Food, Fun, and Fractions

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Food, Fun, and Fractions

• Introduction
• Task
• Resources
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Standards
• Citations
• Teacher Notes

• A WebQuest for 5th Grade
• Math
• Designed by Ashley Schumm
• aschumm_at_hlschool.org
• EDTL 680 Information Literacy for Teaching and
  Learning Summer 2008
• Based on a template from The WebQuest Page

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Introduction

• What wonderful smells fill the air when someone
  is baking in the kitchen. Making great treats to
  share with your classmates is fun, but the
  problem is some recipes wont make enough. We
  may have to double or triple them in order to
  have enough. What you make is up to you, but
  remember, its all about sharing in the end. Let
  the fun begin!

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Task

• Listen to the teacher read Pigs in the Pantry.
  Use the internet to locate recipes to try. Once
  recipes are found you will have to work with your
  group to decide which three to make, but remember
  you have to double or triple your recipe so the
  whole class can have some.

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Resources

• Computers
• Pencil
• Paper
• Calculator
• Cooking Supplies (will vary depending on what
  students make)
• Craft Materials

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Process

• Listen to the teacher read Pigs in the Pantry.
• As a class discuss some favorite foods, and how
  they are made.
• Get a laptop and use the listed websites to look
  up different recipes.
• Websites to Use
• Funfamily.com
• Kids Health
• Aunt Libby's Kitchen
• KulinaryKidz
• Find two recipes you like and print them out.
• As a group decide which three recipes you would
  like to make.

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Process Continued

• After deciding on recipes, do the calculations
  for doubling and tripling the recipes (watch
  those fractions) so your classmates can all have
  a bite.
• Create a fun name for each recipe and design a
  package for each recipes using clipart from the
  listed websites. Get creative!
• b. Use these websites
• Classroom Clipart
• Discovery Education Clipart
• After the packages are created, we will all go
  the kitchen to make our goodies for the class!
  (With help from the teacher)

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Evaluation
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Conclusion

• Way to go! We just finished having a great party
  with yummy food. You have learned how to add and
  reduce fractions as needed. The packaging looked
  amazing, and we all had fun being creative.

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Standards

• Ohio Math Academic Content Standard
• Justify why fractions need common denominators to
  be added or subtracted.
• Guidelines for Effective School Library Media
• Develop a search strategy that uses appropriate
  and available resources including narrowing or
  broadening the search topic/question.
• Ohio Academic Content Standards for Technology
• Determine the best sources to use for the
  assigned topic or personal information need.

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Teacher Notes

• This WebQuest was created to use with Special
  Education students.
• Great way to get students to work together for a
  common goal.
• Could make the groups find recipes for a whole
  meal (main dish, sides, dessert) instead of
  recipes of choice.
• Could also work with multiplying fractions.

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Citations

• Classroom Clipart. (n. d.). Food Clipart and
  Photos. Retrieved July 8, 2008, from the
  Classroom Clipart Web site http//classroomclipar
  t.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi?directFoods/Foo
  d_Clipart
• Cover of Pigs in the Pantry. Retrieved July 15,
  2008, from the Hopewell-Loudon Library Web site
  http//web2.noeca.net/web2/tramp2.exe/form/A1lbp9i
  b.000
• Discovery Education. (2008). Clipart Gallery
  Food. Retrieved July 9, 2008, fromthe Discovery
  Education Web site http//school.discoveryeducati
  on.com/clipart/category/food0001.html
• Kulinary Kidz, (2008). Fun Kidz Desserts.
  Retrieved July 8, 2008, from the Kulinary Kidz
  Web site http//www.kulinarykidz.com/desserts/ind
  ex.php
• McGee , Butch. (July 7, 2008). Aunt Libby's
  Kitchen. Retrieved July 8, 2008, from the Aunt
  Libbys Kitchen Web site http//www.mcgees.com/Ki
  tchen/desserts.aspx
• The Nemours Foundation. (2008). Recipes for Kids.
  Retrieved July 7, 2008, from the Kids Health Web
  site http//kidshealth.org/kid/recipes/index.htm
  l
• Walt Disney Internet Group. (n.d.). Baking with
  Kids. Retrieved July 7, 2008, from the Family Fun
  Web site http//familyfun.go.com/recipes/kids/spe
  cialfeature/baking_rec_newsletter_04/baking_rec_ne
  wsletter_04.html