Experiments in Human Anatomy, by Connor (age 10)

We are a only couple of weeks into our new science book about human anatomy, but
still we have done lots of fun experiments! For example we made a mummy our of an
apple, and we also soaked a chicken bone in vinegar and another one in just water. The
one that was vinegar did not snap but was very bendy!!!!! This showed us the
importance of calcium but the one that I liked most was when we made a model cell out
of lemon Jello!! The different parts were made out of different candies. The cell
membrane is what determines what can come and go in the cell. and the cytoplasm was the
Jello it is what fills the cell and is the liquids. And the mitochondria was jelly beans. The
mitochondria powers the cell and burns the food we eat as power for the cell!! The lysosomes
were skittles, the lysosomes are like the police officers since they keep the cell safe and keep
the stuff that should not be in the cell out!!!! And the Golgi body’s, which are the things that
store chemicals and send them to they are needed, were made out of Starbursts. And the ER
with ribosomes and without ribosomes sends chemicals where they are needed, like the Golgi
body, but it also sends waste out of the cell. The ER was made out of Fruit Roll Ups. And the
centrioles which were Twizzlers make new cells!! And the nucleus is the control center of the
cell it is like the cell’s government, and it was made out of Whoppers!! We put our models on a
plate and there was our sweet cell!!