Year 6 has been learning that all living things (animals and plants) are made of cells which are the building blocks of life.
To help us get to grips with the scientific vocabulary (complex and advanced) and to assist with our understanding, we gathered an array of candies and jelly. The candies were used to create our very own edible animal cell with the best candies illustrating a different aspect of the cell and its purpose.
We discovered that most cells are very small and that they are invisible without using a microscope. Cells are covered by a cell membrane and come in different shapes.
Investigating the cross-section of an animal cell revealed that the contents of such cells are made up of different parts that perform diverse functions in order to maintain the overall well-being of the living thing in question. For example: the nucleus controls what occurs within the cell and the cell membrane is a thin layer of protein and fat that surrounds the cell.
A yummy scientific lesson indeed which got to grips with some tricky scientific language!
