Genetics, Part Two-B: Plant Cell Model
For the plant cell, I used a cookie pizza. We spread out the cookie 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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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 pipe cleaners.
