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Students model the plate movements using Oreo cookies. Minimal materials, maximum gain! Vocabulary addressed: Convergent BoundaryDivergent BoundaryTransform BoundaryReverse FaultNormal FaultStrike-Slip FaultEarthquakeVolcanoSubductionMountainsMagma

Help your students practice with the electromagnetic spectrum. In this activity, they will match the waves of the electromagnetic spectrum to the correct description and wave picture. Vocabulary covered: Electromagnetic SpectrumRadio WavesMicrowavesInfraredVisible LightUltravioletX-RaysGamma RaysIncludes student sheet and answer key.

Need a sweet way to demonstrate pedigrees to your genetics students? Try using gummy bears to show how traits pass between family members. Please note that this does not take dominant or recessive traits into consideration, it is just a fun way to demonstrate how we can inherit traits from our grandparents (or even further!). Vocab: PedigreeGeneticsHeredityTraits