Student writing teams keep on the look-out for new technology at home and at school. Students maintain the Inventory Log as a 3-ring notebook or as a database of resources on the computer. The teacher assigns a student team to manage a specific mini- center. Teams set up the mini-center using new or scavenged equipment. Teams create a sample product using the mini-center.
Teams submit their recipe to the teacher for final testing.
The cookbook is a collection of approved recipes for all the centers. Students type up a final, clean draft of the recipe and insert it into the cookbook. The recipe is signed by all team members to show their responsibility for the recipe. Each team member individually is now responsible for answering other students' questions and for helping other students come up to their level operating the center. Each team member enters the mini-center recipe into their own portfolio.