Interactive displays: Cells

How does the exhibit work?

There are three interactive screens in the main exhibition. Here you will see a big screen with instructions. Press the buttons or turn a green wheel to execute the commands.

What is the science behind it?

What are you made of? What about a plant? What about bacteria? All living things consist of small building blocks. These are called cells. At first glance the cells of bacteria, plants and animals look similar, but if you look closely you will probably see some differences. This is because not all cells have the same components.

For example, chloroplasts are only found in plants. They enable them to engage in 'photosynthesis'. This means that they produce their own food and oxygen with the help of sunlight.

Using the table below, you can test your teacher, companion or (grand)parent! Do they know, for example, what a flagellum is for?

Cells in the human body

Do you know how many cells the human body contains? Take a guess.

An adult human being has about 30 to 37.2 trillion cells - or more than 30,000 billion. By comparison, our galaxy 'only' has 100 billion stars.