In this fun Gummy Worm Meiosis Lab, students model every stage of meiosis with gummy worms to see first-hand how crossing over and chromosome separation create genetic variation.

Perfect for making a tricky process fun, interactive, and unforgettable!

Prep for this meiosis lab is quick and easy. Each group only needs a paper plate, four gummy worms, two toothpicks, a piece of string, scissors, and a marker. That’s it.

This Gummy Worm Meiosis Lab includes:

• Lesson Plan

• Background Reading

• Student Handouts

• Step-by-Step Presentation with pictures

• Analysis & Conclusion Questions

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Bring the rock cycle to life with this hands-on Rock Cycle Lab with Airheads Candy! This is more than a “squish some candy and call it a rock” activity. Students use Airheads to model real geologic processes including weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, heat and pressure, melting, cooling, and solidification.

This classic osmosis lab is sure to be a hit in your secondary science classroom! This gummy bear osmosis lab is broken up into two days and the only materials you need are gummy bears, salt, water, cups, metric ruler, and a scale.

In this fun edible science lab, students will complete a background reading and questions to learn about tonicity, osmosis, homeostasis, and cell transport. They will then make hypotheses, follow a procedure, collect data, make simple calculations (volume, percent change, and density), create graphs, answer analysis questions, and end with a scaffolded conclusion. 

Gummy Bear Osmosis Lab Includes:

• Teacher Lesson Plan

• Student Lab Handout

• Digital and printable versions

• Answer key and rubric

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Who doesn’t love a lab with cookies?! Students love to see the impacts of cookie mining in their own town! In this cookie mining lab students will create their own town and model how surface mining impacts the environment with edible ingredients (a cookie!) and write a short CER about the health and environmental impacts of surface mining.

Included with the lab handout are pre-lab questions, a step-by step procedure, student directions and map template, analysis questions, and a scaffolded claim, evidence, and reasoning writing activity. 

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Mitosis Lab Includes:

• Teacher Lesson Plan
• Mitosis Reading to use as a reference or introduction
• Student Lab Handout with pre-lab, intra-lab, and post-lab questions
• Cookie Response Sheet – students place their finished models to be checked
• Answer Key
• Interactive Answer Key to conduct a whole group self-check of lab answers or to facilitate the activity. Pictures of models and cells included.
• Google Slides Link to Background Information and Student Pages

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“As a teacher who got thrown into marine biology and marine ecology this year, these resources have saved my life; specifically this one! I had no idea what biomagnification or bioaccumulation was so this resource really broke everything down for me. It was super easy to use for my students as well! ” – Jay B.

Forget the volcano baking soda experiment! In this volcanoes lab, students model three types of volcanoes using a cookie, chocolate chip, and a chocolate kiss.

They will link the data collected from the models to complete CER activities and draw volcanoes to scale. A Volcanoes Reference Sheet (anchor chart), detailed lesson plan, editable lab handout, Google Slides version, and answer key with rubric are all included!

Low prep and easy to follow – this lab is sure to be a hit in your classroom!

Students will learn, eat, and use academic writing to apply knowledge about shield, composite (strato), and cinder cone volcanoes.

This editable and edible CER 4-page volcanoes lab uses affordable and easily accessible supplies. Each group of 2-3 students will need 1 cookie, 1 chip, 1 kiss, and a metric ruler to measure dimensions in millimeters.

Fun Hands-On CER!

In this Plate Tectonics Graham Cracker Lab, students model different plate boundaries with edible ingredients and write a short CER about how the model is representative of the actual plate boundary. Included within the lab handout are pre-lab questions, step-by step easy to follow procedures for each type of boundary interaction, scaffolded claim, evidence, and reasoning writing activities, and a rubric.

Also included are a teacher’s guide and lesson plan, a student reference sheet, and a PowerPoint presentation with information about plate boundaries and photos of the actual lab in action. All you need is are two graham crackers, frosting, one mini rice krispy treat, and few chocolate chips per group.

Students use fruit ring cereal to simulate genetic drift and gene flow in this fun and low-prep genetic drift lab. First, student read background information to review genetic drift, genetic diversity, gene flow, and natural selection and answer pre-lab questions pertaining to the background information.

Students will then model and collect data on founder effect, bottleneck effect, and gene flow in their cereal population. To sum things up, students will analyze their collected data and answer post-lab questions. A comprehensive lesson plan and answer key are included!

This edible cell model lab is sure to be a hit in your secondary science classroom! Students are always engaged and deepen their knowledge when yummy treats are involved!

Students will complete a background reading and questions to learn about prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. They will then create a model of each type of cell, complete a data table, draw and label their cell models, and answer reflection questions.

In this balancing chemical equations with candy lab, students practice balancing simple equations using candy (like skittles) or provided paper candies.

Students first read the background information to review chemical equations and balancing equations. Then, they answer pre-lab questions pertaining to the background information. Students then balance and model five different chemical reactions using candies.

A detailed lesson plan with objectives, standards, materials, and procedure is included. Also included is a full answer key in both PDF and in PPT so you can project go through the answers to the lab with students at your own pace.

This Balancing Equations Candy Lab Includes:

Edible Science Labs Bundle

Grab 13 ready-to-go edible science labs for your secondary science classroom and have some tasty fun with your students all year long!

Life Science

• Biomagnification with Cereal Lab
• Gummy Bear Osmosis Lab
• Genetic Drift with Cereal Lab
• Edible Cell Models Lab
• Gummy Worm Meiosis Lab
• Mitosis Cookie Lab
• Candy Cladograms Lab

Earth Space Science

• Layers of the Earth with Candy Lab
• Cookie Mining Lab
• Plate Tectonics Graham Cracker Lab
• Type of Volcanoes Lab
• Candy Rock Cycle Lab

Chemistry

• Balancing Chemical Equations with Candy Lab