Interactive Cell Model

Use this interactive cell model to learn new things about the cells that are all around us!

Materials:

1. Foam Ball -half and hollow and 3D
2. Pencil
3. Large Nail
4. Cutting Knife
5. Ruler
6. Glue Stick
7. Colored Pens
8. Sticky Colored Labels
9. Tape
10. Small Square Box
11. Glue Gun, Glue
12. Wire Cutters
13. Wire
14. Spray Paint
15. Scissors
16. Cardboard
17. Construction Paper
18. Foam Knife

Using foam knife, cut small square hole in bottom of foam circle

Using scissors, cut thick cardboard in the size of foam circle (to be used as a base under cell plasma membrane).

Using scissors, cut yellow construction paper in the size of foam circle (to be used as cell cytoplasm).

Using glue stick, glue the yellow circle onto the thick cardboard circle.

Draw all cellular components on different colored construction paper and cut out (Phospholipid Bilayer, Mitochondria, Golgi Apparatus, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Ribosomes, Nucleus, Lysosomes, Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton).

Using glue stick, glue all cellular components onto the yellow circle (which is the cytoplasm).

Using colored pens, detail all cellular components.

Using a nail, punch one hole through each cellular component.

Using wire cutter, cut 9 pieces of wire approximately 10 inches in length.

Using wire cutter, strip off one and half to two inches of plastic wire covering from each side of wire piece.

Bend one side of wire so that it has a small and flat oval-like in appearance.

Pull each wire through the hole in each cellular component until only the small flat oval copper portion is visible in the cell model.

Label the wire with tape and name of cellular component on the underside of the plasma membrane/cardboard (and unseen).

Gather all wires tightly together and pull through square hole of foam half circle.

Using a hot glue gun, glue the round cardboard (that has the yellow cytoplasm) onto the yellow half foam ball.

Connect one end of a MakeyMakey alligator clip to one end of a wire that is depicting a cellular component. (Repeat until all cellular components are connected to alligator clips.

Connect alligator clips on opposite end of wires to corresponding outlets on the MakeyMakey.

Using cutting knife, cut hole in lid of a small cardboard box and pull all wires through the hole of the lid of the box.

Gently place the MakeyMakey and wires in the box and pull all wires connected to the cell structure through the hole of the lid of the box

Using cutting knife, cut two small square holes on the very bottom of opposite sides of the box.

Pull the end of white wire through one of the small holes of the box.

Pull the end of red USB wire through the other small hole of the box.

Gently place lid with all wires onto the box - ensuring all wires are inside box.

Write up and print out simple instructions for using the Interactive cell model.

Cut out and tape instructions onto front of box.

Cut out a small strip of yellow construction paper to be labeled with the corresponding URL and tape to back of box.

Record the audio file and convert to MP3.

Put together scratch coding blocks.

Inserted audio files into coding blocks.