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I've seen some posts recently on Facebook and Pinterest of the "cute," "amazing," and "fun" things being done in order to teach classroom and home school students about plant and animal cells. The fact that I've just used three sets of apostrophes does not bode well for my opinions of these cell activities. Here are a few well-intended examples: Candies placed atop a gelatin "cell" Poster board model Pizza "cells" and then there's the cake "cell" When I was in seventh grade, we were given the assignment of making a model of a plant cell and an animal cell. The normal completed project in our class consisted of poster board models. The more elaborate ones were formed with play dough. The teacher showed us best examples from past years of both poster board and play dough versions. I was all set to make a stunning play dough one as I sat down at our kitchen bar. Then, my dad walked ...