Introduction
It is your mom's birthday. You and your "siblings" are going to surprise her and invite some friends and family over for dinner and dessert. In order to do this, you have to alter the recipies accordingly to have enough food.. It is important that you add or subtract the fractions correctly so that the recipes turn out right. Ask as many questions as needed. One mistake could make a big mess...
Task
1. Your first task is to adjust the Swiss Chicken recipe for 15 people.
Be sure to simplify fractions if needed.
Record completed conversion of recipe, along with directions, in a Word document and submit.
2. Your second task is to adjust the No Bake Peanut Butter Bar recipe for 16 people.
Be sure to simplify fractions if needed.
Record completed conversion of recipe, along with directions, in a Word document and submit.
3. At one group member's house, prepare your group's assigned recipe to share with the class.
Process
Use the following websites to adjust your recipes as needed.
Adding fractions:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions_addition.html
Subtracting fractions:
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions_subtraction.html
Adding and Subtracting fractions:
http://www.math.com/school/subject1/lessons/S1U4L3GL.html
Swiss Chicken
Ingredients
6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1 package of Swiss cheese slices
10 1/4 ounces cream of chicken soup
10 1/4 ounces cream of celery soup
8 ounces chicken stuffing mix
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Arrange chicken breasts in the baking dish. Place Swiss cheese on top of each chicken breast, overlapping if desired.
Combine cream of chicken soup and cream of celery soup in a medium bowl, and pour over chicken breasts.
Sprinkle with dry chicken stuffing mix.
Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear.
Serves 6.
No Bake Peanut Butter Bars
Ingredients
1 cup butter, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs (can used boxed crumbs or grind whole crackers in a food processor with an adults assistance)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup + 4 tablespoons reduced fat creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 cups milk chocolate chips
Directions
In a medium bowl, mix together the mleted butter, graham cracker crumbs, powdered sugar, and 1 cup peanut butter until well blended.
Press evenly into the bottow of an unreased 9x13 inch pan.
In the microwave, melt the chocolate chips with the remaining peanut butter, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and smooth.
Spread over the peanut butter layer.
Refrgerate for a at least one hour before cutting into squares.
Serves 24.
Evaluation
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Cooking with Fractions! Evaluation
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Swiss Chicken Conversions
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All conversions were done correctly with no mistakes.
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All conversions were done with 1 or 2 mistakes.
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Some conversions were done with three or less mistakes.
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Some conversions were done with more than three mistakes.
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Peanut Butter Bar Conversions
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All conversions were done correctly with no mistakes.
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All conversions were done with 1 or 2 mistakes.
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Some conversions were done with three or less mistakes.
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Some conversions were done with more than three mistakes.
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Preparation of Recipe
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New recipes were followed with no mistakes.
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New recipes were followed with 1 or two mistakes.
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New recipes were followed with more than two mistakes.
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New recipes were not followed at all.
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Conclusion
By having the correct fractions when cooking, you will ensure that your food has the best taste and quality possible. If you were to make a mistake when adjusting your recipe, the food would not turn out as good as it is supposed to.
I hope that you enjoyed this assignment and we will now enjoy our food. Bon appetit!
Credits
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. (2013). Grade and Course Level
Expectations. Retrieved from
http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/GLE/
Real Housemoms. (2014). NO BAKE Chocolate & Peanut Butter Bars. Retrieved from
http://www.realhousemoms.com/no-bake-chocolate-peanut-butter-bars/
Teacher Page
Standards:
Numbers and Operations: Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems: B. Represent and use rational numbers: Grade 5: recognize and generate equivalent forms of commonly used fractions and decimals
Numbers and Operations: Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another: B. Describe effects of operations: Grade 5: describe the effects of addition and subtraction on fractions and decimals.
Teachers:
Valerie Borgstadt
Anissa Davis
Rebecca Fisher