My students need Bakers & Chefs Safe Heat, plasticware, serving utensils, and culinary classroom essentials to bring alive S.T.E.A.M. career paths in our classroom!
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My Students
I teach Culinary Arts in an inner-city Title I high school. The students come from varying backgrounds, many riddled with drugs, generational poverty, and domestic violence.
Many of my students have very limited "real world" experiences, especially when it comes to food.
My goal for them is to learn their way around a kitchen and to be able to provide for their families.
Our school system sees the value in Career Technical Education (CTE) and is building more programs to prepare these students to be successful beyond high school. Through CTE classes, these students are able to obtain valuable skills that will benefit as they enter the workforce.
My Project
How can you combine a student's love for cooking and baking with key lessons in math and science? Just by following the steps of a recipe, students can make important connections to lessons in the STEAM field. For instance, cooking/baking is an ideal avenue for STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics) exploration.
As STEAM grows in importance within our schools, why not equip our students to succeed in it?
This is why I am asking for various supplies to foster a love of STEAM exploration within my high school culinary classes. Culinary classes are often thrown to the side and thought of as an elective, but what not a better way to connect STEAM skills and principles to everyday life. There are so many skills that are required in cooking/baking that is often not thought of as a STEAM principle. Exposure to critical thinking (within recipes), measurement systems (using measuring devices), chemical reactions (why bread rises), problem-solving (why did the bread fail to rise), structural principles (pie crust strengths, cake structure), and creativity (decorate baked goods to creating new recipes) all can be learned within a culinary classroom! I am requesting Bakers & Chefs Daily Chef Safe Heat and Digital Food Thermometers to aid in our cooking explorations along with a wide array of disposable cups, plates, utensils, serving utensils, paper towels, gloves, tin foil, parchment paper, and cling wrap.
These materials will serve as a starting point for my students to explore the various avenues of the STEAM field and open up new career paths to those who fall in love with the culinary world! Each student will be given the opportunity to create (bake/cook) a masterpiece, a true work of art. Providing my students with this creative culinary experience is something they will never forget!
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
Bakers & Chefs Daily Chef Safe Heat, 7.92 oz (Pack of 12)
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$28.96
3
$86.88
GP Pacific Blue Ultra 59590 Automated Paper Towel Dispenser, 12.9" W x 9" D x 16.8" H, Black
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$20.00
4
$80.00
"OCCASIONS" 50 Pack, Premium Disposable Plastic plates,( 25 Dinner + 25 Salad plates) White/ Silver Rim
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$23.90
3
$71.70
Response 30200 22# Dispenser Hardwound Roll Towel, 350' Length x 8" Width, Natural (Case of 12)
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$32.18
2
$64.36
KiriAnne Wireless Meat Thermometer - Digital Food Thermometer with Built-in Timer for BBQ, Grilling, Smoker and Oven - Stainless Steel Probe - 98 Ft. Range
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$16.99
3
$50.97
Culinary Depot Heavy Gauge Serving Basting Spoons Stainless Steel Set of 4- 2 Solids 11, 15, 2 Perforated 11, 15
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$14.99
3
$44.97
Durable Foil Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil Roll, 12" Width x 500' Length
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$44.26
1
$44.26
Party Essentials Hard Plastic Two Piece 4-Ounce Champagne Glasses, Clear, Pack of 100
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$20.89
2
$41.78
100 Pack - 12 oz To Go Coffee Cups with Sleeves & Lids - Disposable & Recyclable White Paper Travel Coffee Cups
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$19.99
2
$39.98
Habor CP1 Meat Thermometer Digital Cooking Thermometer [5.9 Inch Long Probe] with Instant Read, LCD Screen, Anti-Corrosion, Best for Kitchen, Grill, BBQ, Milk, and Bath Water
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$6.49
6
$38.94
Set of 3 Stainless Steel Clam Shell Food Service Tongs with Sliding Rings. Quality Construction, Dishwasher Safe (9" - 12" - 16")
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$7.65
5
$38.25
Plastic Cutlery Silverware Heavyweight Disposable Flatware, Plastic Cutlery Like Silver Combo Pack 144 pieces - 36 of each Fork, Knife, Teaspoon, Soup spoon
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$11.80
3
$35.40
Dixie Ultra Heavy Duty Paper Plates, 10 1/16 Inch Plates, 176 Count (8 Packs of 22 Plates)
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