Jello Animal Cell

We are greatly enjoying our...

...Christian Kids Explore Biology

this year.

(I wrote a review about it HERE

if you are interested in knowing more about this

curriculum.)

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We talked about animal cells and plant cells

this past week-just the basics-

and then made an edible animal cell model.

We began our model making process

with a little planning...

...by looking at diagrams of animal cells.

We then made a list of the parts in a cell

and tentatively decided what candies

could represent the different parts.

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When we went to the store,

we decided some of our original candies

needed to be changed...

Here are our final purchases:

 

Bowel: Cell Membrane

Jello: Cytoplasm

Half an Sandwich Cookie

(the side with the cream filling):

Nuclear Membrane

Gobstopper: Nucleus

Lifesaver: Centriole

M & M's: Lysosome

Twizzler Bites: Mitochondria

Gummy Worms: Endoplasmic Reticulum

Banana Runts: Golgi Apparatus

Rips Bite-Size Licorice Pieces: Ribosomes

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After letting half of our Jello mix

soft-set in the fridge...

...we were ready to insert the other 

parts in to make our model.

After the model's parts were all in place,

we poured the left over liquid jello

on top of them and set the model

back into the fridge to harden.

Oh-

we all also had a chance...

...to sample some ribosomes

and the like!

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After the model was set...

...the kiddos all wanted to poke

at it a bit-

I mean,

wouldn't YOU want to poke this

monstrosity too?  ;0)

While poking the "cytoplasm"...

...the cell sprung a leak!

Ewwwwww...

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Lastly,

I dared the kiddos to taste the animal cell,

and only Little Wild Man...

...took me up on my offer.

He said the "cytoplasm" (aka Jello) tasted fine,

and the "endoplasmic reticulum" (aka gummy worms),

but one bite of a Lysosome (aka M &M's)

and Little Wild Man was DONE.

Now that is taking a bite

out of Biology... ;0)

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