My 5th graders are learning about cells in biology class. We have looked at photos of cells and drawn diagrams. We watched a short cartoon about the parts of a cell. One day we made a class model with a human circle for the cell membrane and different students acting out the cell organelles (kids wearing green were the chloroplasts and the bossy kid was the nucleus). Today we made jello cell models.
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| Plant cell parts include Mike and Ikes for the Mitochondria, jaw breakers for the nucleus, green licorice for the chloroplasts, large marshmallows for the vacuole and cups for the cell wall. Technically, we should have a bag inside the cup for a cell membrane, but I have yet to find a bag that fits in the cup. Each student collects their organelles, and then I squirt green jello cytoplasm into their cup. |
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| Yum! Actually, it looks really disgusting to my adult taste. The kids seem to love it, though! |
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| Animal cell parts were similar to the plant cell with the exception of small marshmallows for the vacuoles, no chloroplasts, bags for the cell membrane, and red jello for the cytoplasm. |
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| Yup, more sugar... |
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