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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? further investigation into healthy eating and looking at sugars found in everyday foods

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Putting it into real life situations

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“Kids loved this, lots of key competencies used.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? As mentioned above, our new STEM lab is about to open and the content of the kit has sparked some excellent ideas for me about using a control, focusing on theories and then reviewing and creating a final product for a range of topics.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Reflecting on the role of ingredients is a powerful way for students to think about why they would or would not put a quantity of an ingredients in - much more powerful than being told. Also it opens their minds to think well beyond sweet cakes.

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“Hello. I love the idea of the kit. Unfortunately, I have not had access to the classes I normally teach for weeks now as I have taken 5 year olds to 11 year olds who are the children of essential workers. We have had no access to cooking areas and have had restrictions up until recently on the sharing of equipment. I have a few Year 6 students so we have read through the chemistry chart together and looked at the cans. I am hoping to do some prediction work with them next week but unfortunately the cans will stay sealed until next year. Our brand new STEM lab with 4 ovens has been delayed in being signed off but will be available in 2022 so I am keen to use the kit then. Thank you so much for your patience and I apologise for not being able to get this working. I love the kits and some of my best teaching has come from them so I would be devastated to not get a chance in the future. Kind regards, Anita Knight from Sunnybrae Normal School. As the boxes below are compulsory, I have based my answers on exploring the box and discussing the process with some students.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More baking and manipulating cooking

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Great maths, lots of thinking! The children loved making the playlist of experiments

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“Great kit once we got into it. Kids loved it and worked in groups with a different vegetable”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would definitely use something like this again. Unfortunately my time frames were too tight but I can see the potential to conduct a large scale investigation into baking, ingredient proportions and experimentation with multiple variables. There could b

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Use of measurement & proportions for maths. Very clear links to science & the scientific method. There are good youtube videos available to support learning and explain the chemical reactions that occur during baking.

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“The kit was great - I could figure out how to adapt it to year 4 but I can see the potential to take the learning further and deeper. The teacher notes were well written and had plenty of substance. I liked the recipe cards and the poster made a good display.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? More alternate ways to cool and more interest in science

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Fantastic

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“We were due to start this the day Covid hit Auckland. The class were incredibly excited. Post lockdown I just had 7 kids who enjoyed it but wasn’t able to do the online due to overwhelm bjt what an awesome science based resource”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Checking labels on products to see sugar content and those that say reduced sugar - how much is it reduced? My photo of the cakes would not upload for some reason.

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Huge engagement. Great talking about the science of what is happening to the mixture. Measuring was also interesting to watch develop and improve.

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“This was a fantastic kit. My class really enjoyed making the three different cakes. I like how we did the control cake first before swapping things out. The parents also enjoyed hearing about what they did. In the last cake trial I let the students make some choices for themselves from fruit and veges they had at home. It was great being able to discover what the different ingredients did for the cake. Lots of amazing learning. i would definitely do this again.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Our children were already keen in the kitchen - this kit encouraged the children to explore further with new recipes, other ways to substitute main ingredients and how to improve overall health component of cake baking.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? The measuring side of things was a great practical context for Mathematics. Understanding the chemistry behind cake baking clearly linked to Science teaching. The experiments leading up to the actual baking was great exploration of chemistry.

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“This was a great kit that we were able to use with our large class of Year 7 and 8 students. They were already keen bakers in the kitchen, so this was a nice extension of some earlier learning we had worked through. The children were fascinated by the basic cake recipe anyhow it works. They had a lot of fun substituting and adding in vegetables.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Doing mor cooking with my children and promoting healthy eating.

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Yes we had been learning about measurement so it helped immensly.

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“The children enjoyed learning about making healthy vegetable cake.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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