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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.
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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 SticksCytoplasm: 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.
all that did was make me hungry, but it is the best way to learn about that stuff.
ReplyDeletethat is an amazing idea!!! you are so great at finding creative ways to teach your kids, i love it!!!
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