EARLY CHILDHOOD DEPARTMENT

LESSON PLAN FORM

Name: Mary St. Peter
Title: Science and Cooking
Age/Grade level: Pre-School
Group size: 1 Teacher/5 children

Date:

Standards Used:
Early Learning Standards/Creative Curriculum
X NAEYC Accreditation Standard 2: Curriculum
New York State Content Area Standards
Write out two standards that apply to this lesson. Be sure to write out the entire standard along
with the corresponding number/letter for the standard.

2.G.02 Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to learn key content and
principles of science such as structure and property of matter (e.g. characteristics that include
concepts such as hard and soft, floating and sinking) and behavior of materials (e.g.
transformation of liquids and solids by dissolving or melting.
2.G.03 Children are provided varied opportunities and materials that encourage them to use the
five senses to observe, explore, and experiment with scientific phenomena.
Explain the rationale for this lesson: Why would you plan this lesson for this child or group
of children?
In coordination with the apple theme and fall/apple themed story board, we further encourage
children to participate in fall-related activities by baking applesauce oatmeal cookies in the
classroom.
OBJECIVES: Describe in clearly stated behavioral terms the expected skills and concepts
children will demonstrate or explore during this experience. Typically objectives begin
with a verb or action word that can be measured and/or observed.

Physical
- Children can handle the pre-measured ingredients and hand them to the teacher as
they take turns mixing the ingredients.
Social
- Children talk to the teacher or peers about the project, recipe, ingredients, and tastes
of the science experiment (cookies).
Cognitive
- Children can identify and name the different ingredients as they are added to the
mixture, and pour the correct ingredient in the bowl when told to by a teacher.
Lesson Preparation
Material List: (books/songs/resources: list titles/authors)

Book
- Apple Fool Cookbook By Fly Creek Methodist Church

The teacher must acquire and pre-measure all the ingredients for the cookie recipe, and make a
recipe chart that is easy for the children to follow (with pictures). Cooking utensils, baking
sheets, and an oven are also needed.
Environment: Include guest speaker/s, sound/s, music, lighting, seating arrangement,
setting, objects-of-interest, etc.
The children can gather around the teacher or a counter as they create the cookie dough. Children
can take turns adding ingredients to the mixture, mixing the ingredients together, or creating
balls of dough.
Describe modifications to meet students needs.
Organizing the group better so each child gets an equal turn participating in the activity.
PROCEDURE:
Introduction: (motivation/engagement)
First engage the children, and invite them to participate in the science/baking activity. Explain to
the children further about the fall season, and how we will be incorporating baking applesauce
oatmeal cookies into our activities. Inform the children about the recipe, ingredients, recipe
chart, and answer any other questions they have before we start.
Step-by-step directions:
1) Place the recipe chart in an easy-to-view place for the children.
2) The recipe for applesauce oatmeal cookies is as follows:
cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup flour
1 tbsp baking powder
tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
tsp cloves
tsp nutmeg
1 cup applesauce
1 cup oats
Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Beat in the egg. Combine and thoroughly
mix all dry ingredients except rolled oats. Stir into creamy mixture until blended. Stir in
applesauce. Stir in rolled oats. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased baking sheet. Bake at
375 degrees F. for about 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
3) Point out particular ingredients we are adding to the mixture as the activity progresses.
4) As we bake the cookies keep the children interactive with not only mixing the
ingredients, but following the steps on the recipe chart.
5) Discuss the activity we did/are doing as the cookies are baking.
6) Have the children taste the final product and have them discuss their opinions of the
activity.
Closure: How will you end the lesson? How will the children process the lesson? Critical
thinking questions are effective and functions as a way to help you describe if/how the
objectives were met.
The teacher will dismiss the children in small groups/individually as they discuss and answer
questions about the activity.

A few sample discussion starters are:

What did you like most about the activity?
Do you like the snacks we baked more or less than other snacks you like to eat?
What happened to the dough when we put it in the oven to bake?
Do you bake with your parents?
As children participate in the question/answer discussion, they are dismissed and can continue to
other activities.
Assessment: What evidence do you have that demonstrates the objectives were met?
Objective 1
Physical
- Children were proficient at handling the ingredients, pouring them into the bowl, and
mixing the ingredients.

Objective 2
Social
- The children answered questions and discussed what they liked about the activity.
Objective 3
Cognitive
- The children identified and named the different ingredients, matching them up to the
pictures on the recipe chart as they are added to the mixture. They poured the correct
ingredients into the bowl when asked to.

Evaluation:
1. Give examples of childrens individual/group responses.
The children were engaged and eager to participate in the activity. Kendall was very excited to
add the ingredients to the bowl and mix them together.
2. What did you learn about yourself as a teacher/planner?
It is thrilling to listen to what the children think about the activity. I was able to gather other
ideas for future activities I might create for the children by observing their discussions.
3. What would you change if you did this plan again?
If I did the activity again, I would give the group more time to complete the activity, and better
prepare the room and tools to help the activity progress more smoothly. I might also make half
the dough on one day and half the dough on the other, so two small groups of children have a
chance to participate in the activity from the beginning to the end.
Extension Experience: Describe what you might plan in a follow-up lesson building on
what you have done in this lesson.
A follow-up lesson might include another recipe that the children can enjoy participating in, or a
similar fall-themed activity.