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SP.287 Kitchen Chemistry Seminar at MIT
-Syllabus for Spring 2009
Tuesday, May 5th - Peer teaching
Weekly assignment
- You are the teacher this week. You need to bring 1 - 3 friends to class to teach them some chemical/cooking principle.
- You can teach them one of the "experiments" we did in class, or pick one of your favourite recipes.
- You are responsible for buying the ingredients for the experiment. Make sure you keep your receipt and Patti will reimburse you. If you need staples, let Patti know, you probably don't have to buy them.
- The purpose of the class is to get your student(s) to think about cooking from a scientific point of view.
- Feel free to assign your student reading assignments, either in the book or on the web.
Homework questions
- What makes learning fun?
- Do you remember better if you learn out of a book or through "hands on learning"
- How much chemistry did your students really learn?
- Do you think that they remembered anything that you taught them?
- How are you going to get the students through the experiment without any mishaps?
- Have you adequately prepared to answer all of the potential questions?
- Would you like to teach the class next year?
- Write your 2 - 4 page paper on some aspect of kitchen science.
 
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