What's your favourite recipe? Grade 2 students were mixing in a new ingredient this week: math.
This activity gave students the opportunity to work on mathematics through baking.
Our mathematical and social/emotional focus for the activity was:
- I can select and use appropriate tools and units to measure capacity and weight.
- I can cooperate well with others and respect and support their groups' decisions.
Students learned the importance of using proper measuring techniques and tools. Although, there were some tools that could have been used to measure out the ingredients, groups debated on which tool was easier to pour into and measure. Would it be easier to use the beaker with 250 ml or the wider edge cup with 250 ml?
Data Collection and Reflection
We weighed and compared the differences in grams between cups of sugar and cups of flour. As well as comparing the differences in milliliters between oil and yogurt.
By using measuring concepts learned so far, students were able to follow the directions of the recipe and taste tested the results-the verdict:
- "This was so fun!"
- "Vanilla makes everything smell so good."
- "Can we make cookies next?"
- "Following a recipe has so much math."
- "I'm going to make this with my mom at home."
Resource: Yogurt Cake Recipe
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