Cooking with Fractions A Webquest by Mrs Jennifer

Cooking with Fractions A Webquest by Mrs. Jennifer Del-Castillo NEXT

Welcome to Mrs. Yo’s crazy kitchen! While completing this webquest, you will use your math genius skills to become an expert chef and party planner! Thanks for your help…Now get to work! NEXT • Task • Process • Evaluation • Conclusion

TASK Mrs. Yo is in REALLY big trouble! She does so much at John F. Kennedy Middle School, such as Cheerleading, DEBS and the ESD team, that she almost forgot that Alex’s birthday is right around the corner! Since she is your favorite math teacher she needs YOUR HELP!!!!!!! His party is this weekend and she needs you to help decide what recipes to use. There will be 60 people at his party, so we will have to use our excellent skills with fractions to make sure we get the recipes right! For his party, we need to find a recipe for one main dish, three side dishes and of course…A CAKE! NEXT • Introduction • Process • Evaluation • Conclusion

Process Step 1: Recipe Search Use the links below to find recipes for a main dish, 3 side dishes, and a cake. Copy and paste these recipes into a Word document and raise your hand for my approval. http: //allrecipes. com/How. To/The-Ultimate-Guide-to. Birthday-Parties/Detail. aspx http: //www. foodnetwork. com/holidays-andparties/index. html • Introduction • Task • Evaluation NEXT • Conclusion

Process Step 2: Measurement Conversion Convert your main dish to double what it normally serves. Convert your side dishes accordingly: Triple one side dish Quadruple one side dish Cut one side dish in half Convert your dessert so it serves 5 dozen!!! Make sure you have all your computations done neatly on a separate sheet of paper. Type up your new recipes in a Word document. NEXT • Introduction • Task • Evaluation • Conclusion

Process Step 3: Presentation – THIS IS HOMEWORK!!!! Make a display using your original recipes, converted recipes, and a drawn picture. Be creative and neat! • Introduction • Task NEXT • Evaluation • Conclusion

Evaluation All students will be graded based on the following: Recipe Search (10 points for each recipe) 50 points Copy, Paste, and Print (5 points for each recipe) 25 points Measurement Conversions (20 points each) 100 points Display (25 points) 25 points _____________________________ Total 200 points NEXT • Introduction • Task • Process • Conclusion

Rubric for Grading RECIPE SEARCH (10 POINTS FOR EACH RECIPE = 50 POINTS) 0 2. 5 ONE INGREDIENT OR ZERO FRACTIONS IN INGREDIENTS 0 5 CONTAINS 2 -3 INGREDIENTS CONTAINS AT LEAST 4 INGREDIENTS WITH 2 FRACTION AND AT LEAST ONE MEASUREMENTS FRACTION MEASUREMENT COPY, PASTE, AND PRINT (5 POINTS FOR EACH RECIPE = 25 POINTS) 2. 5 DID NOT COPY, PASTE, PRINT RECIPES COPIED, PASTED, PRINTED COPIED, PASTED, AND PRINTED RECIPES WITH A NEAT RECIPES BUT NOT NEATLY FORMAT IN MICROSOFT WORD/APPLEWORKS FORMATTED MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS (20 POINTS FOR EACH RECIPE = 100 POINTS) 0 5 10 15 HALF OF THE ATTEMPTED TO CONVERT ONLY 1 MEASUREMENT DID NOT CONVERT MEASUREMENTS WERE BUT ALL WERE INCORRECT CONVERSION INCORRECT CONVERTED CORRECTLY DISPLAY AND PRESENTATION (25 POINTS) 0 6 12 18 NO EFFORT AND NO PRODUCT 5 20 ALL MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS CORRECT 25 INCLUDED ALL COMPONENTS (ORIGINAL INCLUDED ALL INCLUDED ONLY ONE INCLUDED TWO RECIPES, CONVERSIONS, COMPONENTS OF PRODUCT AND CRITIQUES) AND BUT UNORGANIZED DISPLAY NEAT AND ORGANIZED NEXT • Introduction • Task • Process • Conclusion

Conclusion Now that you have saved the day and are an expert party planner, take a few minutes to reflect on the assignment. Is that anything you would do differently if you did this again? What have you learned from this Web. Quest? • Introduction • Task • Process • Evaluation