Making a Model of a Cell |
Purpose: Supplies: |
Pour Karo syrup into baggie, then put that baggie
into a second one for extra strength.
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Decide which objects might best represent the organelles
in a cell, and add them. (Don't eat too many of the organelles...)
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nucleus - information center-houses DNA. Has its own membrane,
with nucleolus in center which makes ribosomes (which make protein
for the cell). |
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) - a network of membranes
with two regions: rough (ribosomes are bound to it) and smooth (lipid
molecules are made here).
mitochondria - power plants--they make energy from glucose, using oxygen and producing carbon dioxide (taken care of by our lungs). lysosomes - small sacks containing enzymes, which tear down old molecules of DNA, protein, or lipid into small units which can be reused to make new molecules. golgi complex - sort newly made proteins and sends them to their proper places within the cell or outside the cell (by secreting them). |