12_18_06

Begin taste tests.

Materials:

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 * goat cheese and cow cheese
 * two honeys, pollinated with different blossoms
 * whole wheat and corn tortillas
 * eggs from the farm and eggs from the grocery store, hard-boiled
 * 40 popsicle sticks (for tasting honey and soft cheese)
 * 40 small paper cups to put pieces of hard-boiled eggs in
 * different colored bowls and/or cups (to keep track of different foods)
 * paper plates to put the tortillas on
 * plastic knives for cutting tastes
 * cutting boards
 * clipboards
 * class lists
 * colored pencilse
 * pencils
 * newspaper to cover honey-tasting table

Groups prep. food in two cups or bowls of different colors. (For example, cut small pieces of tortillas and egg and cheese, pour honey into cups or bowls for dipping popsicle sticks.) The group knows which is which but the tasters don't. They rehearse how to give the tastes and ask which the taster prefers using the members of the study group as tasters. The recorders keep track of which the tasters like better following the method they planned on their planning sheet. Students playing games come over in their pairs to taste.

Students in study groups not doing the taste tests play Guess My Rule and/or other easily-self-regulated math-related games.