How to Make a Cell Travel Brochure
Creating a travel brochure for a cell is a common project in high school and middle school science classes. A travel brochure encourages students to think of cells in a different context. When the students use a different vocabulary to describe the cell's part and process, they become easier to understand. Cell travel brochures are also an opportunity to be creative. Students can draw the different cell parts and use their imaginations to describe what makes them so fascinating.
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Things You'll Need
- Paper (8.5 inches by 14 inches)
- Pencil or pen
- Colored pencils or other coloring tools
Instructions
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Choose whether your cell will be plant or animal. They contain contain different organelles and perform different functions, so it's important to know upon which one your brochure is modeled.
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Decide what sort of attraction your cell is based on. Are you going to advertise it like a theme park, a national park or a roadside curiosity? Knowing this will affect the style and tone of your travel brochure, and give you new ideas on how to describe the cell parts and functions.
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Fold the large piece of paper accordion style into three parts to make a brochure.
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Draw a map that of the entire cell as travel destination. The map will allow you and your readers to visualize the cell in its entirety. This should be very large, so it will be easy to see all the different cell parts. Consider drawing it across two pages of the brochure to give yourself more space to illustrate the cell components. Include a key below or alongside the map to identify the different parts.
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Draw a picture of each individual cell part on the map. Include the part's number in the key so your reader can easily find it on the map.
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Write a paragraph about each of the cell parts under the pictures, to describe the part's unique functions. Be sure to make it sound exciting, like an attraction a person would want to visit.
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Tips & Warnings
Let your imagination run wild, as this is a creative project. If you have an interest in computers you can turn it into a slide show presentation or a website or animation.
Read travel brochures and materials put out by professional travel agencies to learn the language and style or promoting a destination and give yourself ideas for your own brochure.
Be sure to read closely and fully understand your teacher's instructions. They may have certain requirements for the project, such as describing certain aspects of the cell, that you cannot ignore or gloss over. If you have any questions, be sure to ask your teacher early, so you don't have to redo a major part of your project the night before it's due.
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scamperiam
Jan 29, 2011
Good idea. I may try it in my classroom.
