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High School Grade  Project 2 weeks

Fraction Fusion: Bake the Perfect Recipe

Eunice C
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ESSK.01.03.a
FPPS.04.01.a
RFBS.01.05.c
RFBS.04.05.c
FPPS.04.01.d
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Purpose

You will investigate how fractions help you measure, scale, and adjust a baking recipe. Fractions are parts of a whole. Compare two batters and guess which worked better. Ask a grocery baker why measurement accuracy matters. Bake one recipe twice using equivalent fractions, different scales, correct units, tools, and portion control. Equivalent fractions are different names for the same amount. Journal after each bake. End each session by sharing one math win and one challenge. Use classmates’ taste-test cards to revise. Present before-and-after recipe cards, photos, and an improvement graph.

Learning goals

I can identify whole numbers, decimals, and fractions in recipes and measurement scales.
Fractions are numbers that show equal parts.
I can choose measurement units, abbreviations, and tools for liquids, dry ingredients, weight, and counts.
I can use equivalent fractions and baker’s percentages to scale recipes while keeping portions consistent.
I can bake twice, compare results, and revise measurements using feedback from a baker and classmates.
I can graph improvements and explain my fraction changes through recipe cards, photos, and reflection.

Standards
  • [Colorado] ESSK.01.03.a - Identify whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.
  • [Colorado] FPPS.04.01.a - Determine measurement units (liquid volume, dry volume, eight, bakers percentage, counts) and understand measurement abbreviations
  • [Colorado] RFBS.01.05.c - Utilize weights and measurement tools to demonstrate knowledge of portion control and proper scaling and measurement techniques.
  • [Colorado] RFBS.04.05.c - Utilize weights and measurement tools to demonstrate knowledge of portion control and proper scaling and measurement techniques.
  • [Colorado] FPPS.04.01.d - Equalize measurements using different scales
Competencies
  • Effective Communication - Students practice listening to understand, communicating with empathy, and share their learning through exhibiting, presenting and reflecting on their work.
  • Critical Thinking & Problem Solving - Students consider a variety of innovative approaches to address and understand complex questions that are authentic and important to their communities.
  • Collaboration - Students co-design projects with peers, exercise shared-decision making, strengthen relational agency, resolve conflict, and assume leadership roles.
  • Content Expertise - Students develop key competencies, skills, and dispositions with ample opportunities to apply knowledge and engage in work that matters to them.
  • Self Directed Learning - Students use teacher and peer feedback and self-reflection to monitor and direct their own learning while building self knowledge both in and out of the classroom.

Products

Create a before-and-after recipe card with whole numbers, decimals, fractions, units, and scaled amounts. Scaled amounts mean amounts changed to fit a new size. Keep a journal and photo log comparing two bakes, results, changes, wins, and challenges. Record the grocery baker’s tool comparison and advice about accurate measuring and portion control. Comparison means how you compare two tools. Collect classmates’ taste-test cards, then use their feedback to revise your recipe. Build and present a graph showing how much the revised recipe improved.

Launch

Inspect two safely prepared versions of the same baked recipe. Guess which fraction changes improved the texture, size, and consistency. Fraction means a part of a whole. Compare measuring tools with a grocery store baker, and discuss why accuracy matters. Record how fractions might change a recipe without changing its final result.

Exhibition

Display your recipe cards, photo log, and graph. Show how much the revised recipe improved. Invite several classmates to taste allergen-labeled samples. Ask them to write one noticed change on a shared feedback card. Explain your fraction changes, final results, and classmates’ feedback to the audience. A fraction shows part of a whole. Hear a grocery baker compare tools and explain why measurement accuracy matters.