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OrganelleWorksheetInstructorVersion 1
Organelle
Nucleus
Nuclear
envelope
Nucleolus
SmoothER
RoughER
and
ribosomes
Golgi
Apparatus
Vacuole
Functionof
Organelle
HousesDNAas
chromatin
Objectchosen
torepresent
organelle:
CD
Whywechosethatobject:
ACDstoresinformationandthe
nucleusiswherethecells
information(intheformofDNA)
isstored.
Thisseparatesthe Plastic
Aplasticsandwichbagfunctions
nucleusfromthe
sandwichbag tocontainsomethingsimilarto
cytoplasm
thenuclearenvelope
Siteofribosome
Gumball
Thenucleolusissphericaland
assembly
denselikeagumball
Assembleslipidsfor Stripsofpaper Ribboncandyhasasimilarshape
thecellmembrane orribbon
totheERandissmoothto
anddetoxifies
candy
distinguishitfromroughER
drugs
Assemblesproteins Candybuttons Candybuttons(roundpiecesof
tobeusedbythe
orpaperwith candyonpaper)lookslikerough
cell
lentilsgluedon ERwiththecandyrepresenting
theribosomes.Somestudents
mayalsoaddsomeribosomesto
thenucleus.
Modifies,sortsand Rubberbands, Alloftheseobjectscouldlook
packagesproteins packing
likethegogliifarranged
peanutsor
properly.Therubberbandsand
gummiworms thepackingpeanutshavethe
addedsignificancethattheyare
eitherusedforsorting(rubber
bands)oraspackingmaterial
(packingpeanuts)
Storeswater,salts, Animalcell:
Bothbubblewrapandapartially
proteinsand
Bubblewrap
inflatedballoonlooklike
carbohydrates
(largebubbles) vacuoles.Studentsshouldthink
cutintosmall aboutthesizeandnumber
pieces
differencesbetweenplantand
Plantcell:
animalcells
partially
inflated
balloon
OrganelleWorksheetInstructorVersion
Lysosomes
Breakdownlipids,
proteins,
carbohydratesand
removewastefrom
thecell
Mitochondria Makescellular
energyfromfood
Chloroplast
Batteryor
MikeandIke
Makesenergyfrom GreenMike
thesunlight.Found andIkecandy
onlyinplants
Cytoskeleton Maintainscell
shapeandassistsin
cellmovementand
division
Cellwall
Givesthecell
protectionand
support(plants
only)
Cell
Regulateswhat
membrane
entersandleaves
thecell.Givesthe
cellprotectionand
support.
Cytoplasm
Jello-likefluidthat
fillstheinsideof
thecell
Lemonhead
candyor
starburst
gummiburst
Pipecleaners
Shoebox
Boththesecandiesarefilled,
whichrepresentsthefactthat
lysosomesarefilledwith
materialsthatarebeingbroken
downorremovedfromthecell
BoththebatteryandtheMike
andIkearethecorrectshapeto
bemitochondria.Thebattery
hastheaddedsignificancethatit
providesenergytoelectronic
devices,similartowhatthe
mitochondriadoesforthecell
TheGreenMikeandIkecandy
(preferablystackedtogether)
looksomewhatsimilartoa
chloroplast.
Pipecleanershaveasimilar
shapetothecytoskeletonand
likeitcanbestrong,butalso
flexible
Ashoeboxwillgiveasupportive
outerlayertoamodelplantcell
Saranwrap
Saranwrapisthinandflexible,
overthetopof likeacellmembrane,butit’s
themodel
purposeistokeepitems
contained/separatedsimilartoa
cellmembrane
*thiswillnot
bedirectly
representedin
themodel