A Sweet CellMade by: Eli, Cliff, Lexie, and Claire

Nuclear Membrane

• The nuclear membrane of a cell was made in our cell using small pieces of a fruit rollup in a chocolate ball (the nucleus.)

• The fruit rollup looked like a nuclear membrane so we used it in our cell.

• The nuclear membrane protects the nucleus's contents from floating around in the cell.

Elijah Lambiotte

Cytoplasm• We used icing for the cell’s

cytoplasm

• Icing allowed for our other parts to stick to the cell much like how the cytoplasm keeps all the parts of an actual cell in place.

• Cytoplasm maintains the cell’s internal pressure and holds all of the parts in order.

Elijah Lambiotte

Lysosomes• In order to make a duplicate of

lysosomes we used yellow skittles.

• We thought that the skittles looked somewhat alike to vacuoles in an actual cell

• Lysosomes break down waste products and random debris in a cell.

Elijah Lambiotte

Golgi Body We used a fruit rollup for

the Golgi body because we wanted to show that it had layers and when we flattened the fruit rollup It shows a couple of layers. The Golgi apparatus packages all the proteins of the animal cell. That is very important because without the Golgi, than proteins couldn’t be delivered to other cells.

Cliff Henrice

Rough E.R For the Rough E.R, we

used Gummy worms with nerds on it. The nerds represented all the ribosomes on the rough E.R Its function is to support the shape of the cell for storage of calcium and other materials

Cliff Henrice

Smooth E.R For the smooth E.R we

used Gummy worms with out any nerds on it because it doesn’t have ribosomes on it. The smooth E.R is in charge of the synthesis of lipids and proteins from the membrane

Cliff Henrice

Ribosomes For the ribosomes in our

cell, we used nerds because they were very small just like ribosomes really are. Ribosomes are responsible for assembling all the poteins in the cell which might come from the smooth E.R

Cliff Henrice

Vacuoles• We used small pieces of

twizzlers to replicate the vacuoles in an animal cell.

• We chose this because we thought it looked similar to actual vacuoles

• The function of vacuoles is to isolate and throw out harmful materials from the cell and contain waste products.

Elijah Lambiotte

Cell Membrane

We used Twizzlers to represent the Cell Membrane because it is skinny and long. We could put them together to

outline the cell. It is a thin semi permeable membrane that allows certain materials to enter the cell while keeping

others out. It has two layers, so it is a bilayer. The proteins in the cells decide what can move in and out of the cell.

Lexie Smathers

Nucleus

We used a chocolate ball to represent the nucleus because it was small, round, and easy to cut, so we could show what’s inside it. The nucleus controls the rest of the cell. It also contains the cells hereditary

material. The DNA inside of the nucleus tells the cell how it should grow, change, and react to stimuli.

Lexie Smathers

Mitochondria

We used tootsie rolls to represent the Mitochondria because they are rectangular and we could cut into

them to make the lines going across it. Cellular respiration occurs here, leading to ATP. In cellular respiration the mitochondria releases energy from

sugars and changes ADP to ATP, which is stored energy and when it releases energy it converts ATP to ADP.

Lexie Smathers

Cytoskeleton Organelle that maintains cell

shape

Helps other organelles with internal movement in cell

When active, can be result of muscle contractions

To show the cytoskeleton in our edible cell, we twisted a Fruit Rollup to show a rounded shape. We then placed them between the nucleus and cell membrane, to mimic the look of spokes on a wheel. This shows how the cytoskeleton is the support of the cell.

This slide was made by: Claire Smith

NucleolusOn the inside of the Nucleus

Contains chromosomes

Makes ribosomes

Disassembles at beginning of mitosis, which is the process cells go through to reproduce

We decided to use a Fruit Rollup to represent the nucleolus because it was easily molded to the inside of the Nucleus.

This slide was made by: Claire Smith

Chromatin Made up of DNA and

proteins

Found in nucleolus, which is located in the nucleus

Functions: Package DNA Strengthen DNA for

mitosis Prevent DNA damage

We used Nerds to represent the chromatin mostly because they are both small in size. This slide was made by:

Claire Smith