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I need help because I have to make a model of a nucleus and I have no clue how to make one. Can you give some help. I really need help its due October 1, 2006 but I want to go ahead and have it done.[/quote]

Science_gurl,

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I have to make a 3D model of a nucleus and have a keynote for October the 2nd! I need help I have no clue what to make a 3D model of a nucleus Please Help Me

What question is your science fair project trying to answer? Perhaps I can be of better help if I know exactly what the purpose of the model is.

Looking forward to more detail,

Well i came up with an idea of how to make a nucleus 3D. What i'm going to do is put a hershey kisses in the middle of a cupcake. The icening on the cupcake will be the nuclear envelope. The actual cupcake will be the nucleus. The chocolate kisses will be the nucleolus.

Well we are supposed to be doing a presentation describing the role of your organelle, structure, location, what cells is it found in?, history (who discovered it and when) effects on the cell if destroyed, comparison to an organ in the body, any other important info.

Please help I have no clue about the effects on the cell if destroyed. Is the 3D model a good idea or what

hey science gurl

here is an image of a mammalian nucleus model...visit that site
http://spectorlab.cshl.edu/images/NucleusModel.jpg

after that i suggest you use different kinds of candy m&m's twix skittles, resses cups...bubble gum tape...ets...be creative to represent the various structures...use a styrofoam globe/ball and make a cross section of your model.

i hope this helps...good luck
JR

Thank You with the image I understand more now what I need to do.

i am glad i can help!
JR

I have to have a Nuclearplasm in my 3D Model with the strofoam ball and I cant quite find what a Nuclearplasm is.

Hi!

I looked up nuclearplasm in google and I found this site:

http://www.quia.com/jg/621268list.html

I hope this helps!

hey science gurl

i think you may be mistaking nuclearplasm with nucleoplasm
here is a site...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoplasm

it says Similar to the cytoplasm of a cell, the nucleus contains nucleoplasm or nuclear sap. It is envelopped by the nuclear membrane or nuclear envelope. The nucleoplasm is a highly viscous liquid that surrounds the chromosomes and nucleoli. Many substances such as nucleotides (necessary for purposes such as the replication of DNA) and enzymes (which direct activities that take place in the nucleus) are dissolved in the nucleoplasm. A network of fibers known as the nuclear matrix can also be found in the nucleoplasm.