Let children write their own recipe, including directions for how to bake a cake. Allow children time to share their recipes. Present an actual recipe for a cake. Bake a cake or cupcakes. B G. Hennessy Mathematics Connections 1.
Children double the ingredients in the recipe they are using for the cupcake batter.
Children cut the recipe ingredients in half or in quarters. Draw your favorite kind of cake then graph. Graph students birthdays. Science Connections 1. As a class, discuss the ingredients in a real cake and show examples of each ingredient.