Modeling Earth's Science

We were discussing our unit on dinosaurs.  I had my students pretend to be archeologists.  They had to use a chocolate chip cookie as the Earth's surface and then use tools to extract the fossils.  The students were actively involved and really grasped the concept of having to be easy and gentle with the model that had.  I even had a real archeologist come in as a guest speaker with actual findings and pictures.  The students loved this lesson!