The document describes a cell made of edible items to demonstrate the structures of a plant cell. Red twizzlers represent the cell wall, yellow twizzlers the cell membrane, a cookie the nucleus, cashews the mitochondria, and various other candies and snacks represent other organelles like the chloroplast, Golgi body, endoplasmic reticulum, and lysosome.

1. The best way to study a cell is to make one that you
can eat. This cell shows everything that is in a plant
cell while still having something delicious to eat.
Chandler
Emhoff

2. Cell Wall
• We chose the red
twizzlers as the cell wall
because they are similar
in looks to what the cell
wall would be.
• Cell Wall- The cell wall is
a tough rigid layer that
surrounds the cell and
provides support and
structure
Chandler Emhoff

3. Cell Membrane
• We chose the yellow
twizzlers as the cell
membrane because they
are semi permeable to
substances and they are
also similar in looks.
• Cell Membrane- it is a
semi permeable that
protects and controls
what substances go in
and out of a cell
Chandler Emhoff

4. Nucleus
• We chose the cookie as
the nucleus because it is
similar in the shape of the
nucleus in a cell.
• Nucleus- the nucleus is
the brain of the cell and
controls everything that
happens in the cell. It
controls what other parts
of the cell do and how the
cell moves
Chandler Emhoff

5. Mitochondria
• We chose the cashews
as the mitochondrion
because nuts are a very
good source of energy
and the mitochondrion
produce energy.
• Mitochondria- The
processes of making
respiration and energy
occur because of this
cell
Chandler Emhoff

6. Ribosomes
• Ribosomes follow
instructions from the
nucleus and create proteins
• We used the long and
skinny sprinkles to
represent the sprinkles
because that’s what we
thought would represent
ribosomes best because
they are similar
Sammy Gigliotti

7. Vacuoles
• Vacuoles isolate substances
that may be harmful
• We chose the Kit-Kat to
represent the vacuole
because it is large and the
vacuole is the largest
organelle
Sammy Gigliotti

8. Nuclear Membrane
• The nuclear membrane
encloses the nucleus from
the cytoplasm
• We chose the red twizzler
around the cookie for the
nuclear membrane because
it the nuclear membrane
keeps things out of the
nucleus
Sammy Gigliotti

9. Cytoplasm
• The cytoplasm maintains
internal pressure of the cell
• We chose the icing for the
cytoplasm because it takes
up the whole cell and it
keeps the organelles in
place
Sammy Gigliotti

10. Chloroplast
• For the chloroplast, we
chose green jelly beans
because they represent
photosynthesis.
• The function of the
chloroplast is to convert the
sun’s rays into energy.
Canaan Knox

11. Golgi Body
• The Golgi body was
represented by a piece of
spaghetti because it looks
like the Golgi body.
• The Golgi body groups
lipids and proteins and
packages them.
Canaan Knox

12. Rough E.R
• The Rough E.R. is
represented as a piece of
spaghetti covered with
sprinkles as ribosomes
because it looks like a
Rough E.R.
• The rough E.R. performs the
synthesis of protiens and
transports them.
Canaan Knox

13. Smooth E.R.
• The Smooth E.R. is
represented as a piece of
spaghetti also without
sprinkles on them. We
chose this because it’s a
smooth stringy like
substance.
• The Smooth E.R. controls
metabolic processes.
Canaan Knox

14. Lysosome
-The lysosome in a cell
disposes of the excess
waste.
-We used the black
jellybeans to represent the
lysosomes because nobody
in our group likes the black
liquorish flavor so we
decided that it should
represent getting rid of
waste.
Ethan Riley

15. Cytoskeleton
-The main function of the
cytoskeleton is to hold the
cell together.
-We used sour straws to
represent the cytoskeleton
because they are a thick
rigid structure that can
keep all the other
materials in place.
Ethan Riley

16. Nucleolus
-The function of the
nucleolus is to make
ribosomes.
-We used icing to
represent the nucleolus
because they are similar in
appearance.
Ethan Riley

17. Chromatin
-The chromatin is the
chromosomes before the
cell is about to divide.
-We used sprinkles to
represent these because
they are both extremely
small substances.
Ethan Riley