One of the first lessons I teach in the foods curriculum is how to measure ingredients and why measuring is important. The students then have one or two labs that include measuring. This year, I stopped the students' measuring and took the responsibility on. It is a bit more work for me, but I have a system down! I don't know why I haven't been doing this before.
My reasoning for taking over measuring:
- Less mess
- Fewer students crowding me at the ingredients
- Less measuring supervision (take and go)
- More time for the students to actually cook and clean for their lab success!
My system:
- I'm early to arrive to work (this is no different on lecture days, it's just my nature)
- I measure for my first class.
- While these students are cooking, I prep for the next class.
- As students clean, dry, and return dishes that I gave them, I measure for the next class' labs.
- This only takes me about 5 minutes, instead of the 10 minutes on the students' part.
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