Baking Lab

cookie science?

Camp Stoves

Why do we
cook our food?

Baking is Chemistry

• Interactions between ingredients
• Using heat as a tool to create/change/alter
• Heating all at once vs heating unevenly
• The "rise"
• Sugar

Criteria - Apply these

• Particle Model of Matter
• Convection/Conduction/radiation(?)
• Change of State
• Heat vs Temperature
• Heat effect on volume
• chemical reactions
• measuring temperature
• insulation

math...

• fractions decimals and percentages
• 8's - Ratios/rates
• you need to demonstrate an understanding
• points for creativity and integration
• volume percent increase?
• weight change?
• temperature change?

Tips

• If you're looking, you're not cooking
• Steam = convection
• Cooking Low and Slow
• If it smells burnt, it is
• smells good? - it's almost done
• Sugar burns - keep it away from direct heat
• organization is key

your steps

• See your group
• make a list of concepts - understand them
• pick a recipe
• pick some strategies - prep
• gather ingredients
• make notes throughout
• on your marks... get set... baaakkeee!
• record/reflect
• decide how you're showing what you learned - posters work well

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