Life Skills Arcade Middle school Family and Consumer Sciences, grades 6 to 8

Handout 1.6

Handout 1.6: Measuring Practice and Equivalents

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Unit 1: Kitchen Skills and Smart Eating
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1.6

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Name: ______________________ Date: __________ Period: ______ Team: ______

Part 1: The three techniques and the equivalents (Day 1, copy from the slide)

Kind of ingredientToolTechnique (how you do it)
Dry (flour, sugar, cocoa)Spoon it in. Do not ______. Level off with a ______ ______.
Liquid (water, milk, oil)Pour it in on the counter. Read the line at ______ ______.
Small amounts (salt, baking powder, vanilla)Fill the spoon. Level it if dry. Fill to the brim if liquid. Do it over a ______, not over the mix.

Abbreviations

AbbreviationFull wordWhich is bigger, tsp or Tbsp?
tsp
Tbsp
c
oz
lb

Equivalents (say them twice, then write them)

  • 3 tsp = 1 ______
  • 16 Tbsp = 1 ______
  • 8 fl oz = 1 ______ (liquid)
  • 4 Tbsp = ______ c
  • 2 c = 1 ______ (pint)
  • 16 oz = 1 ______ (by weight)

Part 2: Practice stations (Day 1)

At each station, measure the two amounts on the card. Write the tool and the technique. If there is a scale, weigh the first amount and write the grams.

StationAmount 1ToolTechniqueGrams (if a scale)Amount 2ToolTechnique
A Flour1/2 c1 Tbsp
B Sugar1/4 c1 tsp
C Water1 c2 Tbsp
D Oil2 Tbsp1/2 tsp
E Salt1 tsp1/4 tsp

Which station was hardest to get right? __________ Why? ______________________________________

Part 3: Equivalents practice (Day 1, alone, then check with a partner)

Show your work. Fractions are fine; so are decimals.

  1. A recipe needs 2 Tbsp of oil. You only have a teaspoon. How many teaspoons? ______
  2. A recipe needs 1/2 c of milk. How many tablespoons is that? ______
  3. A recipe needs 8 fl oz of water. How many cups? ______
  4. Double it: the recipe says 1/4 tsp baking powder. Doubled = ______ tsp
  5. Halve it: the recipe says 3 Tbsp sugar. Halved = ______ Tbsp (which spoons would you use? ______)
  6. A recipe for 4 people needs 1 1/2 c of rice. You are cooking for 8. How much rice? ______ c

Grade 8 stretch: 7. Halve 1 1/2 tsp of salt. ______ tsp. 8. A recipe for 4 needs 2/3 c of milk. Scale it to 6 people. ______ c

Part 4: Silent Measurement Challenge results (Day 2)

Team card letter: ______ Team total points: ______

CupWhat we measuredTarget (g)Our scale reading (g)PointsIf we missed, the technique error was
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Why measuring matters (from the debrief): In baking, flour is the ______, sugar is the ______ and the ______, and baking powder is the ______. If one is off, ______________________________________.

How our team communicated without words. Sentence starter: "Our team showed ___ by ___."

The one moment we wished we could talk: ______________________________________