Graham Cracker Tectonic Plates

I begin my Earth unit with the study of tectonic plates. We learn about the processes and affects of plate movement at the boundaries. A fun, and delicious, lab that we do is the graham cracker and icing lab. The graham crackers represent the earth's crust and the icing represents the magma below.

Students are given a lab sheet that requires them to name the plate boundary, draw their observations, tell how they manipulated he graham crackers, and write the geologic process the movement caused.

The students explore the three types of plate boundaries with this lab, and they have fun too! I allow them to snack on the extra graham crackers and icing after they finish their lab sheet. We had another exciting lab this week!