Making Math Healthy and Fun!: Sandwich Fractions

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Sandwich Fractions

Today, we created healthy sandwiches using pickles, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, and low fat meats like turkey, low-fat ham, and chicken. The students loved making a tally chart of which toppings they preferred and calculating the fraction needed to serve everyone. It was a fun, hands-on way to see fractions in real life. Take a look at some of the pictures...

Learning about measurement

We made fractions!

Calculating the Problem

How many equal parts?


Healthy Math Rules!

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Purpose

Imagine a world where students come to school eager to eat vegetables and learn about math. Using Michelle Obama’s initiative toward healthy eating and fresh grown produce, this project will aspire to teach, encourage, and inspire students to become healthier while practicing crucial mathematical skills. This project will serve to allow students to see the influence of math and healthy eating on their everyday lives. Working with four groups of 8-13 students with cognitive disabilities, each student will learn and practice math skills such as addition, subtraction, identifying fractions, graphing, and measurement. Through the course of the project, we will plant a vegetable, make healthy snacks, role-play purchasing items, and learn fractions through food. Students will have the opportunity to learn from peer role-models from Jesuit High School during the project.