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Sugar cookies represent the cell bodies.
Frosting stands in for the cytoplasm.
Each cookie gets:
- 1 green Runt candy - for a nucleus
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- 3 banana Runt candies - for Gogli apparatus
- 5 mini M&M's - representing mitochondria
- 5 Rice Krispies pieces - for rough endoplasmic reticulum
- 4 short pieces of a pull apart Air Heads candy - for dendrites (licorice could be used instead)
- 1 long piece of the Air Heads candy - for an axon
- 3 mini marshmallows for myelin
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For less sugary neuron model suggestions, as well as for a great description of what neurons are, and how they function, click here, to go to the Neuroscience for Kids site.
It's great to be a homeschooler.
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