Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Organelle Project

List the name of your organelle, its nickname, and the reason why you gave it that nickname. This will be worth 2 points.

45 comments:

MMCKNIGHT said...

I'm doing my project on the vacuole, I gave it the nickname "THE STOMACH".I used this nickname, because like a stomach, the vacuole also stores water, waste, enzymes, and toxic substances.

TylerE said...

My organelle is cilia. I nicknamed it the Stache because the cilia traps particles in your respiratory system like a mustache traps bits of food when you eat (and because they are both hair).

AshleighA said...

Organelle- Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
Nickname- THe Busy Highway
Reason why- It's a pathway for molecules to travel on. The ribosomes on it make it look busy.

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Saaarrraaa!! said...

My Organelle is Cell Wall.

I nicknamed it the Lattice.

I nickname it this b/c it supports

&& protects the cell like the

lattice of a rose bush.

PSante said...

My organelle was the cell wall. I nicknamed it the skeleton because it gives the cell rigidity and strengh.

kalynn said...

My organelle is the cell membrane. I nicknamed it "border patrol" because it acts like the border patrol for the country. It lets some parts in the cell while also keeping others out.

Leah Marie said...

My organelle is lysosome.
Its nickname i gave it is "the breakdown"
I gave it this nickname because it acts as the digestive system.

josh said...

My organelle is mitochondria!!!!
I nicknamed it the powerplant because it transfers energy into ATP
It has an inner membrane and outer membrane. It also has cristae.


GO PENGUINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Bittinger said...

organelle - chloroplast
nickname- sun catcher

I gave it this nickname because it converts energy from the SUN into chemical energy

Megan said...

My organelle was a microfilament. I gave it the nickname "The Generator". The reason I named it "The Generator" is because it helps support and generate the cells shape.

!! Johnny D !! said...

My organelle was the golgi apparatus. I nicknamed my organelle Monsieur Facteur, which means Mr.Mailman in French, because the golgi apparatus relatively fuctions like a mailman or a post office.

ddrilak said...

My organelle is ribosomes. I gave it the nickname "the translator". I nicknamed it this because it synthesizes or "translates" a RNA into a protein.

DDRILAK

Taylor Roebuck said...

My organelle is the smooth endoplasmic reticulum. I nicknamed it Moogle. I named it that because a Moogle is something on the game "Final Fantasy" because it synthesizes items just like the smooth e.r synthesizes proteins.

mattmjkkarol said...

my organelle is the flagilla.I named it the prop because it propels the cell.

JKutek said...

My Organelle Is The Rough Endolasmic Reticulum.
I Nicknamed The J'Ship, Because Like A Ship Exports Things Like A Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum, and J Is The First Letter Of My Name.

josh said...

HI EVERYBODY !!!
MITOCHONDRIA ROCKS

Lauren said...

I did my project on a leucoplast. I nick named it Elmer because, it held fatty and amino acids together.

C. Smith said...

My organelle is chromoplast. I gave it the nickname "Paint Shop" because it gives fruits and flowers their color just like a paint shop does to a car.

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J. Richer said...

The organelle project completed in our classroom was one that required time and deliberation. Painting, sketching out, and thinking about where to put the various key components of said projects.

Personally, I worked on the nucleus. It's function being that of commanding the cell in various ways in order for it to survive, I nicknamed it "Alpha". In order to stay alive, beings need structure, which was my reasoning for this specific name. The nucleus is composed of the Nuclear envelope, Nucleolus, Chromatin, and nuclear pores... just to name the component parts without any further explanation.

~Sax rules

Justino said...

Mitochondria makes atp. I nickname it the beast. atp drives most of the cell fuctions. it is a powerful molecule.

Ashtyn[: said...

My organelle was "Cell Wall" i nicknamed it the Bodyguard. I named it that because, The Bodyguard protects something like the Cell Wall protects the cell.

I also did "Vacuole" and i nicknamed it the Lunch Ladies. I gave it that name because lunch ladies store the food for the school, or whatever, like the vacuole stores the food for the cell.

BioDude said...

