OK, so this is my edible cell that my brothers and I made to eat on family night. It was a science activity from my new science curriculum Exploring Creation with Human Anatomy and Physiology by Jeannie Fulbright.Mom's note - We are using the notebooks for the first time for both this curriculum and Astronomy, LOVE THEM!!
The filling is lemon/yellow jell-o. Technically speaking it is called the cytoplasm. The mess you see to your right is a mixture of the lysomes (skittles) and the mitochondria (jelly beans). The green twist up at the top is the Golgi body (fruit roll ups) and the tube like thing you see going all thought the cell is the centrioles (Twizlers) If you would like to make one of these yourself here are the instructions:
1 packet of jell-o equals 3 cells.
YOU WILL NEED:
A sharp steak knife
A spoon
A plate
A glass or ceramic bowl
Cooking spray (such as Pam)
A box of yellow colored jell-o (cytoplasm)
A box of unflavored Knox Gelatin
A few jelly beans(mitochondria)
Several skittles (lysomes)
Starburst gummiebursts (Golgi body)
A fruit roll up (endoplasmic reticulum)
Nerds or cake sprinkles (ribosomes)
Twizzler pull and peels (centrioles)
A large gumdrop (nucleus)
Just to let you know we did not follow the instructions completely so ours and yours are not going to turn out the same.
Instructions:
Mix your yellow jell-o according to the package but add 1 packages of unflavored Knox gelatin.
Spray inside of bowl with cooking spray.
pour your jell-o mixture into bowls
let your jell-o harden over night.
Once your jell-o (cytoplasm)
is hardened apply your candies.
Once you have finished putting your candies in your Cytoplasm gently and slowly turn your bowl upside down onto a plate. Wallah! you have your edible cell.
We forgot to spray the bowl before putting jell-o in it so we tried to turn it over on one and it fell into pieces so we just left the rest in the bowl.
Blessings, Naomi
