Create a Coral ReefWhat To Do
Step 2: Making the Brain Coral
 
GROOVY & WAVY: Corals come in many shapes and sizes. The brain coral gets its name because its shape resembles the grooves and ridges of the human brain. Amy's brain coral and the real thing
 
 
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Take a grapefruit-size piece of green Play DohTM or Model MagicTM and make it into a dome shape. Then stick pieces of "radiatore" pasta on the surface. Put the pasta at different angles to imitate the maze-like pattern on brain coral.		 Take a grapefruit-size piece of green Play Doh or Model Magic and make it into a dome shape. Then stick pieces of 'radiatore' pasta on the surface. Put the pasta at different angles to imitate the maze-like pattern on brain coral.
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Put the pasta-covered dough on a piece of newspaper. Paint the pasta pieces olive green. To get an olive-green color, mix green and yellow paint with a little brown or blue. Brain coral get their green color from the algae that live with them.		 Put the pasta-covered dough on a piece of newspaper. Paint the pasta pieces olive green. To get an olive-green color, mix green and yellow paint with a little brown or blue. Brain coral get their green color from the algae that live with them.