The students created an edible cell using various candy items to represent different cell organelles and structures. They used chocolate balls for the nucleus, icing for the cytoplasm, fruit rollups and gummy worms for parts of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi body, skittles for lysosomes, twizzlers for vacuoles and the cell membrane, nerds for ribosomes and chromatin, and tootsie rolls for mitochondria. They explained the function of each organelle and why they chose that specific candy to represent it in their edible cell model.

1. A Sweet Cell
Made by: Eli, Cliff, Lexie, and Claire

2. Nuclear Membrane
• The nuclear membrane of a cell
was made in our cell using small
pieces of a fruit rollup in a
chocolate ball (the nucleus.)
• The fruit rollup looked like a nuclear
membrane so we used it in our cell.
• The nuclear membrane protects
the nucleus's contents from floating
around in the cell.
Elijah Lambiotte

3. Cytoplasm
• We used icing for the cell’s
cytoplasm
• Icing allowed for our other parts to
stick to the cell much like how the
cytoplasm keeps all the parts of an
actual cell in place.
• Cytoplasm maintains the cell’s
internal pressure and holds all of
the parts in order.
Elijah Lambiotte

4. Lysosomes
• In order to make a duplicate of
lysosomes we used yellow skittles.
• We thought that the skittles looked
somewhat alike to vacuoles in an
actual cell
• Lysosomes break down waste
products and random debris in a
cell.
Elijah Lambiotte

5. Golgi Body
 We used a fruit rollup for the
Golgi body because we
wanted to show that it had
layers and when we flattened
the fruit rollup It shows a
couple of layers. The Golgi
apparatus packages all the
proteins of the animal cell.
That is very important
because without the Golgi,
than proteins couldn’t be
delivered to other cells.
Cliff Henrice

6. Rough E.R
 For the Rough E.R, we used
Gummy worms with nerds on
it. The nerds represented all
the ribosomes on the rough
E.R Its function is to support
the shape of the cell for
storage of calcium and other
materials
Cliff Henrice

7. Smooth E.R
 For the smooth E.R we used
Gummy worms with out any
nerds on it because it doesn’t
have ribosomes on it. The
smooth E.R is in charge of
the synthesis of lipids and
proteins from the membrane
Cliff Henrice

8. Ribosomes
 For the ribosomes in our cell,
we used nerds because they
were very small just like
ribosomes really are.
Ribosomes are responsible
for assembling all the poteins
in the cell which might come
from the smooth E.R
Cliff Henrice

9. Vacuoles
• We used small pieces of twizzlers
to replicate the vacuoles in an
animal cell.
• We chose this because we thought
it looked similar to actual vacuoles
• The function of vacuoles is to
isolate and throw out harmful
materials from the cell and contain
waste products.
Elijah Lambiotte

10. Cell Membrane
We used Twizzlers to represent the Cell Membrane because it is
skinny and long. We could put them together to outline the cell. It
is a thin semi permeable membrane that allows certain materials
to enter the cell while keeping others out. It has two layers, so it
is a bilayer. The proteins in the cells decide what can move in
and out of the cell.
Lexie Smathers

11. Nucleus
We used a chocolate ball to represent the nucleus because it
was small, round, and easy to cut, so we could show what’s
inside it. The nucleus controls the rest of the cell. It also
contains the cells hereditary material. The DNA inside of the
nucleus tells the cell how it should grow, change, and react to
stimuli.
Lexie Smathers

12. Mitochondria
We used tootsie rolls to represent the Mitochondria because
they are rectangular and we could cut into them to make the
lines going across it. Cellular respiration occurs here, leading
to ATP. In cellular respiration the mitochondria releases
energy from sugars and changes ADP to ATP, which is stored
energy and when it releases energy it converts ATP to ADP.
Lexie Smathers

13. Cytoskeleton
 Organelle that maintains cell
shape
 Helps other organelles with
internal movement in cell
 When active, can be result of
muscle contractions
To show the cytoskeleton in our
edible cell, we twisted a Fruit Rollup
to show a rounded shape. We then
placed them between the nucleus
and cell membrane, to mimic the
look of spokes on a wheel. This
shows how the cytoskeleton is the
support of the cell.
This slide was made by:
Claire Smith

14. Nucleolus
On the inside of the Nucleus
 Contains chromosomes
 Makes ribosomes
 Disassembles at beginning of
mitosis, which is the process
cells go through to reproduce
We decided to use a Fruit Rollup
to represent the nucleolus
because it was easily molded to
the inside of the Nucleus.
This slide was made by:
Claire Smith

15. Chromatin
 Made up of DNA and
proteins
 Found in nucleolus, which is
located in the nucleus
 Functions:
 Package DNA
 Strengthen DNA for mitosis
 Prevent DNA damage
We used Nerds to represent the
chromatin mostly because they
are both small in size.
This slide was made by:
Claire Smith