Cooking with sweets

You are going on a trip to work with sweets for two days. Your objective is to do the activities around the class and find out all the different sweets that you can make and experiment with. So have fun analyzing and experimenting with all the different foods and candy that are sweet. Whoever gets all activities done first will when a prize. So have fun on this two day trip. Your time starts now!

While doing this webquest you will be doing four main activities.

Activity 1: Math - Fractions, measurments, addition, and multiplication.

Activity 2: Science - Experiments

Activity 3: Social Studies - Culture 

Activity 4: Reading - Paying attention 

Math Lesson:

One of the best ways to teach fractions, measurements, addition, and multiplication to young children is to bake cookies. My favorite recipe to use for teaching math through cooking is a standard chocolate chip cookie recipe; the kind that can be found on the back of any bag of chocolate chips. It is a rare child who does not love chocolate chip cookies, and making one of their favorite treats is a sure way to grab and hold their attention.

To get to the directions on how to bake the cookies copy and paste the link below in the search bar.

http://www.brighthubeducation.com/middle-school-math-lessons/12094-cook…;

Science Lesson:

Copy and paste this link in the search bar to find cool science eperiments with candy. Choose two of them and complete them. 

http://www.candyexperiments.com/ 

 Social Studies Lesson:

To learn the culture and history about the many candies you eat in America today go check out lesson 2 on this link below and complete it. 

file:///C:/Users/390089102/Downloads/candyculturebookletform.pdf 

  Reading Lesson:

Part 1: Read

Baking cookies, cakes, and even pies is a fun pastime for many people as long as you know what you are doing. Here are a few baking tips:

1. Read the recipe very carefully to find out if you have all of the ingredients before you start.
2. Measure all of the ingredients carefully. Don't use guesswork.
3. Preheat the oven to the proper temperature and make sure the oven shelves are at the correct height.
4. Mix your ingredients properly. Don't overmix your recipe.
5. Use a cooking timer to keep track of how long your cake or other item has been in the oven.
6. Let your cake or other item cool according to instructions before serving it.

Part 2: Discussion

What kinds of items do people often bake within your circle of family and friends? What is one traditional food that you would bake for an international visitor to introduce him or her to your country's cuisine?

Part 3: Online Investigation

You are planning to celebrate the birthday of a close friend, and you are thinking about baking a cake. Find a recipe on the Internet for a delicious, and perhaps, unusual cake recipe. Share your recipe with a group of students and then vote on the one you would prepare.

For more information on this go to this link: http://www.dailyesl.com/cooking-baking.htm

You will be graded by completion points. 

Activity 1: Math - 10 points 

Activity 2: Science - 8 points

Activity 3: Social Studies - 20 points

Activity 4: Reading - 9 points

By now if you have completed all the activities you should know how math, science, social studies, and reading are involved with sweets. You should be able to tell me everything you did on this two day trip. After I get everyones results I will announce the winner. 

http://www.brighthubeducation.com/middle-school-math-lessons/12094-cook…;

http://www.candyexperiments.com/ 

file:///C:/Users/390089102/Downloads/candyculturebookletform.pdf 

 http://www.dailyesl.com/cooking-baking.htm

This is a good webquest to teach kids how to cook by using something they love. You could also use this as an extra credit asignment. These lessons teach everyday skills that students will need to know. I find that students pay attention more when they get to use what they love to help them learn.