alef Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 The kids and I made orange rolls this morning. This involved fractions, measurement, elapsed time, multiplication (doubling the recipe), geometry (if the original recipe says we should roll the dough into a 12x14 inch rectangle, how big should our rectangle be with twice the amount of dough? They had to figure out it wouldn't be 24x28). Breakfast and math in one fell swoop :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Great! I wish my kids were still little. Sigh. I haven't figured out a way to work Algebra 2 into baking breakfast :lol: Enjoy your orange rolls. That sounds delicious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted September 16, 2013 Share Posted September 16, 2013 Great! I wish my kids were still little. Sigh. I haven't figured out a way to work Algebra 2 into baking breakfast :lol: Enjoy your orange rolls. That sounds delicious! Good point. At least topology lets you have doughnuts and mugs of coffee as legitimate mathematical demonstrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alef Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 Great! I wish my kids were still little. Sigh. I haven't figured out a way to work Algebra 2 into baking breakfast :lol: Enjoy your orange rolls. That sounds delicious! Hmm, wonder if you could write a function to model the way blood glucose levels rise and fall after a meal? And investigate differences in that curve if you eat a high carb or low carb breakfast? I'm sure there's some way to fit it in... :) Yep, I'm enjoying my kids being young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 18, 2013 Share Posted September 18, 2013 Hmm, wonder if you could write a function to model the way blood glucose levels rise and fall after a meal? And investigate differences in that curve if you eat a high carb or low carb breakfast? I'm sure there's some way to fit it in... :) Yep, I'm enjoying my kids being young. There probably is a way to do that but I'm not smart enough to do it! And that's another reason why I miss the days of having young kids. I was still smart enough to figure this stuff out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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