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Cooking with Fractions
A Webquest by
Mrs. Jennifer Del-CastilloNEXT
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!
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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!
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TASK
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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/HowTo/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Birthday-Parties/Detail.aspx
http://www.foodnetwork.com/holidays-and-parties/index.html
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ProcessStep 2: Measurement Conversion
Convert your main dish to double what it normally serves.
Convert your side dishes accordingly:Triple one side dishQuadruple one side dishCut 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.
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Process
Step 3: Presentation –
THIS IS HOMEWORK!!!!
Make a display using your original recipes, converted recipes, and a drawn picture.
Be creative and neat!
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EvaluationAll 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
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Total 200 points
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Rubric for Grading
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RECIPE SEARCH (10 POINTS FOR EACH RECIPE = 50 POINTS)0 2.5 5
ONE INGREDIENT OR ZERO FRACTIONS IN INGREDIENTS
CONTAINS 2-3 INGREDIENTS AND
AT LEAST ONE FRACTION
MEASUREMENT
CONTAINS AT LEAST 4 INGREDIENTS WITH 2 FRACTION MEASUREMENTS
COPY, PASTE, AND PRINT (5 POINTS FOR EACH RECIPE = 25 POINTS)0 2.5 5
DID NOT COPY, PASTE, PRINT RECIPES
COPIED, PASTED, PRINTED RECIPES BUT NOT NEATLY
FORMATTED
COPIED, PASTED, AND PRINTED RECIPES WITH A NEAT FORMAT IN MICROSOFT WORD/APPLEWORKS
MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS (20 POINTS FOR EACH RECIPE = 100 POINTS)0 5 10 15 20
DID NOT CONVERT MEASUREMENTS
ATTEMPTED TO CONVERT BUT ALL WERE INCORRECT
HALF OF THE MEASUREMENTS
WERE CONVERTED CORRECTLY
ONLY 1 MEASUREMENT CONVERSION INCORRECT
ALL MEASUREMENT CONVERSIONS
CORRECTDISPLAY AND PRESENTATION (25 POINTS)
0 6 12 18 25
NO EFFORT AND NO PRODUCT
INCLUDED ONLY ONE COMPONENT
OF PRODUCT
INCLUDED TWO COMPONENTS OF
PRODUCT
INCLUDED ALL COMPONENTS OF
PRODUCT BUT UNORGANIZED
INCLUDED ALL COMPONENTS
(ORIGINAL RECIPES,
CONVERSIONS, AND CRITIQUES)
AND DISPLAY NEAT AND ORGANIZED
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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 WebQuest?
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