Skaneateles, NY -- A lesson about geography at State Street School in Skaneateles was quite a treat for some students.
That's because the fourth graders took part in a New York state cookie project during a recent geography lesson.
The students started with giant cookies in the shape of the state, and added gel, candy and chocolate chips to make it look like rivers, lakes, cities and mountains.
Pupils made chocolate chips look like the Adirondack Mountains, a big candy kiss like Mount Marcy, an orange gum drop or confetti star to represent Albany, and jelly beans were made to look like the Finger Lakes.
With the cookies completed, the students immediately were able to identify their state geography.
"The students know exactly where things are," teacher Suzanne Dmochowski said in a news release. "It is important stuff for them to know. Everything we do in social studies in fourth grade stems from knowing New York state."