I liked doing this project. it gave me a better understanding of the organelles.

kpolvinaleWHATSON said...

I did my project, on the Nucleus.
I named it Don Corleone, because he was the Godfather or leader of the Italian mafia, in THE GODFATHER. He he makes all the desicions for the group, and gives orders to kepp everything flowing (with everybody alive)
:]

tori s :) said...

I had the Mitochondria.

I nicknamed it the energizer bunny.

The reason I nicknamed the Mitochondria the Energizer Bunny was because it provides most of the energy for the cell and the Energizer Bunny provides energy for batteries.

Anonymous said...

My organelle was plastids, and more specifically, called chloroplast. I nicknamed it The Storage Oven, because it stores starches and pigments and makes them into food or color.

ryant said...

My organelle was the vacuole. I gave the vacuole the nickname of "giant eagle" i named it this because like giant eagle, the vacuole stores food and water

Anonymous said...

My organelle was Rough and Smooth Endoplasmic Rerticulum. I called the Smooth E.R the mail carrier. I called it that cause it carriers out the proteins. I called the Rough E.R UPS because it make the proteins just like UPS makes boxes and certain package.

shelleyp said...

My organelle - the cell wall
My Nick name - The Great Barrier Reef
Reason Why - Because the barrier reef is hard and protects itself, and the cell wall is harder then anything else in the cell and it protects the cell

em[ily]<3 said...

My organelle- the cell membrane
My nickname- "The Decision Maker"
Reason why- it decides whether or not certain things can go in or out

Anonymous said...

My organelle was Goglgi Apparatus.
The nickname i gave it was "The Post Office"
I nicknamed it the post office because the Golgi Apparatus prcesses and packages materials. At a post office people process and package items to be sent out like the Golgi Apparatus.

mBato said...

i had microtubule and microfilament.

i nicknamed the microtubule - conveyer belt bcuz it moves vesicles, granules, organelles like mitochondria, and chromosomes.

i nicknamed the microfilament - skeleton bcuz it reenforces the cells shape and also help it move.

Derek J said...

i had the nucleus

i nicknamed it barak obama

i named the nucleus barak obama because the nucleus controls and tells the cell what to do like obama controls and tells the US what to do

Anonymous said...

My organelle is Cilia and Flagella. I nicknamed it the waterboat, because it swims rapidly into the cell.

metallica fan hannah said...

Organell; Ribosomes
Structure;
rough
composedof prokaryotes
&eukaryotes
large and small units
Function: build protiens
& polypeptide chains
Componets: ribosomal RNA &ribosomal
protiens
Nickname:carpenters
They build

Anonymous said...

my organelle was the lysosome.
i nicknamed it garbage truck because it breaks down garbage like a lysosome breaks down wastes.

KiraWow said...

My organelle was the cell membrane

I nicknamed it the bouncer because it controls what goes in and ut of the cell just like a bouncer would.

Ziggy. ;] said...

organelle- plastids
nicknames- color blaster, storage unit, the chef
reason- they contain the pigments responsible for the color, storing substances, and producing protein

:D

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brittany said...

My first organelle was the smooth endoplasmic reticulum it I nicknamed it the transporter because it is the tubes that is involved with the synthesis of steroids in gland cells, the regulation of calcium levels in muscle cells, and the break down of toxic substances by liver.My second organelle was the rough endoplasmic reticulum it makes larger amounts of proteins to be exported from the cell or into the cell membrane. So i nicknamd it the factory.

amberrr danne(: said...

my organelle was the golgi apparatus. i named it the post office because it prepares the protiens for export.

amandak!(: said...

My organelle was the cell membrane. I nicknamed it the detector because it it like a metal detector and controls what goes in and out of the cell like a metal detector controls what goes on a plane.

Josh E. said...

I did my project on the Golgi apparatus. It's nickname that I gave it was the post office, because it processes and packages materials inside a cell.

Justin A Watson said...

This is Big Red or Justin Watson.
This project was on the stages of meiois. We used features on the lap tops to take pictures of cells made of yarn and make voice recordings using garage band. I really enjoyed this project. Except when Tyler missed 2 days!!