How Do You Make A Plant Cell Model Using A Box?
The wonderful world of biology offers students an opportunity to view everything living on this earth, from the largest whale to the smallest chromosome. Help students understand the complexities of a plant cell by creating a model out of an ordinary box. If teaching a large class, consider having the students work in groups to create their own. Paint the inside of the shoebox blue to represent the cytoplasm in the cell. Paint the outside of the shoebox green to represent the cell wall. Using the modeling clay, choose one color to represent each of the following organelles: Vacuole, Nucleus, Chloroplasts (these should most likely be green), Mitochondrion, Amelosplast, Centersome, Rough ER, Smooth ER, Ribosomes and Golgibody. Begin molding each organelle according to the picture at the top of this guide. Cut enough pieces of fishing line for all of the organelles, and tie a knot in the end of each piece. Place the fishing line into the clay so that the knot is complete covered. Make sur
