Fractions in the Kitchen Ginger Raven Chico Jr. High School, Chico, CA Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Fractions in the Kitchen Ginger Raven Chico Jr. High School, Chico, CA FINAL PRESENTATION

Fractions In The Kitchen Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen My name is Ginger Raven and I am an Assistant Principal at Chico Junior High School and former Home Economics Teacher. My web site is: http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~graven/index.html My email is: graven@cusd.chico.k12.ca.us 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. FINAL PRESENTATION

Expectations Fractions In The Kitchen Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Expectations 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 FINAL PRESENTATION

Outcomes Fractions In The Kitchen I learned the following: Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Outcomes I learned the following: 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 FINAL PRESENTATION

Successes Fractions In The Kitchen Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Successes 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 FINAL PRESENTATION

Successes Continued Fractions In The Kitchen Met standards Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Successes Continued Met standards Students use of measuring utensils introduced in relation to fractions. Students use the internet to find recipes FINAL PRESENTATION

Shortcomings Fractions In The Kitchen Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Shortcomings 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 FINAL PRESENTATION

Student Data Fractions In The Kitchen FINAL PRESENTATION Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Student Data FINAL PRESENTATION 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.

Revisions Fractions In The Kitchen Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Revisions 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. FINAL PRESENTATION

Summary Fractions In The Kitchen FINAL PRESENTATION Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Summary 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. FINAL PRESENTATION

Student Work Fractions In The Kitchen Ginger Raven, Chico Junior High School Fractions In The Kitchen Student Work The following slides contain pictures of the math lab students working on the Fractions in the Kitchen lesson. Enjoy! FINAL PRESENTATION