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Math Morsels
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Fractions, measurement, bar graphs
Food and
mathematics are a natural combination. When people cook, order
food in a restaurant, or buy groceries, they usually use mathematics
skills.
In this
activity, you'll sharpen your math skills by nibbling on fractions,
decimals, measurements, and bar graphs. Hope you have a good
appetite!
Start
with the first activity below.
»
Creepy
Crawler Recipes
» Calculator
Conversions
» Sweet
Advice
Creepy
Crawler Recipes
Believe
it or not, bugs and worms are a great source of protein! Suppose
your school is having a bake sale. Why not bake a loaf of
scrumptious worm bread? Or how about some cricket cookies?
You can find lots of creepy crawler recipes on the Internet.
What
You Do
- Print
the Creepy
Crawler Recipes Worksheet.
- Answer
the questions on the worksheet using the Iowa State University's
Tasty Insect Recipes website.
- Remember
to return to this page by closing the new window.
Get cooking
with Iowa
State University's Tasty Insect Recipes!
When
you're done with Creepy Crawler Recipes, go to Calculator
Conversions.
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Calculator
Conversions
Your Banana
Worm Bread was a hit at the school bake sale. Word got out,
and now people from all over the world are asking for your
recipe. That's great! The problem is that most people in the
world don't use customary units of measurement in recipes.
They use metric units.
You need
to convert the customary units in your recipe to metric units.
Luckily you have an online measurement calculator that converts
cups to liters. What You Do
Make
sure you have completed the Creepy
Crawler Recipes activity.
- Print
the Calculator
Conversions Worksheet.
- Answer
the questions on the worksheet using the online Cooking
Measures and Conversion Calculator.
- Remember
to return to this page by closing the new window.
Go to
the Online Cooking
Measures and Conversion Calculator!
When
you're done with Calculator Conversions, go give some Sweet
Advice.
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Sweet
Advice
Rescue
some friendly aliens! Their spaceship is hovering above the
United States in search of their favorite food -- ice cream!
Since they are aliens, they can go back in time to previous
years when more ice cream was available. You can find out
how much ice cream was made in the past at the National Agricultural
Statistics Service website. Then you can advise your alien
friends.
What
You Do
- Print
the Sweet
Advice Worksheet.
- Answer
the questions on the worksheet using the National Agricultural
Statistics Service website.
- Remember
to return to this page by closing the new window.
Now go
to the National
Agricultural Statistics Service website.
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