Plant Cells, Edible Plant Cells!Julia Voris, Meredith Gallina, Laurel Szymanski,

Alexandra Long

CytoplasmFunction: Jelly- like substance

has all the organelles suspended in it.

We used Cool Whip for the cytoplasm because it reminded

us of how cytoplasm would look in a cell.

Made By: Julia

Cell WallsFunction: To keep it protected from injury and to help keep

the shape of the cell.

We used gram crackers to model the cell wall because

the crackers keep the shape on the inside from spilling.

Made By: Alexandra

Plasma Membrane

Function: Controls what molecules pass through and

enter the cell.

We used green Twizzlersbecause they are thinner than

the gram crackers and the plasma membrane is thinner

than the cell wall.

Made By: Meredith

VacuoleFunction: Stores water and nutrients the cell needs to

survive.

We chose a marsh mellow covered in chocolate to

represent the vacuole of a cell because a marsh mellow is

spongy like a vacuole would be.

Made By: Laurel

NucleusFunction: Directs most of the

activity in the cell.

We used a cookie covered in chocolate because we describe

people as being “smart cookies” and a nucleus has to

know what it’s doing like someone smart does.

Made By: Julia

NucleolusFunction: It constructs the ribosomes the cell needs.

We used a Hershey’s Drop to represent the nucleolus

because the drop is smaller than the nucleus and it’s

chocolate just like the represented nucleus is. They are both made of the same

substance.

Made By: Laurel

CytoskeletonFunction: It is fibers that hold

the cell together.

We used pretzels to represent the cytoskeleton because they look a little like a skeleton and

they are thin just like we imagine a cytoskeleton would

look.

Made By: Meredith

Golgi ApparatusFunction: Groups and packages lipids and proteins in vesicles.

We chose to use peach rings as the golgi apparatus because

they look layered and packed together.

Made By: Alexandra

Rough ERFunction: It combines proteins

and also is a membrane factory.

We used sugar-coated gummy worm to represent the ER

because they are rough like the rough ER would most

likely be.

Made By: Julia

Smooth ERFunction: This organelle

combines liquids for the cell when it needs it.

We used gummy worms because they are smooth like the smooth ER. They aren’t as

rigid as the rough ER.

Made By: Laurel

RibosomesFunction: Follows directions from the nucleus and creates proteins that the cell needs.

We chose to use Nerds as the ribosomes because they are

small in size.

Made By: Julia

MitochondriaFunction: Produces cellular

energy the cell needs.

We used jelly beans to represent the mitochondria because grouped together they are the shape that a

mitochondria would look like.

Made By: Meredith

ChloroplastFunction: Using

photosynthesis it produces energy the cell needs.

We used a gumball to represent the chloroplast

because they are thought to be green and round.

Made By: Alexandra

Completed CellWe had a lot of fun doing this

project in class. Not to brag but it was very yummy.