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Fractions in the Kitchen
Ginger Raven
Chico Jr. High School, Chico, CA
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Fractions In The Kitchen
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My name is Ginger Raven and I am an Assistant Principal at Chico Junior High School and former Home Economics Teacher.
My web site is: http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~graven/index.html
My email is: [email protected]
This is a seventh/eighth grade Math lesson (standard 1.0) on fractions. The students will use a cookie recipe to double, triple and cut in half fractions.
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Expectations
Create a lesson using technology to be used in a math classroom
To learn how to use Excel to show results with graphs and charts
To learn how to use power point for presentations
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Outcomes
I learned the following:
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Searching the internet for educational websites
Downloading and uploading techniques
Using Excel to create graphs
Linking pages and projects
Using Power point to create a presentation
Web page creation in Netscape Composer
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Successes
Students realize the use of math in real life situations
Students interest in learning math increased
Food always creates built in incentive to learn
Students learned how to measure accurately
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Successes Continued
Met standards
Students use of measuring utensils introduced in relation
to fractions.
Students use the internet to find recipes
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Shortcomings
Lack of student knowledge of how to do fractions
Lack of student knowledge of cooking
Time and equipment so students could make their own
cookies
Lack of adult help
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Pre-Test Score Adriana Alvarez
Ashleigh Bowles
C.J. Brister
Carlos Cabrera
Lisa Cain
Jonathan Cantu
Darcel Cernas
Miranda Dispensa
Juan Figueroa
Eva Jiminez
Donovan Knight
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Student Data
The students improved in their post tests and the average of their projects. There were a few students that did not improve. These students weren’t quite ready for fractions or their attendance was poor. F
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Revisions
After reviewing the data, I noticed that the students needed more practice with fractions before making the cookie recipe. Their wasn’t enough time for the students to learn how to use the cooking lab and make the cookies. I would make the unit longer in length.
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Summary
This project helped me see how using technology motivates students to learn. Our PLATO lab has been very successful in remediating students. This lesson encouraged students to see the value of learning math and how they will use it all their lives. Creating lessons around the standards is necessary today and hopefully these lessons will be helpful to other teachers. I learned many new techniques from this project.
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Student Work
The following slides contain pictures of the math lab students working on the Fractions in the Kitchen lesson.
Enjoy!
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