A cell model is a 3-dimensional structure showing the parts of a plant or animal cell.You can make a model cell from things around your house or you can buy a few simple items.
Step 1: Decide if you are making a plant or animal cell.
Depending on the type of cell you are building, you will need different materials.
Step 2: You can research the parts of a plant.
You will need to understand what the plant cell does and what it does not do.Plant cells are larger than animal cells and are rectangular or cube shaped.There are pictures of the plant cell online.Unlike an animal cell, a plant cell has a thick, rigid wall around it.Animal cells don't produce food and energy like plant cells do.
Step 3: You can research the parts of an animal cell.
Animal cells don't have a wall.There are different sizes and irregular shapes of animal cells.Most of the cells are small enough to be seen with a microscope.Several good images of the parts of an animal cell can be found online.Plants have a large vacuole that takes up most of the cell's mass while animal cells have smaller vacuoles.
Step 4: Take your materials.
To make a cell out of jello, you will need: Lemon flavoured jello or unflavored jello.marshmallows float on top of the gelatinA spoon, bag, bowl, or container can be used to access a stove or refrigerator.
Step 5: The instructions state to make the jello with less water.
It will be easier for the cell parts to stay in place if the jello is stiffened.34 of what is called for in the instructions is used to heat the water to boiling.Take the hot water and stir it with the gelatin.The cold water should be added to the mixture.Adding fruit juice to jello in place of water will make it light and bright.The cell's cytoplasm is represented by jello.
Step 6: A large bowl or pan is a good place to put your bag.
Slowly pour it into the bag.Make sure there is room in the bag for the components that will be added later.Put the bag in the refrigerator.
Step 7: About an hour.
Take the bag out of the fridge.
Step 8: The parts of a cell can be represented with a variety of candy.
To match the components of an actual cell, use candies that are the right color and shape.Pink Mike and Ikes can be used for the smoothplasmic reticulum.The mitochondria is where Blue Mike and Ikes came from.There are discs for the ribosomes.There are airheads for the rough reticulum.The Golgi apparatus has gummy worms.Warheads for the vacuoles.If you want to make a plant cell, you need to add in a cell membrane around the jello with candy.
Step 9: The key should show how the candies correspond with the parts of the cell.
If you want to make a card with a piece of each candy attached to it, you can either write the name of the cell part on the candy or attach it to the card.
Step 10: Put the jello model back in the fridge.
The jello will be able to fully set, making a sturdy cell model.Take a picture of the jello model and eat it.
Step 11: Pick out your ingredients.
To make a cake model, you will need: cake mix, as well as the ingredients to make the mix.
Step 12: Depending on the type of cell you are making, make the cake in a pan.
A round cake pan can be used for an animal cell and a rectangular pan for a plant cell.To bake the cake, follow the instructions on the package.The nucleus can be represented by a cupcake made with a little of the batter.Allow the cake to cool completely and then remove it from the pan.It should be on the cake board.If you want a taller cell model, you can make 2 9 in cakes to layer on top of each other.
Step 13: The cake needs to be iced.
If you want to represent the cell components, you should dye the icing with the food dye.Colored icings can be made to represent the different layers of the cell.To make an animal cell, you could use yellow and red icing to represent the nucleus and cytoplasm, respectively.You can spread colored icing on the sides of the cake if you are making a plant cell.
Step 14: The candy should be placed on the cake to represent the organelle.
If you want to identify the cell components as you place them on the cake, you should have a picture of it.Pink Mike and Ikes are examples of good candies that can be used as components of an animal cell.There are two people for the mitochondria.Discs are used for ribosomes.Airheads are used for the rough reticulum.The Golgi apparatus has gummy worms.Warheads for the vacuoles.
Step 15: You can put toothpicks in the cake with labels.
You can type up the labels on a computer.Attach the labels to the toothpicks with tape and place them on the cake near the cell component.Take pictures of the cake model and eat it.
Step 16: You should gather your materials.
A small or medium sized styrofoam ball is needed to make a clay model of a cell.There is a package of colorful clay, and you can also use Play-Doh or Crayola's Model Magic.
Step 17: The ball needs to be cut in half.
The ball's size depends on how detailed you want it to be.A larger styrofoam ball will give you more flexibility to work.
Step 18: The styrofoam ball can be covered with clay.
If you want the top of the ball to be a certain color, you can cover the entire half piece of Styrofoam with clay.
Step 19: The cells can be made out of different colors of clay.
It is helpful to have a picture of the cell to make sure all the components are represented.To distinguish them from each other, use different colored clay.toothpicks are used to add components to the styrofoam.Adding a cell wall to your model is a must if you're making a plant cell.
Step 20: Attach labels to the cells.
If you stick the pins into the styrofoam ball next to the applicable component, you can do this.