If you've ever noticed inside your body, you have millions of thousands of cells. originally, you only had one cell, but the process, called mitosis,has allowed thousands of new cells to be generated. Mitosis has four main steps to it; prophase, mataphase, anaphase, and telophase. The first process, profase, is basiccaly when the chromsomes are loosely hanging around. Metaphase, is when the chromosomes finally line up towards the center of the of the cell. Strands of DNA begin to come out. In anaphase, the Dna strands begin to reach out and soon connect to the x shaped chromosomes that are lined up in the middle. The strands slowly start to pull on the chromosomes, and they enlongate, or stretch out. The cell is finally devided into two new cells. 
              Mitosis is a very important part of your body, because without it, you would only have one cell. One cell surely doesn't have the strength to continue to do all the daily activities that go on in the human body. Most of the cells are much smaller after being divided into two. Before mitosis can even begin, the DNA is made into another copy, because you still need that other copy.

            All living things are constructed of cells, and that is indeed a fact. The cellular structure in different types of living things are, however, different. Animal and plant cells are commonly known as the two types of cells. The animal cells have almost the same structures as the plant, but the functions inside are different. For one, the plant cell has a chloroplast, and the animal cell does not. Chloroplast is where photosynthesis takes place, and photosynthesis creates food and energy for the plants. Animla cells have no need for chloroplasts, because they can simply create their own food by consuming it. The cell wall is also something the animal cell lacks. Cell walls are very rigid structures that surround the cell membrane, and control what gets inside and outside the cell. 
                Both animal and  plant cells both have the same items inside them, but might be in a different spot or a different shape. For example, in a plant cell, the vacuole is larger then inside the animal cell. Both cells do contain a mitochondria, cell membrane, vacuole, nucleus, and nucleolus, but in different places. The plant cell does contain more items then a animal cel.

            The edible cell project, was a cell constructed of edible items: food, preferibly sweet items. We named each part of the cell using labels on toothpicks. This project was a great way to learn all the cell parts, and their functions. The parts of the cell consisted of : the nucleus, the nucleolus, mitochondria, cell membrane, ribosomes, chromatin, lysosme, cytoplasm, and the vacuole. The plant cell would have had a cell wall and chloroplast too. This project should continue to go on, because you can learn the cell parts well, and have something to eat at the end. This project will motivate children to memorize the cell parts, as well as the functions.
             Edible cell project should be looked at as an activity, but the fact that you can eat your project, makes it more fun. Each cell has a different and unique function, that is different than the others, and has a different shape. If you were to get rid of this project children might not see the fun in learning the cell parts. Hopefully this project provails in the future.