Assignment Summary For this assignment, you will model the structures of the cell and describe their functions. You will do this by first completing a table that describes the functions of structures of the cell. In this table, you will also identify factory parts or workers that have similar functions. Then, you will create a comic strip showing a scenario where a reporter visiting a cell “factory” interviews the structures/organelles about how their roles in the cell are similar to those of a factory and its workers. Background Information The cell is the basic unit of structure and function of all living things. It is the smallest part of living things that is alive. To stay alive, cells do many tasks. Cells use nutrients to produce substances and energy that keep the processes in cells going. The production and transport of these substances also create waste materials that are released by the cell. Many structures of the cell work together to make sure that cells are able to do all these things. Cells are like factories. Factories also put together things to produce new things using energy supplied by the factory. In the process of producing these new things, waste materials are also created and are taken out of the factory. Many parts and workers of the factory work together so that the production of these new things happens smoothly. The structures of the cell can be compared to the parts and the workers in a factory. For example, the Golgi body is an organelle that packages materials and distributes them within or out of the cell. The Golgi body has a similar job to a factory worker that puts products of a factory in boxes. The worker brings some of the boxes to be stored in the warehouse, and some boxes are loaded by the worker onto trucks for delivery outside the factory. Safety The materials to be used in this project are only for creating the model of the structures of the cell and are not to be played with. All actions while doing this project should be purposeful. Wash your hands after completing