Sherri in MI Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 With candy for the organelles? If so, how did you keep the candy and jello from liquifying? Ds made one yesterday & several of the candy organelles, bled & liquified and the jello liquified in the middle. Any idea how to prevent this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaya Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 we did this in september. we used two extra packets of unflavored gelatin along with the lemon jello and refrigerated it overnight. it was ok except in the middle,it was not really liquidy but not really firm. the candies werent in long enough to liquefy, my 4 yo insisted on plucking out the mike and ikes shortly after the cells were finished and there went that. if I did it again, I might see if I could get some agar. I used to make 'jello' out of agar and grape juice back in the day when I did things like that. its a lot firmer than gelatin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Our jello cell models had marbles, grapes...and something else...can't remember what. Not candy. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trulycrabby Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I used non-candy items for the organelles. A lot less tasty, but they didn't dissolve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 my dd did one using a soda bottle bottle, clay and jello. She didn't use any thing else edible inside, though. here's a link with a photo http://www.homeiswhereyoustartfrom.com/2012/04/homeschool-beat-what-is-hip-and-happening/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckens Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 We did not use candy. We made a simplified plant cell using a strawberry as the nucleus and green grapes as the chloroplasts. ETA: We also made a rice crispy cell with candy. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I have never been able to get stuff to suspend in jello. We went the sugar cookie route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Χά�ων Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 With candy for the organelles? If so, how did you keep the candy and jello from liquifying? Ds made one yesterday & several of the candy organelles, bled & liquified and the jello liquified in the middle. Any idea how to prevent this? I do not recall what candy I bought. DS drew a model and I took him to the candy store to pick out the candy. Everything liquified. It was too sweet for DS. I suggest a cake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatHomeschoolDad Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Our jello cell had pompoms, rubber bands, styrofoam, clay, etc. None of the organelles were food items. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 This whole thread…jell-o, rice krispies, sugar cookies…has made me hungry. Biology was never this tasty when I was a student. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 We did it and it was great fun and learning. The key is to let your Jello mostly set before adding your organelles. I don't remember all the things we used as organelles, but they weren't all candy. Maybe that made a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 We made ours with both fruit and candy... I think we let the Jello firm up a bit before adding anything. Then we did a similar project in 4H with ziploc baggies full of Jello, fruit and candy. It was a big hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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