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Sedgwick County

Sedgwick County
7001 W. 21st Street N.
Wichita, KS  67205
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Wheat Science 

Grades: 2-5
Time: Classroom bread baking activity takes approximately 75-90 minutes.

 

Bread

BREAD KITS ORDER HERE

Students can explore the importance of Kansas wheat, principles of baking, yeast development, and good nutrition. Science and math experiments with wheat and yeast allows students to discover real-life applications for skills learned in the classroom. Includes a bread making activity.

PLEASE NOTE: the bread making activity requires access to ovens to complete.

Sedgwick County Extension staff are available to teach this lesson to groups of 50-150 students or 2 or more combined classrooms only.

Bread Kits: Cost: $7.00. Each classroom kit serves four students and includes nearly all the ingredients needed for each student to bake individual sized loaves of bread. The only items that will not be included in the kit are vegetable oil, water, and plastic gloves for the volunteers. 

Kits will be available for pick up after December 7th at the Sedgwick County Extension Office. 

Order Deadline: All orders due Wednesday, November 1, 2023 (partial scholarships are available to Title I public schools - code TITLE1)

Teacher Provides:

  • Oven and activity supplies.
  • One adult volunteer for every 4-8 children is recommended.
  • Microphone/sound is required for classes taught by Extension staff.
  • TV and DVD player is required for classes taught by Extension staff.

Program Includes:

  • Wheat Science Lesson plan can be found top right under teacher resources.
  • Modern Marvels "Bread" DVD is available to borrow by contacting Cathy Jones, cpjones@ksu.edu.

A PDF version of the order information is available here for planning purposes only.

 

Kansas Education Standards Met:

Second Grade

  • 2-PS1-4. Construct an argument with evidence that some changes caused by heating or cooling can be reversed and some cannot.
  • 2-W.2.8 Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question
  • 2-MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
  • 2-SL.2.2 Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • 2-PS1.A1: Structure and Properties of Matter : Different kinds of matter exist and many of them can be either solid or liquid, depending on temperature. Matter can be described and classified by its observable properties. (2-PS1-1)
  • 2-PS1.A3: Structure and Properties of Matter : A great variety of objects can be built up from a small set of pieces. (2-PS1-3)
  • 2-PS1.B: Chemical Reactions : Heating or cooling a substance may cause changes that can be observed. Sometimes these changes are reversible, and sometimes they are not. (2-PS1-4)

Third Grade

  • 3-W.3.7 Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
  • 3-MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.

Fourth Grade

  • 4-NF.3A. Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole.
  • 4-LS1-1. Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction.

Fifth Grade

  • 5-MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively
  • 5-MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
  • 5-MD.C.3 Recognize volume as an attribute of solid figures and understand concepts of volume measurement