Three Bean Salads

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This game teaches ratio and proportion by having learners make "salads" that combine three types of beans in different combinations. The recipes are written as word problems, such as "2 Lima beans/Twice as many Red beans as Lima beans/ 10 beans in all." The introduction page explains ratio and proportion, and connects the idea of proportion to algebra. This activity explicitly encourages trial and error. There are eight different recipes, and an extension to create new salads and write instructions for someone else.

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
Under 5 minutes
Learning Time:
10 to 30 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
1 cent - $1 per student
Age Range:
Ages 8 - 14
Resource Types:
Activity, Game
Language:
English, Spanish

Materials List (per student)

  • 3 types of dry "beans": Red beans, Lima beans, Black-eyed peas
  • Paper plates or paper cups to hold small portions of beans

Keywords

Subjects

  • Mathematics
    • Algebra
      • Patterns
    • Number and Operations
      • Fractions
  • The Nature of Technology
    • The Design Process
      • Problem Solving
  • The Nature of Science
    • The Scientific Process
      • Communicating Results

Informal Categories

  • Food and Cooking

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • see color
  • read
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Uses STEM to solve real-world problems
  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

Foreign language versions of this resource:

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Access Rights:

  • Free access

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Source Collection

  • Science After School Consumer's Guide

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