Cooking with Fractions

A Webquest by Mrs. Jennifer Del-Castillo

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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.

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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 pointsMeasurement Conversions (20 points each) 100 pointsDisplay (25 points) 25 points__________________________________________________________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 RECIPESCOPIED, 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 ORGANIZEDNEXT

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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