Baking Builds FACS STEAM

Baking is a tremendously compelling way for students to gain science, tech, engineering, art and math (STEAM) literacy and skills.  Whether labeled CTE, Culinary, STEM or “Maker Movement,” offering baking labs and activities serves Family & Consumer Sciences teachers.  Some quick go-to places to see “how” include these links to Home Baking Association baking STEAM resources.

Baking Builds STEAM workshop powerpoint from the 2016 FACE conference outlines the multiple sciences baking requires. Tech, engineering, art and math examples and activities are also included.

• http://www.homebaking.org/PDF/BakingBuildsSTEAMWorkshop.pdf

Ingredients are a great “test kitchen” STEAM focus– each ingredient has functions, if you want to create or adapt recipes for specific customers or needs, it requires students to hypothesize, test recipe outcomes using controls and variables and consumer -test the results.

• Check out agricultural and ingredient links from HBA’s many members. Examples are
• All about Sugar, https://www.sugar.org/all-about-sugar/
• All about Washington grown grains  http://wagrains.org/all-about-wheat/
• Test kitchen process behind recipe development, tips, techniques https://www.landolakes.com/testkitchen/

Bake “the latest” in Baking STEAM!

•  A Baker’s Dozen Smart Snack Recipes are ready for your FACS classroom and bake sales. https://homebakingassociation.wordpress.com/
• Science includes baking food safety. Help students “temp” their baked goods too, and follow critical food safety practices for selling baked goods. http://www.homebaking.org/PDF/HomeBakingFoodSafety101.pdf

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