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Default Baking Bread with my Class

In article >,
gloria p > wrote:

> On 4/13/2013 4:29 PM, Tara wrote:
> > We study heat each year, so as a culminating activity to demonstrate
> > conduction, convection, insulators, and uses of heat, we made bread in my
> > bread machine Friday. We use the baking as a chance to discuss
> > measurement and elapsed time as well. I have never had a class as
> > excited as this one to bake and taste the bread. They looked forward to
> > it all week and enjoyed it so much.
> >
> > Tara
> >

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> It always amazed me how many students (young and old) didn't know the
> origin or process of creating things like bread, cheese, pickles,
> butter, etc.
>

Cooking or baking is a great (and reasonably priced) way to teach
chemistry and physics. All of the rules apply.

Cindy

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