The document describes an edible cell model created by students to represent the main structures of the cell. Various candies and icings were used to represent the cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, Golgi body, smooth endoplasmic reticulum, rough endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, vacuoles, nuclear membrane, cytoplasm, lysosomes, cytoskeleton, nucleolus, and chromatin. A description is provided for each cellular component and what food item was used to model it.

1. Edible Cell Model
By Tyler Giroskey, Jimmy Carrier, Sky
Anderson, and Josh Godo

2. Cell wall

3. Cell Wall
• We used twizzlers because they are green like
the cell wall, and thick like the cell wall would
be.
• A cell wall is tough and rigid, and maintains
the shape of the cell, and provides a basic
defense for the cell
• Slide by Jimmy Carrier

4. Cell membrane

5. Cell Membrane
• We also used twizzlers for almost the same
reasons we used the cell well.
• The Cell Membrane is also green but the
difference is that the Cell Membrane regulates
what goes in and out of the cell.
• Sky Anderson

6. Nucleus

7. Nucleus
• We used the circus peanut because it has the
shape of a nucleus
• A nucleus is the central part of the cell that
controls everything that happens
• Tyler Giroskey

8. Mitochondria

9. Mitochondria
• We chose a piece of purple licorice because the
purple outside represents the actual
mitochondria and the black inside part represents
the food within it.
• The mitochondria an organelle found in most
cells, and biochemical processes of respiration
and energy production occur. It has a double
membrane.
• Tyler Giroskey

10. Chloroplast

11. Chloroplast
• We used the yellow licorice for the chloroplast
because of the two different parts that it has.
The outside of the licorice acts as the outside
of the chloroplast, and the inside acts as the
inside of the chloroplast
• Produces food for the cell
• Josh Godo

12. Golgi body

13. Golgi body
• We used the Air Head Extreme strip as the
Golgi body because it could represent how the
Golgi apparatus wraps around itself
• The Golgi body packages and stores
macromolecules for secretion or use within
the cell
• Jimmy Carrier

14. Smooth E.R.

15. Smooth E.R.
• We used the Red “Rips” for our Smooth
Endoplasmic Reticulum because they do not
have “ribosomes.”
• We did not put snow caps by them because
they represent ribosomes.
• Sky Anderson

16. Rough E.R.

17. Rough E.R.
• The green “Rips” were used to represent the
rough E.R. because they are in strands like the
E.R. actually is.
• The Rough E.R. packages proteins
• Josh Godo

18. Ribosomes

19. Ribosomes
• We used nerds to represent the ribosomes
because of the shape and size. They are small
and circular just like ribosomes are
• Ribosomes are particles that have RNA and
proteins

20. Vacuoles

21. Vacuoles
• We used the blue icing to represent the
vacuoles because it shows the water and food
that it contains
• Vacuole- contains water and nutrients in plant
cells

22. Nuclear membrane

23. Nuclear Membrane
• We used green Twizzlers to represent the
nuclear membrane because it is in strands,
much like the nuclear membrane.
• Nuclear membrane- surrounds the nucleus in
eukaryotic cells

24. Cytoplasm

25. Cytoplasm
• We used icing to represent the nuclear
membrane because it covers the whole cell
and keeps the other cell parts in place
• Cytoplasm- jelly-like substance that holds
organelles in place in eukaryotic cells

26. Lysosomes

27. Lysosomes
• We used a jelly bean to represent lysosomes
because it is small and round like lysosomes
are
• Lysosome- contains digestive enzymes used
for digestion and removal of waste

28. Cytoskeleton

29. Cytoskeleton
• We used icing once again to represent the
cytoskeleton because it is the framework that
holds the cell together
• Cytoskeleton- internal framework of a cell that
helps keep cell shape and controls movement

30. Nucleolus

31. Nucleolus
• We used blue icing on top of the nucleus to
represent the nucleolus because the it
surrounds the cell.
• Nucleolus- composed of protein and RNA,
near the nucleus

32. Chromatin

33. Chromatin
• We used blue icing once again to represent
the chromatin, which is located near the
nucleus
• Chromatin- complex of nucleic acid and
proteins that condense during cell division