A cut peach sits beside a cut Earth on page 1 of this 5th grade science sheet, each with four numbered pointer lines. Students use a word bank to name the part of the peach and the matching Earth layer in a table. Page 2 asks for one way a peach is a good model of Earth and one way it is not, then gives a box to draw another food model. The answer key fills in the table and gives sample answers, including that the outer core is liquid while the pit is hard.
“Match the parts of a peach to the layers of the Earth in a model.”
The page 1 table pairs the skin, fruit, pit and seed with the crust, mantle, outer core and inner core.
“Judge a model by saying where it fits the real thing and where it does not.”
Questions 2 and 3 ask for one strength and one weakness of the peach.
“Design and label a model of the Earth's layers using a different food.”
Question 4 gives a box for a drawing and the layer each part represents.
Two diagrams, a cut peach and a cut Earth, with pointers numbered 1 to 4. A word bank of eight terms (skin, fruit, pit, seed, crust, mantle, outer core, inner core) fills a table with a column for the peach part and one for the Earth layer.
Two written answers: one way the peach is a good model and one way it is not. A hint points students to what each layer is made of and whether it is solid or liquid.
A framed box where students draw and label another food and write which Earth layer each part stands for.
The table (skin to crust, fruit to mantle, pit to outer core, seed to inner core) and sample answers for the three written items.
Bring a real peach
Cut a peach in half at the front before students start. Pulling out the hard pit makes the contrast with a liquid outer core easy to see.
Model critique
Have pairs share their answers to question 3 before they write. Push for a second weakness beyond the pit, such as size or temperature.
Food model gallery
Post the question 4 drawings around the room and let students walk round and match each food to the four layers.
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