Lesson Topic: Measuring and Equivalents

Lesson Description:

This lesson will focus on measuring while cooking/baking and using math strategies to convert recipe size correctly.    

Learning Goals/Outcomes:

• Identify cooking terminology related to abbreviations, measuring techniques, and converting recipes.
  
• Demonstrate how to measure dry and liquid ingredients.

Nebraska Standards:

HSE.MS.6.3 Identify cooking tool, utensil, and small appliance use and safely demonstrate their functions.

HSE.MS.6.6 Identify and practice kitchen safety steps while preparing foods in the kitchen.

HSE.MS.6.8 Identify recipe parts & discuss the importance of each including measuring, abbreviations, conversions, and cooking methods.

Teacher Planning:

Equipment/Materials Needed:

○      Worksheet + PowerPoint

○      Foods labs expectations

○      Bowls, measuring tools, and ingredients to measure

Time Required for Lesson:

○      1-2 40-minute class periods

Lab Set-up:

○      Set up labs for students to practice and demonstrate measuring

○      Students will need bowls, measuring utensils, and ingredients 

Technology Use:

_____ YES               __X__NO

Instructional Plan:

Anticipatory Set/Pre-Activity:

o   Students complete a review on cooking abbreviations. Students will match the abbreviation with the meaning (ex: c. and cup). This will get students thinking about previous knowledge they have as it relates to measurement in foods.

o   Guiding Questions:

• Were you able to recall the abbreviations and their meanings?

• Have you see these abbreviations before? Where?

Benefits/Explanation/Career Readiness Standards:

○      Students will use the following career readiness skills:

     ■      Apply appropriate academic and technical skills

     ■      Communicates effectively and appropriately

     ■      Makes sense of problems and perseveres in solving them

     ■      Uses critical thinking

     ■      Works productively in teams 

Activities (i.e. instructions, lesson, lab or project):

○      Lesson plan attached 

Closure:

○      Discussion questions related to measurement lab and using math in the kitchen

Assessment :

Formative and summative

Supplemental Information:

Modifications:

○      This lesson plan can easily be expanded to take more time. The lab with measurement could be a foods lab where students actually half a recipe (like cookies) and make it!

Safety Precautions:

○      N/A

Comments (adaptations for various grades/ages, teaching styles, etc.)

○     Additional materials: