How can I make an edible 3-D model of an animal cell?

Question

I've got a project in biology and I need to make a 3-D model of an animal cell. I'm going to use jello as the base. I can't figure out how to represent the nucleolus, lysosomes, or centrioles. Anyone know what I can use to represent those? Thanks

Answer 1

Well it'll br edible, but I can't guarantee it'll be tasty...
Jello as the cytoplasm, carrot sticks for centrioles, some kind of whole roundish fruit for the nucleolus...or use a fruit with a pit for the nucleus and the pit is the nucleolus. Seedess grapes for lysosomes.

Answer 2

I like the grapes as lysosomes/peroxisomes. You can use thin crackers for the golgi apparatus, whole walnuts for the mitochondrion, rice for the ribosomes, spaghetti for the endoplasmic reticulum, maybe a hard-boiled egg for the nucleus/nucleolus. Maybe M&Ms for the centriole or maybe an ike-n-mike or some sort of tubular like candy.

I'd go with green or orange jello for the cytoplasm.

Answer 3

I would do a cross section of a cell in styrofoam. use a flat piece for the cell outline (membrane, cytoplast, all the background stuff). Use rounded, colored ball of varying sizes for your vacuoles, llysosomes, nucleus, mtichondria. You could use pipe cleaners to make the ER and the golgi body. Beads would make great ribosomes (remember to sprinkle some on the rough ER and in the nucleolus). Just glue some white string on the nucleus ball for the genetic information (chromosomes)

Answer 4

use brownies for mitochondria! they pack energy! cheese sculpts easy and koolwhip makes a good membrane. fruit rollups to cut out letters for labels, and licorice for pointers.

Answer 5

jello as filling and fruit as all the parts of it