I am so excited to be writing a blog. I love blogs. Most of the blogs I follow are fashion or cooking blogs, but they've always kind of inspired me to create a blog of my own.
So, you might be wondering why I've called this blog "The Squeaky Beaker." Well, beakers are one of the many tools we learn to use in the science classroom, and it's important to keep your equipment clean! Your experiment is only as good as your tools are clean. Moving on.
I had a thought today about my future science classroom. I want to teach my students how to read cookbooks, and how to compare recipes. Following instructions for making a recipe is like performing an experiment. In my experience, it feels very similar to gather your ingredients, read through the "recipe," make a plan, and then follow that plan to achieve a specific outcome. I also find food science to be fascinating. I thought about comparing and substituting ingredients for a particular recipe. For example, I thought about making two batches of chocolate chip cookies, one using butter, and one using margarine, and then examining (ahem...eating) the results. Although I'm not sure if this will be allowed in my future school, if it is, I would like to try this, or something similar, to examine differences in molecular structure and how that can affect the food we eat.
Until we meet again.
Mrs. Mullen
