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Cell Model Materials
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Following, are suggestions of what type of materials you and your group might want to
use for your cell model. Look around the house and be creative with materials that
might match the shape of the cellular structure.
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Cell – shoe box/pizza box/wooden or cardboard board
Cell membrane/Cell wall – something linear that can bend
Cytoplasm – since its jelly-like, we can’t use anything wet, but things like cotton
balls, Easter basket grass work well
Nucleus – a round object larger than all the other round objects you will be using
o A large lid or small cup or a slurpee lid works well
Nucleolus – a smaller round object
Chromosomes – small straight structures that can be made into an “X”
Centriole – something that looks like bundles of tubes
Ribosomes – very small round objects
Rough ER – long stringy material with small round things on it (you can glue them
on)
Smooth ER – long stringy material
Mitochondria – oval shaped objects
Chloroplasts – oval shaped objects (green)
Golgi complexes – objects that can layer on top each other
Vesicles – small round objects
Vacuole – small round objects for animal cell, but a large balloon like object for a
plant cell, a plastic container that you would normally recycle would work well (like
a container for tomatoes or strawberries)
Lysosomes – small round objects
Plastids – small round objects
Suggestions for linear organelles: spaghetti, string, yarn, ribbon, string licorice, stick
pretzels, paper clips, rubber bands, straws, pipe cleaners, toothpicks
Suggestions for round organelles: round cereal, round candy, small lids, beads, pompoms, marbles, buttons
Suggestions for oval organelles: beans, erasers, clay, pipe cleaners, paper clips