The document provides instructions for a science experiment to model plate tectonics using sugar, water, and biscuits. Students are asked to melt sugar in a pan with water, then place biscuit halves in the melted sugar and observe how they move for 2-3 minutes. Students should write a report with steps, details, and reflections comparing the materials and movements in the experiment to the structure and plates of the Earth.

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Make an experiment and record it:
You’ll need the help of an adult
Take a pan and put 6 spoonfuls of
sugar in it and half a glass of
water
Put it on the cook and heat it until
the sugar melts
Turn off the cook and wash up all the
materials you used
Write an experiment report with all the
steps and as many details as possible
Reflect on your findings: what are the
differences and similarities between
the materials of the structure of the
Earth (colour, density, movement…)
and the ones you used in your
Take a Maria biscuit, break it in two
halves and put them gently on
the melted sugar. Turn off the
cook
Observe the movement of the
biscuit for 2-3 minutes. Do the
two halves join, do they
separate, what is first?
and the ones you used in your
experiment?
Add photos of the whole process