Edible Cell Worksheet

Edible Cell Project Name:___________________________________Date: __________________ Mark:______/58 Use this worksheet to help you plan your cookies Decide what candies might best illustrate those parts and explain your choice. Organelle

Organelle Function

Type of Candy to Use

Reason for Choice

_____/30 Sketch and title your plant cell and your animal cell 10 marks Label all the organelles in your cells (use the list below. Not all of these will be in both cells) 18 marks  Cell membrane  Cytoplasm

 Cell wall  Golgi body

 Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)  Mitochondria  Vacuole

 Nucleus  Chloroplast  Lysosome

Teacher Notes: 

Use large flat cookie, round cookies are good for representing the animal cell and a square cookie is good for representing a plant cell. This activity is a great way to expose the students to the organelle names and their functions as a review. Some students like this abstract assignment and find it helps them remember the organelles since they have to put thought into the design of their cells, and explain them.

 Icing works great as the cytoplasm because it holds everything in place like the cytoplasm should.

 I listed the candies that were available on the board and allowed the students to choose how they were going to use them in their project. I used smarties, jelly beans, different colored licorice (red green and blue), sprinkles, fruit loops, mike-ikes, gum balls and a couple more.  Make sure that you make it clear that the students need to work on their own for this assignment and they cannot start building their cells until they finish their data table and it is checked by the teacher. This keeps the volume down and allows for more order. The very last page where they are to draw their cells I photocopied on legal paper so they would have more room  I gave all my students a little of everything and wrapped it up in a couple pieces of paper towel so that they could build on the paper towel. Doing this will allow you to quickly hand out the candy after checking their work sheet.  Do tell the student that if they drop anything on the floor they are to clean it up! If you don’t you’re going to have a messy classroom. Whenever I heard a candy hit the floor I reminded them to clear up their messes.  For the sprinkles I got the kids to come up at the end a I helped them put sprinkles on their cookies over the sink, or over a garbage can.  This is a great project and every single one of my students enjoyed it. I did this with Science 14’s and they all did an amazing job.