.co.kr/010618/eng/publicArt/paExamples/pa_ex_list.php Examples of public art

í    Do a google.com search for “examples of public art”

Threats to Public Monuments and How to Protect A Monument

í    http://www.heritageconservation.net/links.htm

í    www.international.icomos.org/risk/trends_eng.htm

í    http://www.sculptor.org/Conservation/ConservingMarble.htm Resources for conserving marble- also different kinds of weathering