Baking with Math

We have had another busy week here at Page. This week we continued working with fractions. We put our skills to good use by baking this week! First, we completed the Cookie WebQuest and then made chocolate chip cookie dough. Here is the recipe to try at home:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 cups chocolate chips
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 1/2 cups flour


Beat the eggs, sugar, brown sugar, shortening, and butter in bowl. Mix in flour, baking powder, and salt. Last, add the chocolate chips and mix well.

Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Enjoy!

Makes about 6 dozen cookies. Divide the recipe in half for 3 dozen, or double for more~our math students are good at this!

Do you have a favorite recipe to share?

Where has the time gone?

I can't believe another week has passed. Time is flying, and I am so proud of all of the hard work of our summer school students. This past week in math, we covered a lot of fractions. Students were busy with projects, which I will try to post soon.

Each student was given several pattern blocks. Students had to identify the fraction each piece represented. They were given a goal to create a picture or design using the pattern blocks. The only limits were that all four shapes had to be used and the picture must have a sum of 12. I am so impressed by what all of the students did! Here are some pictures...I am so proud of your creativity!

We are working hard at adding and subtracting fractions, and we are about to use fractions with our geometry unit. We will also be watching some of the Olympics and gathering and analyzing scores from various events.

Do you ever notice how much math is used in the Olympics? Where do you see math being used?