For the past few months, I've heard multiple times, "why are we learning this? We will never use it" and as much as I always want to have a clever response, with some things it's more difficult than with others. Thankfully, fractions are a perfect example of math in the real world. We are going to use what we know about fractions and division to make rice krispies for Valentines day.
So here's the plan: students will work in groups of 4, ideally with an adult supervising each table, but one adult per two tables will work as well. They will be given the recipe that yields 12 rice krispies and their job will be to figure out how to make 6 (half the recipe). They will discuss and half their recipe, after which it will be time to bake, cool, and eat the sweet treats followed by reflection session while we snack on teamwork, how we used fractions, and other uses of fractions in the real world.
Photos of our creations are finally updated as well .
Wish me luck!
Below is the sheet students are receiving and answer key on second page:
rice krispie directions (click here for directions)
