KIDS COOKING WITH CALCULATIONS AND CHEMISTRY KC3 (Hyperlink main page)
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 RCPC- Rich Chocolate Pecan Cookies Proportions, ratio, measuring, fractions, calculating Blending, dissolving, Temperature

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INGREDIENTS

 

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BUDGET

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METHOD

 

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Rick, Robyn, Sheree, Anne-Maree

 125g butter (softened)

100g (1/2 cup) firmly packed brown sugar

1 egg (room temperature)

225g (1 1/2 cups) plain flour

200g good quality chocolate coarsely chopped

150g (1 1/2 cups) chopped pecans

 

 

 

2kg flour = $1.58 need 225g= $0.20

 

1 kg brown sugar= $2.48

need 100g = $0.25

 

500g butter= $1.98

need 125g = $0.50

 

375g chocolate= $1.33

need 200g = $0.70

 

200g pecans = $4.14

150g= $3.00

 

2 doz eggs= $2.48

1 egg = $0.10

 

 

Total: $4.75

  1. Wash hands  thoroughly.  

  2. Pre-heat oven at 180 degrees celcius, collect ingredients and measure quantities.

  3. Soften butter in the oven (approx 2 mins), add sugar and blend.

  4. Chop chocolate and nuts coarsely.

  5. Add egg to the sugar and butter blend, stir.

  6. Sift and add flour to blend.

  7. Add chocolate pieces and pecan pieces, stir roughly.

  8. Take teaspoon sized portions and roll into balls. Place approx 3cm apart onto baking trays (lined with baking paper). Makes approximately 20 cookies.

  9. Cook for 20 minutes, changing tray positions after first 10 minutes.

  10. Leave to cool on tray for 10 minutes before eating

COMPLETED RECIPE

 

KIDS COOKING WITH CALCULATIONS AND CHEMISTRY KC3 Reflection Section

COOKING WITH MATHS

 

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

 

 

Proportions, ratio, measuring, fractions, calculating.  We had 375grams of chocolate but we only needed 200grams.  We worked out that half the block was 187.5 grams.  Then we weighed an extra 2cubes which worked out to be 14grams.  This made our total of approx. 200grams.

 

COOKING WITH SCIENCE

 

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

Change of state.  When we mixed the sugar with the heated butter we saw the sugar dissolve and realised you could no longer see the sugar grains therefore it had changed state from a solid to a liquid.  

 

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?

Managing impulsivity - We checked through a number of recipe books until we found one that we had all of the ingredients for before we started cooking.

Taking responsible risks - we used pecans instead of walnuts because that was what was available.  We melted the butter in the oven because it was too hard.

Responding with wonderment and awe - we encouraged and praised each other for efforts.  We were impressed with our results, as were our lunch guests.

There needed to be more ongoing communication with our partner group, particularly before we started to make sure that our recipe's suit.

We needed to work out our roles and responsibilities before we started.

Enhancing skills at inserting photos and formatting FrontPage.