1. F e lix ’ s
J ourne y
O n e c e lls jo u r n e y
o f s e lf D is c o v e r y

2. There once was a cell
named Felix. Felix was a
? good little cell, but he was
very confused. What was
he? An animal cell or a
plant cell? What was the
difference? He decided
he must figure it out.

3. Felix first asked his friends, Felix was so frustrated.
“what kind of cell am I?” He stomped into his
And he got no answer. house and said
Then he asked his “Mom! What kind of
brother, “what kind of cell cell am I?”
am i?” And he got no
answer. The he asked his
sister, “what kind of cell
am I?” And he got no
answer.

4. “Well” said his mom.
“Let me tell you about
this from the very
beginning.”

5. His mom told him to sit Well, said his mother that
down and she began. A means that the cell has a
plant cell she said is large layer of cellulose or
and rectangular, and has protection around the cell
to give it structure and
a cell wall. “Well…said help protect it.” And then
Felix, I know what she showed him a
rectangular and large picture.
means, but what does it
mean to have a cell
wall?”

6. “See the wall?” his mother takes up almost the entire
asked. “Yes! Yes!” Felix cell!”
screamed grinning. “Now, “Wow!” said Felix. “I am
let me continue” said his learning so much.” Felix
mother. “A plant cell also was feeling much better,
has a storage area called and beginning to
a vacuole. A plant cell understand.
just has one vacuole that
is in the central area of
the cell. The vacuole

7. “Tell me more about a plant cell!” This helps the cell trap the
said Felix. “Well…” his mother sun’s energy so that the
began, “Plant cells are missing sun’s energy can be
many organelles, or things, turned into food” his
that animal cells have. But! mother explained. “Cool!”
They do have one thing that Felix exclaimed,
animal cells don’t have.” “Chloroplasts help make
What! What! Tell me!” Felix food just like you do with
begged.” me!” “Here is a picture”
“Plant cells have an organelle said his mother.
called Chloroplast.

8. “Now I will tell you some
special things about
the animal cell” Felix’s
mother said. “An
animal cell is smaller
than a plant cell and
more circular. An
animal cell also
doesn’t have a cell
wall” she explained.

9. “Now, remember those “Animal cells also have
vacuoles we talked centrioles,
about?” his mother centrosomes, and
asked. “Yes! Yes!” lysosomes”
replied Felix. “Well, “W H A T ?!?” Felix
an animal cell has screamed. “Explain
many of those, not these to me please!”
just one!”

10. “A centriole, helps when “And centrosomes are only
animal cells divide. They in animal cells, and help
create things called to tell the cell when it
spindles that pull the needs to divide and what
chromosomes to different stage of its cell cycle it
ends of the cell during should be in.” “OHH!”
division” “OH!!!” Felix said Felix. “So its like its
said. “Now I understand.” calendar?” “Exactly!” His
mother exclaimed.

11. “And finally, lysosomes “Here is a picture of a
are in animal cells lysosome” said his
and are the clean up mother.
crew. They are
organelles that help to
insure that there is no
waste or trash in the
cell.” “Gotcha” said
Felix. “Now I
understand.”

12. “Wait!” said Felix! “Yes?” His mother
replied. “What about
the organelles that
BOTH a plant cell and
an animal cell have?”
“That’s an excellent
question!” said his
mother.

13. “We’ll start with the nucleus. Here Felix, is a picture of a
Nucleus is the brain of nucleus and nucleolus.
the cell. It tells all the
other organelles what to
do. Inside the nucleus is
the nucleolus. Both
animal cells and plant
cells have a nucleus and
nucleolus.

14. “The mitochondria is the and food to have energy, a
next organelle that both cell needs the
cells have.” “The mita mitochondria to produce
whaaat?!?” Felix the energy that it needs
exclaimed. to survive.”
“The mitochondria”, his “OHH! I understand now.”
mother explained, said Felix.
“provides the energy for
the cell that it needs.
Like you, Felix, need
sleep

15. “Now for the last two And the endoplasmic
organelles that the reticulum helps
two have in common. package things that
Endoplasmic will move throughout
reticulum and the the cell. It connects
ribosome. A everything, like a
ribosome is an telephone.”
organelle that makes
proteins for the cell to
use.

16. “Now I understand the
difference!” said Felix.
But wait, so what am
I ?!

17. You decide! If Felix has four sides and also has
chloroplast, what kind of cell is he….?

18. THE END.

19. F elix’s Journey Copyrighted 2012 by Britt Cook