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Plastic-Free Cooking Challenge

Part 3 of 4 in the “Our Waste, Our Responsibility” series.

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Menu

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Let’s Head to the grocery store!

Do you think we can make this recipe completely plastic-free? >>

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Ingredients

  1. Dates (1 cup)
  2. Maple Syrup (1/4 cup)
  3. Nut Butter (1/4 cup)
  4. Rolled Oats (1 & 1/2 cups)
  5. Whatever Sweets or Nuts You’d Like!
    1. Almonds
    2. Dried Fruit
    3. Vanilla
    4. Chocolate Chips
    5. Etc.

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Ingredients

These are amounts for 10 bars - if you wanted to make 20 bars how would your amounts change?

  • Dates (1 cup)
  • Maple Syrup (1/4 cup)
  • Nut Butter (1/4 cup)
  • Rolled Oats (1 & 1/2 cups)
  • Whatever Sweets or Nuts You’d Like!

Test your knowledge!

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Let’s get cooking!

Learn how to make 5 ingredient granola bars! >>

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Wrap up!

What did we learn and what’s next? >>

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Standards Covered

Engineering

3-5-ETS1-1: Grades 3-5

Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.

Earth and Space Science

5-ESS3-1: Grade 5

Human activities in agriculture, industry, and everyday life have had major effects on the land, vegetation, streams, ocean, air, and even outer space. But individuals and communities are doing things to help protect Earth’s resources and environments.

Mathematics

3.OA.A: Grade 3

Represent and solve problems using multiplication and division.

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What’s next?

Get ready for the Plastic Solutions Engineering Challenge!

Watch the rest of Our Waste, Our Responsibility if you haven’t already!

Apply what you’ve learned about single-use plastics in your daily life!

Share your ideas with your class or with Ms. T at amanda@thekivacenter.com!

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