Transcript Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School

Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School
Fractions in the Kitchen
Ginger Raven
Chico Jr. High School, Chico, CA
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Fractions In The Kitchen
Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School
Fractions In The Kitchen
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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My name is Ginger Raven and I am an Assistant Principal at
Chico Junior High School and former Home Economics
Teacher.
Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School
Fractions In The Kitchen
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
How to put a lesson on a web site
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Expectations
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Fractions In The Kitchen
Outcomes
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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I learned the following:
Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School
Fractions In The Kitchen
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
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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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Fractions In The Kitchen
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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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Shortcomings
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Student Data
Pre-Test Score
Adriana Alvarez
Ashleigh Bowles
C.J. Brister
Lisa Cain
Jonathan Cantu
Darcel Cernas
Miranda Dispensa
Juan Figueroa
Eva Jiminez
Donovan Knight
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.
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Carlos Cabrera
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Fractions In The Kitchen
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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Revisions
Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School
Fractions In The Kitchen
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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Summary
Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School
Fractions In The Kitchen
The following slides contain pictures of the math
lab students working on the Fractions in the
Kitchen lesson.
Enjoy!
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Student Work