Edible Cell Model

Folded Fruit Roll-up: Endoplasmic Reticulum

Side covered in sprinkles= Rough ER

M & M’s: Peroxisomes

Sprinkles= Ribosomes

Nucleolus: Fruit Gusher

Nucleus: Reese’s Cup

Marshmallow: Vacuole

Nuclear Membrane: Edge of Reese’s Cup

Sour Punch strand: cytoskeleton

Fruit by the Foot: Cell Wall

Twizzlers: Cell Membrane Yellow gummy worm:

Mitochondria

Blue Gummy Worm: Chromatin (fell off nucleus before picture was taken)

White Frosting: Chloroplast

Brown Icing: Cytoplasm

Group of Twizzlers: Golgi Apparatus

Slide #2

• M &M’s: Peroxisomes- Convert stored oils into energy molecules

• We chose M & M’s because they are small• Folded Fruit Roll Up: Endoplasmic Reticulum-

Makes, stores, and transports proteins• We chose this organelle because it looked like

other E.R.s we have seen before.

Brady Snyder

Slide #3• Nucleolus: Fruit Gusher- Transcribes RNA – We picked the fruit

gusher because inside the gusher is goo that represents the genetic code.

• Nucleus: Reese’s Cup- Controls the action of the cell- We Picked the Reese’s Cup because it was the best part and it controlled the cell like the nucleus

• Nuclear Membrane: Edge of Reese’s Cup- Controls on what goes in and out of the cell- We picked this because in the middle (peanut butter) would be the nucleus and the outside (chocolate) would be the nuclear membrane.

• Vacuole: Marshmallow- Stores nutrients and water that the cells need to survive- We picked the marshmallow because it was the biggest part on the cell and was able to hold food and water.

Jacob Weaver

Slide #4• Mitochondria: Yellow Gummy Worms- Produces ATP- We picked it

because it looked different from the other parts and had its own DNA.

• Cytoskeleton: Sour Punch Strand- helps the cell keep its rigidity- We picked this because it looked like the right part for the organelle

• Cell Membrane: Twizzlers- Controls what goes in and out of the cell- We picked this because it was long enough to cover the outside of the cell and it was able to let things in and out of the cell.

• Cell Wall: Fruit by the Foot- helps protect the cell and help keeps the cell shape- We chose it because it can expand and is able to keep the cells shape.

Trenton Stouffer

Slide #5 & #6

• Cytoplasm: Brown Icing- All organelles are suspended in here- We chose it because it the icing is able to hold all of the organelles

• Chloroplast: White Frosting- Convert the Sun’s rays into energy- We chose this because it gave it color and made it stand out

• Chromatin: Blue Gummy Worm- make up content of nucleus- We chose this because it was in a clump like chromatin would be.

• Golgi Apparatus: Group of Twizzlers- pack and move lipids and proteins- We chose this because the twizzlers have twisted pieces that look like they are moving the proteins around.

Cody Verostic