Edible Cell

This week we have been studying about the anatomy of a cell.  We learned about all of the different organelles that are part of the cell.  The curriculum that we are using is Exploring Creation, and his week we had a project to complete our lesson where we created an edible cell.

 

This is what we used:

 

Jell-O & Knox Gelatin-   to represent the cytoplasm

Peanut M&M candy-   mitochondrion

Skittles-   lysosomes

Smarties-   golgi body

Fruit Roll Up-   endoplasmic reticulum

Cake Sprinkles-  ribosomes

Licorice Pull and Peels-   centrioles

Round chocolate truffle-   nucleus

 

 I made the Jell-O according to the package and then mixed an extra cup of water and packet of Knox Gelatin.  I sprayed 2 ceramic cereal bowls and filled them with the mixture. I made them the day before we assembled the cell so that it had enough time to become firm.

 

Once the Jell-O was firm, I gave the girls each their bowl and the ingredients listed above and had them gently push them into the Jell-O.  Once their cell was constructed, we flipped it over onto a plate and talked about the different parts of the cell.  The most fun was when they tried to eat it.  This was a great hands on activity and we had a lot of fun with it!