Genetics, Part Two-B: Plant Cell Model

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For the plant cell, I used Katrina's idea at Baking and Boys! and used a cookie pizza. We spread out the dough on a baking sheet to make it rectangular, just like plant cells. Sam then used candy to represent the various cell components. You could use whatever you have on hand.

Plant Cell

Cell Wall-pizza pan

Cell Membrane-chocolate frosting

mitochondrion - hard orange candy

Nucleus- Marshmallow

Nucleolus- Gumball

Ribosomes-M & M's

rough endoplasmic reticulum - (rough ER) -Gummy worms

smooth endoplasmic reticulum - (smooth ER) -Candy Sticks
Cytoplasm: Cookie Dough
Amyloplast: gum drop
Chloraplasts: Green "chews" (like taffy)
Centrasome- Peppermint

Next week we will be making models of Mitosis with three colors of pipecleaners.