Third grade students are learning about the layers of soil that make up Earth’s crust. After reading books, researching, taking notes, and watching videos we thought we needed to create the layers ourselves. Students used Whoppers to represent the bedrock layer of soil, pudding as the parent material, crushed Oreo’s as topsoil, and gummy worms to represent the humus layer. Ask your student to tell you what soil is made of and to name and explain each layer and its role in Earth’s crust.