TeachingCulinary101

Blowing Up A Balloon with Leavening Agents Experiment 1 Baking  Concept: Baking Soda (Base) must have an acid to react to create Carbon Dioxide which helps a baked product to rise. Baking Soda and Baking Powder Experiment Materials & Pre-Demo Preparation: Lemon juice 1 Balloon Empty soda bottle 30 mL water 1 teaspoon baking soda (5 g) Funnel Directions: Place the balloon around stem of the funnel. Put baking soda into balloon. Pour lemon juice and water into bottle. Place end of balloon around neck of bottle. Let baking soda fall into bottle and observe *****Repeat this experiment omitting the lemon juice, substituting the baking soda for 2tsp baking powder and adding 30 ml of water. Yeast Experiment What do I Need? 1 packet of active dry yeast 1 cup of very warm water (105-115 F) 2 T Sugar Large Rubber Ballon 1 soda bottle What do I do? 1. Stretch out the balloon by blowing it up repeatedly, and then lay it aside. 2. Add t

***** I will be adding my test and PPTS The ServSafe Sanitation Curriculum is a lot of information to teach to high school students.  There is not an easy way to teach SANITATION!   I have tried cute ways, but the direct approach has always work best. In Culinary 1 (Intro Class), I usually teach chapters 1-6 of ServSafe. I quickly reteach this in Culinary 2 (Baking and Pastry), and I provide a full day of professional development in Culinary 3 (Hot Foods) covering all 10 chapters. I also proctor the ServSafe test on that day. I use the ServSafe PPT that I purchased and created flip-charts (for a smart board) so that I could write on them and the videos that accompany the PPT''s.  Here is an example of a note-taker that I use in my classroom. Culinary 2 Sanitation Artifact Here is a Google Poster Project you could use.  * Use Google Slide instead of Google Docs because of access to textbox feature.  Safe or Sorry Poster Project Culinary 2 Test Q

I am so excited to begin school tomorrow!!!!!!!! I decided to have this showing as students walked in the door to get them excited for what they will be able to accomplish this semester :) Lets look back at last year: I have been planning most of the day today trying to get my lessons planned for the nine weeks. I like to start the year with an idea of where I want to go, however;  the most important day of school is the first. It sets the mood for the entire school year. So here we go.... its M arvelous to M eet you I ways start the year with an ice breaker :) Then I teach a little bit about me :) with an intro to the teacher PPT.  Students learn more from someone they know.....and form a relationship with. Remind formally Remind101 is a group texting for the classroom. It helps me remind my students about assignments, projects or club meetings. It also allows students to ask m