Oceanic Zones project!! Help!

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  1. becky

    becky New Member

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    Ladies..I need some ideas- quickly.

    For whatever reason, Jeannie's science teacher gave the kids 2 days to create a project illustrating the oceanic zones. :mad: She wants to do something with jello. I'm wondering how to do the land part? Yellow cake? Graham crackers??

    It would have helped very much if this teacher had sent notice and requirements home..but apparently that's not something this school knows how to do.:roll:

    I quit homeschooling why..?
     
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  3. Munchie33

    Munchie33 New Member

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    That sounds like an awesome project! What you could do (although it might get messy!) is use blue food colouring to make the jelly different shades of blue - from light to dark. Maybe have three jellies of different darknesses. Layer them so that you can see the cross-section from the side or something (otherwise all your work is wasted!) and have breadcrumbs in a layer of white/yellow/brown jelly for the sand at the bottom, or just use a sponge cake.

    To make it really cool, I'd try to put in markers for significant depths, e.g. giant squid normal depth, titanic wreck, sperm whales, etc. (if you could put plastic models in the jelly that would be amazing, but probably not enough time and too tricky) or just use plastic tags.

    Quite a nice picture with lots of these bizarre depths you might want to mark is here.

    Edit: I should add that in British English, "jelly" is that dessert made of gelatin, not a fruity spread for toast.
     
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    becky New Member

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    Munchie, you and I must think alike- cause just about everything you posted is something I considered! I think I will use sponge cake, or angel food- whatever is fastest and easiest to manipulate, kwim? I plan to look for gummy ocean creatures..wish there was a gummy Titanic!:wink:
     
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    Munchie33 New Member

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    You know what they say, great minds think alike! ;)

    It's fiddly, but you can cut gummy lollies into ship-shapes. I've done it before; got very sticky but they looked okay. Do keep us updated with how the project goes, though!
     
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    marshmellows? they would disolve slowly ..
     
  7. becky

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    'K, here's what I bought- blue jello
    strips of chewy, gummy something or other, to cut into fish
    cheddar whales
    swedish fish
    some kind of colorful chewy candy for coral
    pound cake for land

    How's that sound?
     
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    becky New Member

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    And look- for all the nonsense candy in Dollar Tree, they have no gum drops or jellie fruit slices!
     
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    Jennifer R Active Member

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    You are making me want candy lol!
     
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    sounds yummy! me too! but I cant get any because of my teeth healing!
     
  11. becky

    becky New Member

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    Dollar Tree has Cupcake Bites! Holy cow, I bet they're good!
     
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    mom24boys! New Member

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    I have no help to offer, but sounds like you got it going. Take pictures and share them, please.;)
     
  13. becky

    becky New Member

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    JELLO MALFUNCTION!!!
    I mixed this jello at 6pm..it's 10:30 now, anf it's still not completely solid. I did mix four boxes together, so maybe it just takes more time that way.
     
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    You could use sugar for the sand. You can use brown or white sugar depending on your preference. We used brown sugar (sucanat) for a sandcastle cake for my daughter. It was very pretty, but the frosting was gritty---lol. We made the cake, frosted it, and then covered it in sucanat. It looked just like sand.
     
  15. Emma's#1fan

    Emma's#1fan Active Member

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    What a fun project.
     
  16. Munchie33

    Munchie33 New Member

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    Any project is fun if it ever induces the words "jello malfunction". That one had me in stitches :D
     

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