Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Blood Cells - Our Heroes!

We've been back to school since mid-August but this is the first time we've had to post. The first two weeks were about getting back into routine and the following week, we went to D.C. for an extended field trip! So, now we are back home and back in the thick of things.

Psalm 91 - we have been studying how God protects us. He protects us and spares us from things we don't even know about; He created our body to protect itself in numerous ways; He gives us wisdom to implement family rules to protect us, etc.

Blood cells are two of the ways God has created within us to protect us so we did a fun project to recreate a blood cell. Not only fun but yummy! First we made raspberry/cranberry Jell-O.
Then we placed the Jell-O (the hemoglobin) in sandwich bags (the membrane), along with a grape (I thought this was supposed to be the nucleus -- but guess what? Red blood cells do not have nuclei.) After lunch, we enjoyed eating our yummy project! And added a white blood cell (whipped cream) to join us!




Dayna enjoyed being in on this "smells good" project!











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