Edible Earth Parfaits- Groundwater Foundation
2012 CIBT Alumni Workshop
Ecology
Elementary School
Middle School
Physical Sciences
This activity uses soda, ice cream, sprinkles, colored sugars, and food coloring to represent the layers of Earth and aquifers under the surface. Students are instructed to “drill a well” with a straw and “pump the well” by sucking on the straw, as they watch the decline in the water table. “Contaminants” are noticeable, and students can also simulate a rain shower by adding more soda to their “aquifer.”
