When looking for a post-midterm activity for my students, I stumbled across an amazing blog with posts entitled
Science Cookie Roundup. She has collected many beautiful cookies with science themes, and I thought I would try my hand at this with my students. We have one day between completing our exams and a two week holiday break, so this really fit the bill.
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| My cookies: skeletal, circulatory, and digestive systems |
I purchased frozen
gingerbread cookies from GFS, along with a tub of white icing, piping bags, and Wilton food colors I had from home baking projects. I showed students a few example pictures I found online, and they had a blast.
My favorite part of this activity is that it's holiday related without being religious. At school I need to be sensitive to the fact that many of my students do not celebrate Christmas, but everyone can have fun decorating a cookie.
The students really enjoyed making their cookies, and were so excited to have me take pictures of their work. Here are a few of their creations.
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| ok, so they're not all science... |
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| beautiful detail on her holly and string of lights |
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| little pink heart to accent her skeleton |
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| This one broke his arm, so it's bleeding. |
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| this skeleton is wearing a Santa suit. |
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| Mr. and Mrs. Claus |
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| Tarzan and Jane. My student says this counts as science because Jane went to study the gorillas... |
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| Two skeletons made by friends sitting next to one another, so they placed them holding hands. |
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| nice contrast with the green and white |
