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Chemistry Cooks Cookies

5/19/2015

 
On May 12th, Mrs. Wendy Oelrichs’ second and fourth hour Chemistry 1 classes baked cookies as part of a lab. The purpose of the lab was to study Stoichiometric chemistry, namely about how ingredients come together to make a certain amount of something. Mrs. Oelrichs took this opportunity to have some fun with a lab, as well as show this process in action.
Not only is it a helpful way of teaching science , the students enjoyed themselves as well. It was a chance to get out of the classroom and to make something that they can eat. Junior Abby Perdue was in second hour when she made her cookies: “It was really fun,” she reports, “because we got to make cookies with our friends, and then we got to eat them. We had to clean everything up; that wasn’t the best part, but it was worth it. And our cookies were a little flat, so I recommend not mixing them too much, just only enough.”

Each group made roughly 24 cookies, and there were four people to each group. Each person was responsible for bringing in some of the ingredients needed to bake cookies, and each group split up their cookies among the members. Junior Jon Stone enjoyed making these cookies: “It was a great time being with my classmates and baking with them, and all around, it was a good time. I would really recommend taking Chemistry, not just because of this, but also because you have fun times like this all the time in the classroom.”

Mrs. Oelrichs also discussed the lab: “It was a lab in the materials in the textbook, and it looked like fun, so I decided to try it.” She replied when asked when the lab was started. “It’s a good incentive to get through that chapter. The students enjoyed the lab. It’s one of my favorite labs to do since it reinforces the material, and it allows us to get out of the classroom, and it helps students relate chemistry to everyday life.”

Now the students realize that every time they bake cookies, they are doing chemistry!

-by Robbie Cichon



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