To identify and describe the three types of plate boundaries and their individual effects on the earth prelab questions. For my model i used food to help model plate tectonics. These plates ride on the hot plastic upper mantle called the asthenosphere. Love the whole activity, especially the convergent boundary. Dec 17, 2018 however, the version i prefer includes the use of a rice crispy treat to illustrate oceanic vs. Buy wax paper, knives, frosting, fruit rollups, and graham crackers. It helps to explain the formation, movements, collusions, and destruction of the earths crust. Draw what your food looks like after you created the convergent continental to oceanic boundary in the space provided 4. The crust is broken into pieces, which is why i gave you two graham crackers. Gently push the continent graham cracker towards the ocean plate fruit roll up until the two overlap and the graham cracker is on top. Edible plate tectonics page 6 converging oceanic or oceanic and continental plates graham cracker and fruit rollup or two fruit rollups moving toward one another creating a subduction zone. Using the spoon, spread a thick layer of frosting in one quarter of your paper plate. The frosting serves as the mantle, on which the pieces of crust can move around.
Graham cracker fruit rollup plate tectonics author. However, the version i prefer includes the use of a rice crispy treat to illustrate oceanic vs. Jan 11, 2018 plate boundaries using graham crackers and icing. Graham cracker and frosting sandwiches completely delicious.
To study the interactions of the tectonic plates as they move slowly on the asthenosphere. In one section of your plate, lay the two pieces of graham cracker side by side on top of the frosting. Take two graham cracker pieces and lay the two pieces side by side on top of the frosting so they are touching. Place one graham cracker lightly onto the frosting next to the remaining fruit roll up piece. How to build a tectonic plate for a science project. Spread vanilla frosting on a graham cracker and top with another cracker. Graham cracker plate tectonics plate tectonics, earth. If you are low on cash, stick with procedure and skip the rice crispies. Use the knife to respread the layer of frosting in the center of the wax paper. Salt maps can be used to create lithospheric plates and tectonic plate boundaries for 3d projects, and they provide an excellent method for projecting the theory of plate tectonics. After grinding it as finely as possible, sprinkle weed onto the peanut butter on top of four out of the eight crackers.
Use only two of the pieces for part 3, saving the other two for part 4. Youth use graham crackers and pudding to model tectonic plate movement. Stir in confectioners sugar and cocoa until smooth. Graham cracker plates minilab worksheetgraham cracker plates minilab answer keyyou can pur. Using a marker, divide your paper plate into four equal sections. Graham cracker plate tectonics this quick and tasty kids science activity gives little scientists a hands on way to explore plate tectonics the movement of the earths crust that leads to the formation of volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches. Snack tectonics fruit roll ups, snacks, plate tectonics. It floats high on the asthenosphere so dont push it down. The graham crackers represent the crust of the earth. Set 2 crackers aside on your table title a new journal page. Plate movement directly affects the destruction of earths surface because the more dense plates sink causing a trench where the plates are thoroughly destroyed. This video walks through the gram cracker plate tectonics lab. Each piece of the graham cracker will represent a continental plate. If you dont have cool whip on hand you could use any soft food like frosting or peanut butter to mimic the earths hot flowing mantle.
Graham cracker plate tectonics lab stepbystep photo. Place 2 dry crackers side by side on top of the frosting. I like to store mine in the fridge so the frosting is somewhat solid and doesnt squish out while you eat it. With these photoenhanced instructions, you wont need to lead your students through the lab. Spread a thick layer of frosting on the paper plate.
Next, direct the kids to imitate different types of boundaries. Move the crackers back and forth against each other. Students will learn about a canyon, continent, cave, glacier, gulf, island, lake, mesa, mountain, ocean, peninsula, plain, river, valley, volcano and waterfall. To introduce, model, and demonstrate how earths plates move. Model the plates movements using frosting and graham crackers to. Use only 2 of the 4 pieces and save the remaining 2 pieces for part iv. Label drawing as to what each item represents in terms of earth layers or processes of plate tectonics. The graham cracker represents continental crust, which is thicker and less dense than oceanic crust fruit roll up. Spread frosting on wax paper to cover an area a bit larger than the graham cracker square. For this plate tectonics worksheet, students use graham crackers, frosting, water and a paper plate to simulate tectonic processes such as convergent, divergent and transforming plate boundaries. First the students spread out the frosting so it is about 1cm thick. Graham cracker cake frosting paper plate water plastic knife setup.
Which movement from your plate tectonics boundary graphic organizer would cause volcanoes. Using the knife respread a thick layer of frosting in the center of the wax paper. Graham cracker plate tectonics lesson plan for 7th 10th. Graham cracker tectonics by bryce hixson this lab is an introduction to the boundary zones between tectonic plates and how we currently believe they are formed. When there is a crack in the plate, we call that a fault. Kimberly miller printed on 101717 edible plate tectonics lab sheet purpose. Remove one of the fruit roll ups from the frosting. Spread a thick layer of frosting on the last quarter of your plate. In this windows to the universe activity, students use these items to model the.
Second grade lesson incredible edible earth changes. Assembling graham cracker gingerbread houses duration. Remember when we made different models of the earths layers. Handson activities for teaching landforms grade school.
The icing represents the molten rock in the earths mantle and the graham crackers represent the tectonic plates. Dip one end of each of the two graham crackers into a cup of water about 2 cm. Lay out 8 graham crackers on a plate and coat each one generously with peanut butter. Handson activities for teaching landforms grade school giggles. The icing should cover an area large enough for a full graham cracker and the rice krispie treat end to end. Lay the two pieces of graham cracker side by side on top of the frosting so they are touching. The kids will move broken graham crackers on top of a frosted sheet of wax paper to create divergent, convergent, transform fault, and sub. Stepbystep photo instructions to help your students successfully model plate tectonic activity using graham crackers, cake icing and fruit rollups. To represent the natural world by creating models and analyzing their limitations. Learn the difference between continents and oceans, dive into the earths layers to find out about plate tectonics, and then study 16 landforms before building mini models of each one. Graham cracker plate tectonics playdough to plato this quick and tasty kids science activity gives little scientists a hands on way to explore plate tectonics the movement of the earths crust that leads to the formation of volcanoes, mountains, and oceanic trenches. Then they place the fruit rollups next to each other, push down sl.
California demonstrate plate tectonics with graham crackers and frosting. In a different section of your plate, take another graham cracker and lay it on top of the frosting next to the straight side of the rice cake half so that they are almost touching. The frosting represents the layer of lava, or the mantle, on which earths crust floats. Plate boundary description landformsfeatures materials. Approximately1 foot by 1 foot square of wax paper knife frosting glob approximately 14 cup or 1 heaping glob full graham cracker fruit rollup dixie or 23 oz cup with water napkin, paper towel, or baby wipes procedure. Break the graham cracker on its seam to make 2 rectangles and place the 2 rectangles. To understand how plate boundaries interact with each other and the features created as they drift atop the slow moving asthenosphere. Lay an entire graham cracker and a krispie bar end to end on top of the icing. Gently push graham cracker towards the ocean plate fruit roll up until the two overlap. Graham cracker plate tectonics lab just a little info the theory of plate tectonics states that the crust of the earth is composed of seven major plates and numerous smaller plates. To model the interactions of earths tectonic plates as they move about its surface. Name date class period snack tectonics lab exercise. The theory of plate tectonics states that the crust of the earth is composed of 7 major plates and numerous smaller plates. It should be about the size of both graham crackers, and about equally thick.
To identify and demonstrate the forces that shape the features of the earth 2. First they will follow a given set of directions to explore the idea of plate tectonics. Kimberly miller printed on 12215 edible plate tectonics page 6 converging oceanic or oceanic and continental plates graham cracker and fruit rollup or two fruit rollups moving toward one another creating a subduction zone. Learn how earths tectonic plates interact in this delicious activity. In this activity, students will use handson materials including graham crackers and frosting to investigate tectonic plates helping take an abstract idea and making it more concrete. How to build a tectonic plate for a science project sciencing. Slowly push the cracker and krispit treat together to simulate the movement of a converging oceanic. Aug 14, 2014 for my model i used food to help model plate tectonics. Place one hand on each of the graham cracker pieces and push them together by applying steady, moderate pressure. The theory of plate tectonics states that the crust of the earth is composed of 16 major pieces or plates.
Print out sets of these stepbystep photo instructions to help your students successfully model plate tectonic activity using graham crackers, cake icing and fruit rollups. Give each pair of students one long graham cracker broken in half. Tectonic plate projects can be designed easily by creating an interesting salt map from ingredients found in most kitchens. Just print out a 4page set for each lab group and hand out materials. Place a second graham cracker rectangle end to end against the wet part of the other graham cracker rectangle. Each piece of graham cracker represents a continental plate. Our earth science unit covers the solar system, the layers of the earth, plate tectonics, the ring of fire, faults, earthquakes, volcanoes and more. What is the process that creates new ocean floor from diverging plates.
Place a spoonful of frosting on the wax paper for each pair of students. The graham cracker represents an oceanic plate, and the rice cake represents a continental plate. The fruit rollups act as the oceanic crust and the graham crackers are the continental crust because continental crust is thicker than oceanic. Google graham cracker plate tectonics lab for a variety of different versions used by schools across the country. This peanut butter and graham cracker snack is the perfect. These plates ride on the hot plastic upper mantle known as the asthenosphere. These plates move on the top of the hot plastic upper mantle known as the asthenosphere. The icing should cover an area large enough for the graham crackers.
They will work in partners, one person will move the model graham crackers and cool whip and the other partner will diagram the events. Store sandwiches in an airtight container for several days. What can you do with fruit rollups, graham crackers and frosting in your science class. Break the other whole graham cracker in half, and then break each half in half again so you have 4 pieces. In this lab frosting is the asthenosphere, fruit rollups are oceanic crust, and graham crackers represented continental crust. Try to keep it in an even layer towards the center of the cracker. In a large bowl, beat the margarine, egg and vanilla, using an electric mixer, until light and fluffy. This graham cracker plate tectonics lesson plan is suitable for 7th 10th grade.
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