Animal Cell

Ryan Young

Animal Cell

Nuclear Membrane

• We used licorice pieces to represent the nuclear membrane because it is thin and round like the structure, plus it went around the nucleus perfectly.

• The function of the nuclear membrane is to hold the nucleolus together and protects it and the chromosomes.

Donna Jean Roberts

Nucleus

• The nucleus is made of a lemon and is meant to stand out, as it is the center of control in the cell.

• The nucleus is so important because it has many jobs, such as, directing activity in the cell, containing DNA that dictate which proteins the cell produces, and holding genes.

• It contains the nucleolus which is also important in the functioning of a cell.

• All in all, the nucleus is like the brain of the cell, responsible for many functions.

Maggie Prutznal

Nucleolus

• The nucleolus is made of a fruit roll up to represent the the dense mass located inside the nucleus.

• The job of the nucleolus is to transcribe ribosomal RNA and combine it with proteins, creating almost-complete ribosomes.

• It is composed of proteins and nucleic acids and occupies approximately 25% of the volume of the nucleus.

• If the nucleolus happens to malfunction, it results in disease.

Maggie Prutznal

Chromatins

• Chromatins are found inside the nucleus and are thread like structures made of protein and DNA. They transfer hereditary characteristics to other cells like itself.

• We choose licorice pieces to represent the chromatins because they look similar in the sense that it is stringy, threadlike, and easily tangled up.

Danielle Bowser

Cytoplasm

• Cytoplasm is a semi fluid material that surrounds organelles. Organelles are suspended in the cytoplasm.

• It gives the cell support and helps materials move around the cell.

• We chose icing to represent the cytoplasm because it is a jelly like substance and it holds all of the organelles in place just like cytoplasm.

Ryan Young

Ribosomes

• Ribosomes are small, dense structures that are found in all cells.

• Their main function in a cell is to make proteins.

• We chose sprinkles to represent them in our cell model because they are small and they resemble ribosomes in cells.

Ryan Young

Smooth and Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

• We used this candy to represent the endoplasmic reticulum because it is made in long, wide strands that were easy to bend and look like the structure. The structure is long and stringy and used as channels for transporting things.

• The rough endoplasmic reticulum is the first arrow because it is sprinkled with ribosomes (sprinkles), and it’s function is to make proteins that the cell needs.

• The smooth endoplasmic reticulum is the second arrow because it doesn’t have ribosomes and it’s function is to prepare proteins to be moved to the golgi apparatus or other parts of the cell.

Donna Jean Roberts

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Golgi Body

• The Golgi Body, also know as the Golgi Apparatus, is represented by a fruit-by-the-foot, as a Golgi body looks like an overlapped ribbon.

• The Golgi Body groups items such as lipids and proteins and packages them in vesicles.

• Different molecules get different kinds of packaging so the body knows what they are.

• The Golgi Body “ships packages” to different destinations, which can be located outside the cell or to other organelles.

Maggie Prutznal

Mitochondria

• The mitochondria is sometimes referred to as the power plant of a cell because of its function.

• A mitochondria’s main function is to produce energy for the cell. The cell then uses this energy to perform jobs necessary for a cell to survive and function.

• We chose to use a group of gummy bears to represent them because when they are put together they resemble the folds on the inner membrane of a mitochondria.

Ryan Young

Vacuole

• We used this candy to represent the vacuole because it ‘s structure is rounded like the vacuole.

• The many m&m’s represent one big vacuole, which is shown by them all being the same color.

• The vacuole’s function is to store water and protein that the cell needs.

Donna Jean Roberts

Lysosomes

• The lysosome is full of digestive enzymes that brake down cellular waste, fats, proteins, and even the cell when it dies. Lysosomes are small, rounded, bag-like shapes and tend to vary in size.

• We choose Werther’s hard caramel with a soft center to represent the lysosome because it is rounded and bag-like but also has a gooey center to illustrate the digestive enzymes.

Danielle Bowser

Cytoskeleton

• The cytoskeleton helps give the cell shape and support and is made of long, microscopic, tube-like, protein structures arranged in a network.

• We choose easy to pull apart licorice to represent the cytoskeleton because it was long, tube-like and easy to assemble in a net like formation.

Danielle Bowser

Cell Membrane (Plasma Membrane)

• We used licorice to represent the cell membrane because it is most like the membrane structure, which is thick, round, and long.

• The function of the cell or plasma membrane is to control the substances that go in and out of the cell and protect the organelles inside.

Donna Jean Roberts