As many know, birthdays are a huge deal in our family, so it was only right to celebrate turning 40 with some of Hughes Huskies during Saturday tutoring! Our 7th graders were challenged with the tasks of determining how much icing each cake would require, how many drops of food coloring to create the desired color of icing, the cost of how much it cost to ice the cake per square centimeter, and how big each letter could be, in order for the top of the cake to have a border. The thinking and excitement that was sparked on a Saturday morning, was one of the best gifts a teacher could ask for!
We first started with the task of determining how much icing we would need to cover our 2 tiered cake. It was interesting to watch our learners tackle this problem because some just measured, while others drew nets and determined the composite area of the figure. Once of the joys that comes with Saturday tutoring is that it's all of our kids, of various levels, collaborating together to determine their solutions.
To say our learners were engaged is an understatement! They absolutely loved creating & enjoying this birthday cake. An extension onto this activity was for the learners to determine how many square centimeters each letter would take up on the cake. As you can see, our 7th graders did a fabulous job of creating the best birthday cake, a teacher could ask for!
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