On 3/10/2012 9:52 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 3/10/2012 1:04 PM, Tara wrote:
>> My class studies heat. As part of that unit, they need to understand
>> conduction of heat and that heat changes matter. Cooking is a great
>> way to reinforce those two concepts, as well as measurement and
>> elapsed time. I brought in my bread machine and a box of bread mix.
>> The whole hallway smelled heavenly. I have done this for several
>> years, and my kids always get so excited.
>>
>> Tara
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> It's amazing how much kids don't know about the origins of their food.
>
> Making bread, applesauce, butter, ice cream, etc. just amazes them. A
> friend who taught in a very poor rural district in VT did all of the
> above with her classes and what surprised her the most was that they had
> no idea that pickles were made from cucumbers.

When I let it slip that I could milk a cow, some of my third-grade
classmates were surprised that milk didn't originate in the bottles.

Jerry
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Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.
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