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Life Skills Using Baking!

Help me give my students real life math, chemistry, and reading through baking.

  • 1 donor
  • $338 still needed

expires Aug 21

  • 1 donor
  • $338 still needed
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Celebrate Black Teachers and Students

This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.

My Project

We want to make cupcakes! The students in my classroom are high school Juniors and Seniors who need significant supports to finish a high school diploma. Along the way they need to understand how math, reading, writing and chemistry are relevant to them. With teenagers the route can often be eating!

Making cupcakes takes tools!

While cooking in general does take math, measurements and reading for content, baking has to be accurate. If the baking soda and acid aren't measured correctly the cupcakes won't rise. If the dry ingredients are not sifted, or mixed correctly, clumps of baking soda may wind up in teeth, which isn't pleasant. Reading needs to be done correctly because a cookie made with 3/4 a cup of salt rather than 3/4 of a teaspoon is disgusting!

Eight to ten of my students plan on making four batches of cupcakes. We start with using the recipes to create grocery lists. Then we figure out costs, after that we read through the recipes for new words. We use the recipes to decide how to expand them or shrink them.

Having thoroughly explored the recipes, we are ready to go to the kitchen. Having 4 mixers helps complete the projects within the timeframe of the class and cuts down on discussions of who has to clean them. Similarly, measuring cups for each station and mixing bowls and supplies are essential. Of course, these supplies will be used for several projects. Please help us!

Ms. Henderson
Never Before Funded Grades 9-12

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Hand Mixer Electric Mixing Bowls Set, 5 Speeds Handheld Mixer with 5 Nesting Stainless Steel Mixing Bowl, Measuring Cups and Spoons 200 Watt Kitchen Blender Whisk Beater Baking Supplies For Beginner • Amazon Business $36.54 4 $146.16
ProBake Set of Two Medium Nonstick Cookie Pans, Cookie Sheet, Baking Pan, Dark Gray, PB281-AZ • Amazon Business $14.14 2 $28.28
Box Grater, GUANCI Stainless Steel 4-Sided Graters for Parmesan Cheese, chocolate, Vegetables, Fruits, Ginger, Non-Slip Base, XL Size • Amazon Business $12.99 2 $25.98
Piping Bag and Tips Cake Decorating and Baking Supplies Kit Includes Cupcake Icing Tips with Pastry Bag • Amazon Business $5.99 4 $23.96
Bellemain Stainless Steel 3 Cup Flour Sifter • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Qtopun Silicone Mini Muffin Pan, 4 Pack 24 Cups Silicone Mold Cups Baking Pan, Silicone Muffin Tins Baking Moulds (12-cup multi-color) • Amazon Business $16.98 1 $16.98

Materials cost

$261.35

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$3.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$295.27

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$52.11

Total project goal

$347.38

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $347.38

1 Donor

-$10.00

Donations toward project cost

-$8.50

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$1.50

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $337.38

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