Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Cell

Table of ContentsPlasma Membrane...............................Slides 3,4Nucleus..............................................Slides 5,6Lysosome..........................................Slides 7,8Ribosome..........................................Slides 8,10Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum..............Slides 11,12Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum............Slides 13,14Golgi Apparatus..................................Slides 15,16Mitochondria......................................Slides 17,18Chloroplast........................................Slides 19,20Vacuole.............................................Slides 21,22Nucleolus..........................................Slides 23,24Cell Wall............................................Slides 25,26Cytoplasm.........................................Slides 27,8

Plasma Membrane• A plasma

membrane is found in an animal cell and it surrounds the cell and controls what enters and leaves (selectively permeable)

The Plasma Membrane is like the Room of Requirements: it only allows certain people in while keeping others out, and it changes shape based on what the needs are.

Analogy

Nucleus

• The nucleus stores the cell’s DNA and coordinates the cell’s activities

• It is the information processing center of the cell, and is the most prominent organelle

Analogy

The nucleus is like Dumbledore: he controls everything that goes on at Hogwarts and tells everyone what to do.

Lysosomes

• Lysosomes are digestive sacs that break down macromolecules using hydrolosis

• They get the waste and break it down, or recycle it

Analogy

Lysosomes are like Aragog, the giant spider, and his fellow spider followers who attack and break down their prey when they eat them

Ribosomes

• Ribosomes make proteins from all amino acids which are necessary for the cell to function (example: enzymes are proteins)

Ribosomes are like Professor Snape’s dungeon because students go there

and make potions.

Analogy

Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum• Rough Endoplasmic

Reticulum is part of an interconnected network of tubes and vessels within the cell that are attached to the nucleus

• It has ribosomes on its surface and makes proteins to export, and it is a transport

The Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum is like Flu Powder because it is made to transport people to other destinations.

Analogy

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

• The Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum is also a network of tubes connected to the nucleus

• It lacks ribosomes and makes lipids and proteins for the cell to use

The Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum is like the House Elves living in Hogwarts who make food for only the people living at the school.

Analogy

Golgi Apparatus

• The Golgi Apparatus is used to ship the goods made by the ER and ribosomes to the rest of the cell

The Golgi Apparatus is like the owls used to send mail to other people.

Analogy

Mitochondria

• The mitochondrion is a bean shaped organelle that generates most of the cell’s energy supply and converts good energy into chemical energy called ATP that the cell can use to do work

Mitochondria are like wands, which

convert the magic within into spells, for example, when Harry

fights the Dementors, he needs hope and happiness inside himself which his wand converts in

the Expecto Patronum spell that

fights off the Dementors.

Analogy

Chloroplast

• Chloroplasts contain the green pigment Chlorophyll

• It converts energy from sunlight into sugars in a process called photosynthesis

• Only found in plant cells

Chloroplasts are like Unicorn blood, so that when Voldemort drinks it, it converts into life when it’s inside him.

Analogy

Vacuole

• Vacuoles are surrounded by tonoplast (a membrane) and contains the cell “sap” including sugars, proteins, minerals, waste, and pigments

Vacuoles are like the wizard bank, Gringots, because it stores people’s money and other valuable objects.

Analogy

Nucleolus

• A cell may contain 1-3 nucleoli that make ribosomes (which in turn makes proteins)

• It disappears when the cell divides

Nucleolus

The Nucleolus is like the teaching staff at Hogwarts because they make their students into good witches and wizards that contribute to society.

Analogy

Cell Wall

• The cell wall is a “non-living” tough, flexible yet rigid layer that surrounds plant, bacteria, and fungi cells

• Located outside the plasma membrane and provides the cell with structural support and a protective layer that resists the entry of water into the cell

The cell wall is like Hogwart’s School for Witchcraft and Wizardry because the school is protected on all sides by strong spells that don’t let any strangers in.

Analogy

Cytoplasm

• Cytoplasm is the jelly-like substance enclosed by the cell membrane that surrounds all the cell’s organelles

• Provides a medium for chemical reactions to take place and protects/cushions the other organelles

Cytoplasm is like the fruitcake

Mrs.Weasley makes for Christmas

because the fruit bits are surrounded

by cake.

Analogy