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Missing a set of the velcro stickers.

The organelles keep falling off. The sticky end of the Velcro would keep falling off the felt.

Overall product is good didn't like that it didn't come with any instructions or labels to tell you what anything was other than that it's decent I got it for my son's school project.

These cell diagrams would be about right for an elementary school, but they really only illustrate brightly colored blobs- which isn't without some merit, but they aren't adequate for real science teaching. Each "cell membrane" is assembled in several pieces, and must be attached to a wall or flat surface. Then the most basic "organelles" are attached to the cell using velcro dots. It's not completely pointless, but only a few organelles are featured, and the use of the velcro dots focuses on specific placement of the organelles within the cell, which pretty much misses the fluid nature of cell anatomy.I use these diagrams to introduce the major organelles at the beginning of the unit, having students come up and place them within the cells based on what they may recall from earlier grades. It's not really good for much else at a High School level other than for the students to stretch their legs and see if they remember anything. The completed cells are pretty to look at, and I leave them up in the classroom, but they're not terribly valuable for teaching.

PROS:- nice and big for 3-5 kids to gather around- colorful and well printed- Velcro is NOT necessary, the pieces still well enough to each other- Velcro comes separately for you to attach, since it's not needed it's free to use in another project (teachers love Velcro dots!)- nothing is labeled, forcing students to come up with the names of the partsCONS:- nothing is labeled. So if you're new to teaching biology, like me, this is a bit of a challenge. I wish there was a cheat sheet included- the largest cell piece is actually 4 separate pieces. Looking back at the listing photos, this is obvious but somehow I still expected they'd be one big flat piece- most of the smaller pieces are laid out on folds. So they need to be flattened. I plan to dampen a towel, sandwich them in that and lay plastic, then a heavy book on top. Hopefully the moisture will loosen the fibers and the weight will help it dry flat.

I was looking for something tactile and 3d but these are flat images attached to a magnet. I figured I’d just give them to my daughter as a toy, but the magnets don’t even stick.