Measuring Tools in the Kitchen

Teach your students all about how to use measuring spoons, dry measuring cups and liquid measuring cups with this fun hands on rotational activity and presentation with guided notes. Great for a life skills class, foods or culinary arts Family and Consumer Science class.

Students will learn how to:

• Identify and properly use measuring spoons.
• Identify and properly use dry measuring cups, including flour, brown sugar, sugar/oats, solid fats and peanut butter.
• How to read the wrapper on a stick of butter.
• Identify and properly use a liquid measuring cup.
• The difference between Customary and Metric systems of measurement.
• Identify baking tools, including a stand mixer, sifter, rotary beater, muffin tin, kitchen scale, hand mixer, rolling pin, fine mesh strainer and whisk.

What is included?

• 12 hands on measurement rotation activity with 3 page follow along notes and complete teacher guide for setting up all the stations.
• 8 slide presentation with 2 pages guided notes.
• 4 gift in a jar recipes with direction tags for students to use their measurement knowledge.
• Worksheets on measuring spoons vs dry measuring cups vs liquid measuring cups.
• Worksheet on customary vs metric units when measuring.
• Comprehensive quiz to test knowledge.