KIDS COOKING WITH CALCULATIONS AND CHEMISTRY KC3 
SCHOOL  YEAR LEVEL  RECIPE TITLE (Link to KC3 index page) MATHS TOPIC SCIENCE TOPIC

Knox Northwest cluster

4

 Chocolate chunk muffins

(from Cadbury recipe page)

Addition
Division
Subtraction
Time

change of state in matter:
solids to liquid due to heat and force

GROUP MEMBERS

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INGREDIENTS

 

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BUDGET

 Maximum $10.00

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METHOD

 

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Kelly, Gemma, Katie, Doris

3  cups Plain Flour

3 tbs cocoa

1 tb baking powder

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 1/2 cups milk

200 gms cooking chocolate

120 gms melted butter

2 eggs

 

icing sugar and shaved chocolate for topping

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flour = $ 0.40c

500g = 1/2 of 1kg

1/2 of 200 = 40cents

 

cocoa = $0.17

baking powder = 

$ 0.06

sugar = $0.62 

milk = $0.22

2000ml * 0 = 0

chocolate = $0.71

butter = $0.50

eggs = $0.42

 

Total budget

$3.00 + 0.10 + 0 = $3.10

 

  1. Wash hands. 

  2. Preheat oven to 180 °.

  3. Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into a large mixing bowl..

  4. Cut chocolate into small chunks.

  5. Add the sugar and chocolate chunks into the flour mixture and mix well..

  6. Heat butter in saucepan till melted.

  7. Lightly beat 2 eggs.

  8. Add the milk, butter and eggs to your mixture.

  9. Mix well but don't overmix..

  10. Divide mixture into muffin trays.

  11. Bake for 20 -25 mins.

  12. Leave to cool for 5 -10 mins before decorating.

  13. (Optional) Sift icing sugar and chocolate over top once cooled.

  14. Serves 15.

COMPLETED RECIPE

finished muffins

 

 

KIDS COOKING WITH CALCULATIONS AND CHEMISTRY KC3 Reflection Section

COOKING WITH MATHS

 

What did you learn about maths and what principle did you  investigate? 

 

 

 

Improvising by using a mobile phone to complete calculations, in the absence of a calculator.

Estimation - which bowl size to use, measurements -reading abbreviations

 

 

cutting butter

 

COOKING WITH SCIENCE

 

What did you learn about maths and what principle did you  investigate? 

 

change in matter - 

butter from solid to liquid

ingredients expanded through cooking

force - mixture changed state

chocolate - grating

 

 

spooning into trays

THINKING CURRICULUM

What did our group find out about the Thinking Curriculum especially Habits of Mind?

ONLINE TEAM WORK

What did we learn about computer technology, group work, working online with partners?

Involved higher order thinking by processing the available information rather than straight recall.

The allocation of tasks, having different members of the group responsible for different aspects of the task involved Thinking Curriculum - working cooperatively whilst working on differing roles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

working online was not very effective - tasks should have been interrelated - what the two groups did did not really depend on the other.

Hard to attract the other group's attention when focussed on the cooking task.

Our group worked well together with the allocation of different roles.

Sharing digital cameras between groups was difficult.

Having the template (on disk) was useful.

Being familiar with the KC3 website meant we were able to choose from a recipe online rather than sort through the available cookbooks.