Not super pretty, but yummy!
I had a group of kids assemble these while we reviewed the parts of the eye. We started with a chocolate cake ball, I had the kids cover them with white icing while we discussed the sclera and tear ducts. Then the Jr Mint was added, followed by the blue decorating gel. This led to discussions about the pupil, iris and cornea. The Fruit Roll Up provided an extra delight while representing how muscle attaches to the eye to help it move and in the back to represent the optic nerve.
After the eyes were assembled, they were chilled in the fridge for about 20 minutes while we worked on some other projects.
Class ended with the announcement “You can now go eat your eyes!”
Stacy, will you be my mommy?! What a GREAT homeschool science idea!
I’ve shared it everywhere.
LOL, I love making edible hands-on projects!
I make cakeballs all the time for gifts, etc….but this is the best! My boys are too young for this lesson, but I will tuck this away for the right time! This rocks!!!!
Kimberly,
You could always do a practice run and make them yourself, I am sure the boys will enjoy eating them
What a clever! When we studied anatomy, we got a cow’s eye from a butcher and dissected it. This cakeball idea is a great addition. I think we would do the cakeballs first and the followup lesson would be the dissection. Otherwise, you might have some squeamish kids and moms if you did it the other way around. LOL
Susan
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Although eating first can make for a full tummy, that could easily be grossed out during a dissection and cause for more clean-up
But that would be another lesson on the digestive system working in reverse.
You never cease to amaze me. Seriously woman. I hardly have words.
Ewwww! I love it!
I love these! We just finished a unit on the eye. Tomorrow we will make these in my classroom.. I know my students will love it! Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Awesome, stop back and tell me how it goes. Even if it flops a little kids still love to eat their creations.
They were amazing!!! Thanks for the idea! My kids loved it! I am sure they will remember the day we ate our eyes!!!
Yeah!! My kids still talk about their eyes too. And the day I had them eat seaweed
Hey I was thinking about doing this for extra credit anyone know how i might be able to show the cornea? (thanks).
When I was in middle school, I made a model out of salt dough and remember using a soda bottle with clear plastic for the cornea, and different things for eye parts. I think you could do this if you went with a different medium.