Atomic Cookies

To help the kids learn about the structure of atoms, I let them loose in the kitchen to make cookies. Yikes.  (But if I make cookies, then double yikes on the amount of cookie dough I consume...)  They used a new recipe that was titled the "Yummiest Cookies".  Then they topped them with different candies, chocolate chips, nuts, raisins, etc. to represent the protons, neutrons, and electrons.  They loved making the dough and decorating.

Then came the disaster.  In the oven they totally spread and flattened out.

But lo!  Inspiration struck and I reminded the kids that rarely is an atom just alone.  They connect and build molecules and so on and so forth.

 Giant cookie = Visible matter!

And the kids enjoyed their cookie crumbs on oatmeal.  I might make cookie butter with the other leftovers soon...  
Oh the things I do to NOT waste food!