Math by Design


Grade Level:  5


Subject:  Math, Science, History


Learner Outcomes:



Duration of Lesson: 60 minutes per day for 7 days

Materials:

  1. Basic recipe for candy bar and ingredients listed in recipe
  2. Products to investigate
  3. mixing bowls
  4. silverware
  5. graph paper
  6. pencil
  7. colored pencils
  8. foil
  9. oil
  10. cooking spray
  11. paper
  12. hot plates
  13. safety goggles
  14. refrigerator
  15. student developed candy molds (they will create during this lesson)
  16. parchment
  17. tin
  18. food processor

Technology/Courseware:

Multimedia Computer with internet, publishing software (i.e. Print Shop, Greeting Card Workshop, Print shop Pro, Print Master)
Power Point, Digital Camera


Teacher Notes:



Procedure:
 
  1. Teacher will introduce lesson to students
  2. Teacher will discuss rules:  class, cooperative group, cooking, electrical appliances
  3. Teacher will facilitate discussion about marketing food products
  4. Teacher will place students in groups of four
  5. Teacher will provide various products for students to investigate and discuss
  6. Students will compare and contrast, using venn diagram, several different food products
  7. Students will research product design on internet
  8. Students will design a wrapper and mold for a candy product.  Students may use pencils, colored pencils, graph paper, or publishing/graphing programs such as Paint Shop Pro, Print Master, Print Shop.
  9. Students will use a digital camera to photograph each step of the process.  At the end, each team will develop a power point presentation and present the show to the class.
  10. Teacher will approve of each team's design and mold
  11. Students will create mold using tin or other flexible molding material safe for food use
  12. Teacher will again discuss safety in classroom when working with food, appliances and electricity
  13. Each team will be given a basic recipe for chocolate and the ingredients for the basic recipe.
  14. Each team will be given additional ingredients and flavorings
  15. Each team will record every step in the chocolate making process with the digital camera for making a power point presentation at the end of the activity
  16. Each team will mix the basic recipe.  They may add flavorings to make the candy bar their own
  17. Each team will place their candy recipe into their students designed mold and refrigerate until candy has settled according to the recipe
  18. Each team will remove the candy from the mold and wrap their candy in their team designed wrapper
  19. Students will present their candy bars to each other and groups of teachers of a tasting contest.  Winners will be recognized at school level and in local newspaper.
  20. Students will make power point presentations of the process


Modifications:

Peer assistance in cooperative group
Refer to individual student IEP


Enrichment Activities:

Students may submit their design to the Hershey Corporation local candy manufacturer
Students could teach what they learned to a lower grade and share the sweet treat with younger students



Evaluation/Assessment:
 
100% Completion of Venn Diagram by Group, 100% Completion of Group Wrapper Design and Mold Design, 100% Completion of Power Point Presentation by Group, Group gives presentation to class, 100% Completion of Group Recipe, mold and wrapper for tasting contest 86% Completion of Venn Diagram by Group, 86% Completion of Group Wrapper Design and Mold Design, 86% Completion of Power Point Presentation by Group, Group gives presentation to class, 86% Completion of Group Recipe, mold and wrapper for tasting contest 76% Completion of Venn Diagram by Group, 76% Completion of Group Wrapper Design and Mold Design, 76% Completion of Power Point Presentation by Group, Group gives presentation to class, 76% Completion of Group Recipe, mold and wrapper for tasting contest 75% Completion of Venn Diagram by Group, 75% Completion of Group Wrapper Design and Mold Design, 75% Completion of Power Point Presentation by Group, Group gives presentation to class, 75% Completion of Group Recipe, mold and wrapper for tasting contest
Grade of "1" Grade of "2" Grade of "3" Grade of "4"

National Standards:

Understands how the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed American society
Understands the historical perspective
Uses a variety of strategies in the problem-solving process
Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers
Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts  of measurement
Understands the general nature and uses of mathematics
Understands the nature of scientific inquiry
Understands the scientific enterprise

West Virginia IGOs:

History Grade 5:  5.20, 5.19, 5.17, 5.13
Math Grade 5:  5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.23, 5.38, 5.42, 5.46
Science Grade 5:  5.4, 5.5, 5.8, 5.11, 5.17, 5.18, 5.19, 5.20, 5.21, 5.23, 5.30


References:

Pallotta, Jerry and Bolster, Rob, Hershey's Milk Chocolate Fraction Book,Scholastic Books,  NY, NY 1999
Encylopedia
 

Web sites:


Authors:

Angela Abbott
Teresa Hammond
Kelly Haynes
Midway Elementary
 
 
 

Lesson 1


 
 

Lesson 2

Lesson 3


 
 
 

Lesson 4

Lesson 5


 

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