STEM in Cooking
Food assembly has long been a part of early childhood curriculum. There are many examples of how mathematics is embedded in preparation of ants on a log, or sandwiches. What is often overlooked is the STEM within actually cooking experiences. As children make their own servings of pudding, pancakes, muffins, quesadillas, eggs, or playdough, they engage in vocabulary that often has multiple meanings. In cooking we whip, beat, sift, dice...all words that have different meanings in different contexts.
There is mathematical thinking such as of more and less, shorter and longer in terms of time, number of scoops or spoonful’s and experiences connecting children to the concepts of volume and fractions. Cooking experiences can introduce cultural dishes previously unknown to children, or regularly enjoyed. Finally, cooking experiences immerse children in observations about properties of materials or ingredients, and how those properties may change when heat or cooling is applied to a mixture.
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Submissions from 2020
Making Individual Corn Muffins [Grades 2-3], Regents' Center for Early Developmental Education
Corn Muffin [Grades K-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Corn Muffin [Grades Pre-K], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Muffin [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Muffins [Grades 2-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Muffins [Grades K-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Muffins [Grades Pre-K], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pancakes [Grades 2-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pancakes [Grades K-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pancakes [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pancakes [Grades Pre-K], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pudding [Grades 2-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pudding [Grades K-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pudding [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Pudding [Grades Pre-K], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Quesadillas [Grades 2-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Quesadillas [Grades K-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Quesadillas [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Quesadillas [Grades Pre-K], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Scrambled Eggs [Grades 2-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Scrambled Eggs [Grades K-2], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Scrambled Eggs [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Scrambled Eggs [Grades Pre-K], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Simple Playdough for One [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
Simple Playdough for Two [Grades PK-3], Regents’ Center for Early Developmental Education
