Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Integrating cooking: Geometry Snacks



During the summer the kids will eat all kinds of snacks. Pretzels are a popular snack for the kids, so why not turn it into a lesson while eating? With the use of pretzles, cheese, bread, and sometimes even marshmallows or frosting.

To practice geometric terms, you can use the food to practice terms such as “right angle” or “parallel lines.” Each student uses the frosting to adhere the pretzel sticks to the waxed paper to create an example of the geometric term.

While they are not rivieting stories, here are a few books that can also help them understand and have fun with their snack:





And of course, there are many more math books to hel students understand that shapes are all around.

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