Delicious Designs – Life Skills Workshop

STEAM Question
“What ingredients did you use in your mix and in what measurements, and how did these measurements affect the appearance, taste, or texture of your creation?”

🍓 Delicious Designs – Life Skills Workshop

🎯 Purpose

In this workshop, we aim to help our students recognize different foods, develop awareness of healthy eating, improve their measuring and comparing skills, and apply pattern and symmetry in their own designs. Throughout the process, we guide our students to develop planning, collaboration, responsibility, hygiene, and problem-solving skills. The activity will be carried out in the classroom with parent participation, allowing students to share their experiences and strengthen their practical life skills.

🥣 Activity Instructions

🍱Arrange the classroom for the activity and prepare the necessary ingredients for different products, such as fruit yogurt, magnolia, and sandwiches.

🥄Provide measuring tools: teaspoon, tablespoon, ladle, small teaspoon, water glass, and unit measurements.

🥙Remind students of hygiene rules and divide them into groups with assigned roles.

Introduce the ingredients; discuss which food group they belong to and whether they are seasonal.

🥙Students select ingredients according to the product they will prepare and measure, compare, and record the amounts using the chosen units (teaspoon, tablespoon, ladle, water glass, units).

🍪Support measuring and comparison skills by asking questions:

“Which measurement is bigger?”

“How many spoons did you use?”

“How many tablespoons are in a glass of water?”

🧇Plan the preparation sequence; apply patterns and symmetry during layering, placement, and arrangement.

🧆Prepare the product according to the planned measurements and pay attention to visual presentation.

🫕Each group presents their product; they explain the ingredients used, measurement units chosen, design features, and evaluate it in terms of healthy eating.

At the end of the activity, discuss balanced nutrition, seasonal ingredients, and conscious consumption as a general reflection.

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"While implementing the 'Delicious Designs – Life Skills Workshop' activity, we kindly ask you to evaluate your students using the attached observation form. This form is designed to track their development in core areas such as mathematical thinking, life skills, science and health awareness, as well as art and design. Observing the students during the process and filling out the criteria based on their performance is highly valuable for supporting their growth."