How to Make a Model Animal & Plant Cell
Science: KS3, topic 1.1.15
How to Make a Model Animal and Plant Cell
A model in science is a visual way to make scientific concepts and phenomena easy to see and understand.
Making a model
- Making a model of animal and plant cells is a brilliant way to see the differences between them.
- You can be very inventive when it comes to representing the different types of cells and the different organelles.
- You can even use pizza to make cell models.
Animal cell pizza
- Nucleus - pepperoni
- Cytoplasm - tomato sauce
- Mitochondria - mushrooms
- The cell membrane - cheese
Plant cell pizza
- The cell wall - crust
- Chloroplast - chopped-up green pepper
- Vacuole - large sliced tomato
- Nucleus - pepperoni
- Cytoplasm - tomato sauce
- Mitochondria - mushrooms
- The cell membrane - cheese
Other ideas for cell models
- Baking and using different toppings on cakes
- Sewing and/or knitting organelles
- Plasticine
- Putting different sweets in jelly
Test yourself on How to Make a Model Animal & Plant Cell
What are some parts of the cell that could be modelled using pizza toppings?
Select the true statement in each pair about cell models
Why do scientists build models of cells?
Why are most cell models much bigger than a real cell?