KIDS COOKING WITH CALCULATIONS AND CHEMISTRY KC3 (Hyperlink main page)

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Knox Northwest cluster

5/6

Spicy Vegetarian Noodles Dollars & Sense! Reaction Rates

GROUP MEMBERS

Miranda, Marie, Ian, Alison

INGREDIENTS

 

3 cloves garlic

800 g Singapore noodles

1 bok choy

190g tin water chestnuts

1/2 red capsicum

1/2 green capsicum

fresh ginger to taste

100g cashews

1 bunch spring onions

480g carrots

2 tbsp. sweet chilli sauce

2 tbsp. soy sauce

1 tbsp. vegetable oil

 

BUDGET

 Maximum $20.00

garlic   15c

noodles   $2.38

bok choy   $1.25

water chestnuts   98c

red capsicum   $1.37

green capsicum   0.30c

ginger 0.35c

cashews $2.03

spring onions   $1.48

carrots 0.84c

vegetable oil 0.04

chilli sauce 0.14c

soy sauce 0.1c

 

total cost $11.18

METHOD

 

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1. Finely chop spring onions and garlic.

2. Grate ginger.

3. Medium chop carrots, green and red capsicum.

4. Wash bok choy thoroughly, then cut into large chunks.

5. Put oil in wok, and heat on medium heat.

6. Add ginger, garlic, spring onions and cashews and fry for 2 minutes.

7. Add carrots, stir and cook for further 2 minutes.

8. Add water chestnuts, green & red capsicum. Stir for another minute.

9. Add bok choy, stir through quickly, then remove wok from heat.

10. Fill a large saucepan to halfway full with water, and bring to the boil.

11. Add noodles to boiling water, cook for one minute on medium heat.

12. Drain noodles, and add them to vegetables in wok.

13. Stir thoroughly to heat through.

14. Add chilli and soy sauces to taste, and stir through again.

15. Serve and enjoy!

Serves eight.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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? 

 

 

  • scaling up and down in working out cost

  • addition, division & multiplication

  • working within a budget

Principle investigated: applied mathematics

 

COOKING WITH SCIENCE

 

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

  • effect of heat : conduction, convection

  • surface area & heating

  • healthy eating

Principle investigated: heating & cooling; eating healthy on a budget

 

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?

learning can be fun

sense of humour helps

 

 

 

Everyone has a different idea, so you need to learn to listen 

Co-operative learning

Allocating roles is good as a starting point, but you also need to be willing to share roles to maximise group output