Showing posts with label art and science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art and science. Show all posts

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Building cell models using modeling dough

Science students are working in small groups to research organelles and building a three dimensional cell model using modeling dough. We want to hook them up to the makeymakey to create an interactive display. The modeling dough is a bit stickier than we expected. We are using plastic and styrofoam containers because they won't be conductive.



















Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Cell Model Shrinky Dinks

Inspired by Got to Teach, SCIENCE! students drew scale models of animal and plant cells in Sharpie on Shrinky Dink plastic today. Soon, we will put them in the oven to shrink and be made into jewelry to study from...



The results: