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1. Edible Geography
- A. Use two clear, identical
plastic containers at least a quart in size with straight
sides. Make two packages of blueberry jello and one
package of chocolate pudding.
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- B. Pour the pudding into one
plastic bowl and the jello into the other. Remove about
1/4 of a cup of pudding to make the percentages more
accurate (30% pudding, 70% jello). Review the water/land
ratio examined earlier in the investigation.
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- C. Eat the pudding and blueberry
jello. (Gummy worms can be put into the pudding and gummy
fish into the jello as the jello cools.) While serving
the pudding, discuss the names of the continents and have
students locate them on the map. Name and locate the
oceans while serving the pudding.
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- D. Have students complete Log
1-Extension: Water & Land. This worksheet describes
the activity that the students did in class.
2. Have students ask family members to
think of songs and book titles with names of water bodies in
them and report their findings to the class. Examples are:
"Old Man River," The Swanee River," Students can locate he
water bodies on a map and on the satellite
images.
Have you used this
investigation?
How did you extend this
investigation? Share your enrichment ideas with other
teachers! Email your suggestions to Sarah
Bednarz.
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