After reading all week about the makeup of our body's cells (mitochondria, lysosomes, nucleolus), it was time to cement the idea into our brains with a hands-on culinary creation.
The ingredients were yellow jell-o and a conglomeration of candy and sprinkles:
Each type of candy represented part of a cell's makeup. The kids inserted the candy pieces into the gelatin, already set up and "solid" in bowls -- a messy, but fun, job!
The outcome resembled that of a washed-up jellyfish -- eew! But the kids will remember what centrioles, nuclei, and endoplasmic reticulums are for a long time, I guarantee it!
(Where were the directions to this project when I was laboring through biological psychology? That's what I want to know.)
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