Edible Plant Cell Model

A fun way to learn theparts of a cell in a familiarand creative way!

Carter Lellock

Carter Lellock

Cell WallThe function of thecell wall is to supportand protect the body of the cell as well as the organelles inside.

We used fruit by the foot to represent the cell wall on our plant model because it is long and thin just like a cellwall.

Cytoplasm

Carter Lellock

The function of the cytoplasm is to providesupport for the overall cell, a means of transportation throughout the cell, and abase for which the organelles are supported on.

We chose Cool Whip to represent the cytoplasm onour model because just like the real cytoplasm, it provided a base that we could put the organelles on.

Carter Lellock

Mitochondria The function of the mitochondria is to make APT energy for the cell. It takes in elements and chemicals and in turn produces energy that the cell uses for various function like creating ribosomes.

We chose Sour Patch Watermelons to represent our mitochondria because they are the same basic shape and they even have a pattern that is similar to the surface area pattern in real mitochondria.

Carter Lellock

ChloroplastThe function of chloroplast is to take in sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide and process those into glucose, which is sugar, and oxygen. This is known as photosynthesisand is crucial for the plant cell as well as the plant that the cell makes up. The glucose is used as food while the oxygen is a waste.We chose Hershey Kisses for our Chloroplast because we were able to easily recreate its shape with them.

Nucleus

Casey Washburn

• We used the Lindor Chocolates for the nucleus because it has a filling that can be used as the nucleolus.

• The function of the nucleus is to store all the genetic information of the organism.

Nucleolus

Casey Washburn

• We used the Lindor Chocolates for the nucleolus because the filling is used for Nucleolus.

• The function of the nucleolus is to produce and arrange sub units.

Vacuole

Casey Washburn

• We used the Fruit Roll-Ups for the vacuole because when you form them into a circle it looks like a pouch.

• The function of the vacuole is to store materials such as waste.

Smooth E. R.

Casey Washburn

• We used the Fruit By The Foot for the Smooth E. R. because when you scrunch up the Fruit By The Foot it looks like the Smooth E. R.

• The Smooth E. R. is the transport system with in the cell and it doesn’t have ribosomes.

Golgi Body

The Golgi body groups lipids and proteins together into vesicles. It then ships those

vesicles in and out of the cell.

We picked fruit roll ups because we could form the wavy look of the Golgi body.

Brandon Douthit

Golgi Body

Rough E.R.

• The rough E.R. has ribosomes on it. Its job is to make proteins that the cell needs.

• We chose fruit by the foot and skittles because it was the best thing we could use to represent it.

Brandon Douthit

Rough E.R.

Ribosomes

• The ribosomes get info from the nucleus to make proteins.

• We used skittles to represent ribosomes because they are small and round like ribosomes.

Brandon Douthit

Ribosomes

Lysosomes

• Lysosomes act as a garbage disposal. They get rid of all cellular waste.

• We used skittles to represent lysosomes because they are in a different location then the ribosomes but look the same.

Brandon Douthit

Lysosomes

Chromatin We used Swedish Fish

to represent chromatin because we could make them stringy like the DNA-type structures.

The chromatin contains some DNA of the organism.

Kylee Knox

Cell Membrane We decided to use cake

as our cell membrane because it would be a good base structure to place everything in our cell on top of it.

The cell membrane protects the cell from it’s outside environment.

Kylee Knox

Cytoskeleton We used Swedish Fish

as our cytoskeleton because it looked like the actual cytoskeleton in a cell.

The cytoskeleton is what helps the cell’s structure stay in place and maintain it’s shape.

Kylee Knox

Nuclear Membrane We used Fruit By The

Foot to represent the nuclear membrane of our cell because we could put it around the nucleus very easily.

The nuclear membrane protects and provides a barrier for the nucleus.

Kylee Knox

Kylee Knox

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