TECHNOLOGY AND STEAM MAKER
CUMBRES NEWS
WELCOME TO CELL CITY!
Our 7th graders became "cell engineers" and recreated the "Cell City", an analogy about the cell as the basic unit of life and how a city works. Let's imagine a bit: The nucleus of the cell represents
the
city
government
office.
The
mitochondrion is the powerhouse. The Golgi apparatus is the post office that distributes
available
resources
through
the
highway that is the endoplasmic reticulum. While ribosomes
and
lysosomes
are
respectively
responsible for building and recycling resources. With creativity, recycled materials, 3D printing, laser cutting, carpentry skills, modeling, creation of electrical circuits, imagination and collaborative work,
they
all
managed
to
complete
the
representation of the cellular organelle that was assigned to them to finally integrate all the parts to create a functional city, just as the cell is shaped and works perfectly. Finally, to anchor their knowledge, they presented their 3D model together and explained to the class the main functions of cell organelles and why they resemble the different parts of a city. An activity full of work, active learning and fun!
