Once in a while, science is a LOT of fun…

We made edible cells.  Well, a kid might eat it.  I was not tempted.

We poured our cytoplasm (Jell-O) into the membranes (ceramic bowl) on Friday. 

And never got back to it until this afternoon…

We used Whoppers as the nucleus, jelly beans as the “mighty” mitochondria, Skittles as lysosomes, Smarties as Golgi bodies, Fruit Roll-Up as endoplasmic reticulum, Nerds as ribosomes, and cake sprinkles as centrioles. 

Stewart remembered what each cell feature did and as my seventh grader, that was what I was going for. Nigel remembered the job of a few of them, and Marie and Tab knew a couple. All age-appropriate.

Their cells were not all that pretty, and we had trouble fitting some of the stuff in.  Thankfully, God designed our bodies to replicate, replicate, replicate and we are not responsible for it ourselves.  I’m glad He’s in charge. 

Oh – don’t ask how much I spent on candy Friday night.  *sigh*