How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Children wanted to keep trying different ideas. They were keen to see if aquafaba could come from other vegetables, like the liquid in the garden peas? They also wanted to try other scales and measuring different things.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? We measured, compared, added, subtracted, multiplied. We found out the math and science really are everywhere.

How successful was this kit in promoting scientific thinking?

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“This has been the best kit yet. I did not share the cake poster till after the children had researched what flour, fat, sugar and egg do in cake. We used the poster as our answer guide. I loved that the children had to find out what words like leavening meant. They then went on to notice bubbles in the school pool and said "Hey that is like carbonated water, we could catch those and use them as leavening!" The results were amazing and the pictures tell it all. Peas in a cake...not thank you. We saved this kit for the last week of term. It was perfect. Math, reading, writing, science, discussion... true integration.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? You could use this method for many things the kids eat to think about healthy eating - burgers / shakes / anything at all. You could also incorporate this into what they choose to grow in their school vege garden. Lots of inspiration for next year.

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? They are pretty engaged in general, but were incredibly engaged with this particular unit. They love baking, and it was awesome to see the groups critique each thing they made and make adjustments.

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“Loved this Kit. It is my favourite one so far. So much maths we were able to incorporate, and science and health as well. The children were really thoughtful in their substitutions, reading labels, lots of discussion and comments such as 'this is sweet, so has sugar in it, so we could substitute this for some of the sugar', and 'avocado is really fatty, we could swap out some of the butter'. Loved the thinking and collaboration that went into it. And best of all, it was fun and highly engaging. Loved it.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Exposing different vege for taste and different ways of eating them

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How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Planning looks excellent

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“Sadly we didn’t get to make our vege cakes this year. It is in my planning for 2022”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? I would like to continue using this kit next year. Food Technology at its best!

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Brilliant! Food always inspires 11 - 13 year olds!!

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“My class loved this kit! It stimulated a lot of independent and group research - at home and in the kitchen. Researching and testing different vegetables as replacement ingredients was thought provoking and discussed animatedly. One group decided to "mush the peas"and insert the pea mash in the centre of the cake. Their reasoning..... if someone didn't like peas, they could eat all the "good bits' around the outside. Their work at home and in the classroom transferred brilliantly into our first ever visit to the Food Technology room. Students learned a lot from their mistakes during the unit - students had "nailed"the use of the kitchen scales in the classroom, but at the cooking station, that knowledge disappeared . However, during their second cooking session, students were measuring each ingredient very carefully.... A great kit. Thank you!”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? Innovation and creativity. Also, wleafd well into further study about healthy eating.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? It's a practical way of engagement

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“This is a great project which allows students to access the world of healthy eating as well as sparking an interest in food science. He tino pai rawa atu tēnā!”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? We are looking at introducing a garden to table programme.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? The class were fascinated by the idea of using vegetables in baking.

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“This kit was engaging and got the kids thinking about the ways in which they can use vegetables in their everyday cooking and meal planning.”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

Very Low

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? To do it all again with my new class. To be more practical in my teaching of science and maths.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? Real life problems with hands on component always engage students in hands on learning.

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“Once we had navigated the links and all of the detailed information the kids and I were into it! The science behind vege cake was engaging for my tauira, especially my Year 6 boys. Love, love, loved it!!”

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Posted 3 years ago

How high was student engagement throughout this kit?

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What future learning opportunities have arisen from this kit? The children loved cooking and it makes us see how much they love it so we are keen to incorporate into our learning more for 2022.

How effective was this kit in promoting healthy eating in your classroom?

How did the context of baking a cake help engage your students in science and maths learning? They loved the experience.

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“We had a great time making the cake. It was so easy with the few ingredients needed. We were very surprised how tasty it was with the ingredients we made it with.”

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Posted 3 years ago

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