Salt Dough

The long awaited day of making 3-D maps finally arrived today. We carefully crafted our maps of Utah, talking about the different regions and characteristics.  I was admiring the work of my students when one little boy pulled a really funny face...any guesses? Yep, you know it, the temptation was just too strong, he had decided that he not only needed to touch the salt dough, but taste it as well. Seriously?! We are ten years old. He told me that he had tasted much worse things, but it wasn't very good :) After school as the custodians where cleaning my room they were inquiring about the maps. One of the custodians was unsure about what salt dough was, so after many attempts to explain that it is just play dough, I handed him a ball of dough. He squished it between his fingers, smelled it, and yep....put some in his mouth...Seriously....and he was much much older than my ten year olds! Maybe its a boy thing. I don't get it :)