tasks

Task Page

Remember, in our simulated story, Princess Adenine has been captured by the evildoer Captain Uracil, leader of the busy RNA commandos. She is a part of DNA now.

(hint: all names have meaning in your task so you might want to write them down)

Your Team Task:

Figure out a way that your team will rescue Princess Adenine from the nucleus of an Elodea cell. You are now the size of a virus and must devise a way by which you can enter the cell, avoid dangerous obstacles, power yourself around inside the cell, enter the nucleus and rescue Princess Adenine. For your step by step instructions go to the process page.

GO TO PROCESS PAGE

Useful Information:

20 NANOMETERS EQUALS .02 MICRONS.
ONE MILLIMETER EQUALS 1000 MICRONS

Size comparisons
website

How big is a nanometer?
(when you start the animation on this website click on the blue arrow to zoom onto a virus)

You are not allowed to simply cross over a membrane to get into the cell

Plant cells have the following organelles that you will need to understand:
cytoplasm, the nucleus, the Golgi Body, lysosomes, the cell wall, the cell membrane, mitochondria, chloroplasts, the endoplasmic reticulum, vacuoles , and ribosomes.

Meet the enemy

Another look at cell organelles

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