Yesterday our 5th graders in Mrs. Allen, Mrs. Hixson, and Mrs. Liptak's classes created some very neat and TASTY plant and animal cells. This was a culminating activity from their Science lesson on cells. In 5th Grade students should be able to diagram and label parts of various cells (plant, animal, single-celled, multi-celled), Identify parts of a plant cell (membrane, wall, cytoplasm, nucleus, chloroplasts) and of an animal cell (membrane, cytoplasm, and nucleus) and determine the function of the parts, and explain how cells in multi-celled organisms are similar and different in structure and function to single-celled organisms.
This activity allowed the students to diagram and label the different parts by actually creating their own cells. Vanilla Wafers were the nucleus, peanut butter or icing was the membranes, the sour strings were the cell walls, candy corns were cytoplasm.
It was a great activity, and as I talked with different students they were able to explain how they were different and similar. Not to mention, they tasted really good!!!!
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