Looking through the resources made available through this website, I was attracted to 3 things: The Recipes, Baking resources and Tips for teachers.
This website provides all the 3 attractive resources for free.
These resources serve as a great use in explanatory terms of the lower and upper secondary topics such as:
Lower Secondary | Upper Secondary |
· Different methods of Cooking · Effects of different Cooking methods | · The science of food preparation and cooking · Reactions in food during preparation and cooking |
What I love about homebaking.org is its ease of use as well as a wide array of information on baking made available .
Informative websites on baking are difficult to search for and this website is simply perfect for preparing worksheets/practical lessons on the topics identified above.
In addition, the educator resources found on the first page of the website serve as a great guide in handling practical lessons.
It also supplements the content found in the Home Economics/Food and Nutrition textbook, enriching the students learning to a higher level.
Out of the 6 educator resources found on the first page of the website, the Safe Kitchen Check List, Cooking Skills Checklist and Ten Tips for Baking Sucess are especially useful for the lower secondary students in conveying the message of these 3 aspects.
Lower Secondary Students
Safe Kitchen Check List
This checklist could serve as a great teaching guide for practical lessons.
With every knowledge prior to various cooking techniques/measuring basics/euipment knowledge acquired, the teacher will acknowledge against it.
This will be a great reference guide to how well each student learnt from the particular practical lesson and it will be a great overview on the whole year lesson, benefiting both in students understanding as well as lesson planning.
Ten Tips for Baking Success
Similar to the above two resourcces, these tips listed serve as a great guide for students to understand the secret to Baking Success.
Upper Secondary Students
The broad list of baking recipes available is useful in helping students decide what food commodities they would like to bake for.
The baking recipes for each food commodities is unique and special.
A definate plus point in choice of dish and presentation layout.
The recipe instructions are easy to undertstand, making execution of the dish less hassle.
The measurements of ingredients stated in the recipes are indicated in both household measures and in common kitchen tools and equipments.
Hence, conversion of units is not necessary when students refer to this website for recipes.
The measurements of ingredients stated in the recipes are indicated in both household measures and in common kitchen tools and equipments.
Hence, conversion of units is not necessary when students refer to this website for recipes.
The limiting factors of this website:
The recipes are limited to american choices and the resources for lower secondary is not in-depth for use in secondary level reseacrh.
Requires additional cross-referencing to other sources for greater explanatory terms.
These recipes are also useful in setting exam paper/quizzes to examine students on their proficency in recipe modification/baking techniques.
How to go about doing it?
Get students who extract the recipe from this website to do a short presentation on the review of the dish they made.
Example:
In terms of whether it is a healthy/unhealthy choice, whether the recipe steps are clear and whether the recipe works.
In terms of whether it is a healthy/unhealthy choice, whether the recipe steps are clear and whether the recipe works.
So Check out this site, you will be wowed!
Do you feel that this site will be a useful tool as we embark on our teaching career?
Do leave your comments/questions.
Many many thanks.
♥ Angela insights of Home Economics
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