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The 3D printed plant cell kit, fully assembled: a six-sided cell wall around a yellow cell membrane, with the nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondria and other organelles pressed into the cytoplasm. The same kit pulled apart into layers: cell wall at the bottom, then the membrane, the cytoplasm tray, and each organelle lifted above its pocket.
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Chloroplast
Mitochondrion
Golgi apparatus
Endoplasmic reticulum
Central vacuole
Peroxisome
Amyloplast
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Chloroplast
Mitochondrion
Golgi apparatus
Endoplasmic reticulum
Central vacuole
Peroxisome
Amyloplast

A plant cell you can take apart.

A 12-piece, 3D printed plant cell model for middle school. Students take it apart and rebuild it to explain how each structure contributes to the function of the cell as a whole.A 12-piece, 3D printed plant cell model for middle school science.

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Plant Cell Kit · Grades 6–8 · Designed to align with Next Generation Science Standards* MS-LS1-2

12 custom-designed, 3D printed pieces.

Each organelle sits in its own custom-designed slot. Students lift a part out, name it, explain its job, and set it back: a working model of the cell as a system of parts.Each organelle sits in its own custom-designed slot, held by magnets.

Reusable by you, and by the classes and students to come.

Why I built it

MarkA student Compass project at Western Reserve Academy

I built WRA STEM Kits because I want to help students learn science by holding it in their hands, not just reading about it in a textbook. I designed the kit to be affordable and reusable, so that as many teachers and students as possible, anywhere in the world, can use it in their classrooms.

The quick rundown

The kit
12 pieces11 cell structures, all custom-designed and 3D printed
Reusable
For yearsNothing gets used up, so one kit serves class after class
For
Grades 6–8Middle school life science
Standard
MS-LS1-2Designed to align with the NGSS
Comes with every kit
Teacher toolsStandards AI, and a worksheet generator for middle school science, grades 6–8. A worksheet editor is coming soon.
Named to align with the NGSS
The nucleus, chloroplast, mitochondrion, cell membrane and cell wall are the five parts MS-LS1-2 names, and the kit uses the same names.
Each worksheet
3 pages + answer keySix sections, from labeling the cell to short written answers. Every question uses only the five structures named in MS-LS1-2 and comes from a fixed bank of 43.
Version number
1000–9999Type a number to print the same worksheet again
Works
Offline tooThe worksheet generator runs without internet. Download PDFs or print from the browser.
How it fits the NGSS

Students build and use a model. MS-LS1-2 asks students to “develop and use a model” of a cell. The kit is that model: they take it apart, put it back together, and explain what each part does.NGSS practice: Developing and Using Models

Every part has a job. Each structure in a cell does something specific, and the cell membrane controls what goes in and out. Each piece of the kit is one of those structures.NGSS core idea: LS1.A Structure and Function

The parts work as one. A cell works because its parts work together. Fitting each piece back into its slot shows how the parts make up the whole cell.NGSS crosscutting concept: Structure and Function

Where things stand
The kit is printed and the worksheet generator works. Before any student uses them, a science teacher will check every question. Neither has been tried in a classroom yet.

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12 custom-designed, 3D printed pieces, reusable for years. Every kit comes with Standards AI and the worksheet generator.

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Every piece of the plant cell kit laid out: the green cell wall, the white cell membrane, the yellow cytoplasm tray, and the organelles beside them. See all 8 photos

Resources

Tools available to teachers using the kits, once each one is ready. The worksheet generator and Standards AI are ready now, and one more is on the way.

  1. Worksheet Generator

    Ready now

    Print a new plant cell worksheet and answer key in one click. Each one gets a version number so you can print it again.

    Open the generator

  2. Standards AI

    Ready now

    Ask what a science idea means, what students learn about it at each grade, or how to teach it. Answers are in plain words, and everything taken from the Next Generation Science Standards links back to its source.

    Open Standards AI

  3. Instruction Sheet Editor

    Coming soon

    Edit and print the step-by-step instructions that go with each kit.

Every piece of the kit, laid out. Pick one to see what it does.

Drag to turn. ClickTap a part.Pick a part below.

Named in MS-LS1-2 Beyond MS-LS1-2

Click a part of the model, or pick one above, to see what it does.