You and your partner have teamed up to run a campaign for one of the cell organelles in “Eukarya.” You have been hired for your expertise and knowledge of cells, and their organelles’ structure and function. Your primary task is to create a campaign that persuades others to vote your organelle as Organelle in Chief of Eukarya.

You will have to argue that without your organelle, the cell and the organism and consequently the world as we know it will collapse. To do this expertly, you must understand the details of the organelle whose campaign you are running. Knowing all about the organelle and its function and why it is the most important one in Domain Eukarya is paramount in winning this election!

Successful campaigns are multifaceted and are composed of many different elements. Your campaign must have the following elements:

Campaign poster

Your poster will be displayed on the class website. It must meet the following requirements:

• The poster should be very visually striking and in color. • Posters should be digitally generated. The program you use to generate your poster is up to you.

There are lots of free poster generators available! • Your campaign’s poster must champion the greatness and good deeds of your organelle. You

may include a description of why voters should choose your organelle above all others in the election.

• You may include information that can smear another organelle. (School appropriate!)

Campaign flyers or newspaper article to distribute to your class

• In addition to your poster, you need to create a campaign flyer or newspaper article that describes how amazing your organelle is. Include a catchy graphic on the front as well as details about your organelle’s structure and function.

• You must relate the structure of the organelle to its function. It is critical for you to make the connection for your voter about why your organelle is the most important. The purpose of the flyer is to tell your voter why your organelle is important for survival of the Domain Eukarya. What would happen to an organism/ecosystem if your organelle was NOT the Organelle in Chief? You must have properly cited references for your flyer. Do not use Wikipedia as your only source of information. Be sure you are using other scholarly sources of information, such as university websites, sources from the class website, and your text.

• Make sure you cite your information as well.

Election day speech

• On this day, you will give your campaign speeches on behalf of your organelle. You and your partner will perform the speech to the class and your flyer will be passed out that day as well. In your speech, you need to convince the voters based on structure and function that your organelle is the most important. You should also address how you will work with the other organelles if you win the election.

• Your group will have 3 minutes to give your speech. Your group will need to submit a transcript of the speech on the same day, complete with references.

Be creative, be informative, be accurate in the information you present and most importantly, sell your organelle to the voters! You may be as creative as you wish, as long as you are ethical, and school-appropriate.

Good luck and may the best organelle be elected!

Grading Rubric

4

You’ve got my vote!

3 Great plan! Still

deciding…

2 I’m not that convinced

1 Hmmm…

Poster: Organization & Creativity

Dominate slogan, poster has right amount of information (not too

much to read or too little to be

convincing) with a balance between text

and graphics. Information is easy to

follow because the poster has been planned

Poster has an appropriate

amount of information (balance between text

and graphics) Information is easy to

follow because the poster has been

planned.

The poster is workable but sometimes the

information does not flow or appearance

lacks neatness. More time and effort on

assembling the poster would have been better.

The campaign poster is disorganized, loses

focus, or may be hard to follow. Or the

appearance is very messy or obviously

unfinished.

Flyer / Article:

Organelle Information & Accuracy

Information about the organelle is completely

accurate and very clearly explains why

the organelle is essential.

Importance of organelle to organism or

ecosystem is explained.

Organelle information is explained and

describes importance of organelle to organism

or ecosystem. Information is accurate.

Organelle information is explained and

describe in minimal detail. Overall

importance of organelle is not completely clear.

Information is still accurate.

Function of organelle is not well explained or

described. Information is inaccurate.

Speech: Delivery &

Effectiveness

Logically organized and sequenced.

Delivery is clear and eye contact is

maintained. Speech is well practiced.

Logically organized and sequenced.

Delivery is practiced, but lacks smooth

transitions between ideas or speakers.

Somewhat disorganized and not logically

sequenced. Delivery not very clear and/or

speech not well prepared.

Disorganized, with no apparent direction. Speech is hard to

follow and/or poorly prepared.

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