Sorting Pasta
Purpose: To classify different types of pasta, and to create a key for the classified pasta.
Timing: 30 minutes
Materials:
- 8 dried pasta
- Paper and pencil
Procedure:
- Describe each types of pasta, making a note of the similarities and differences
Pasta name
Pasta
Description
Pasta name
Pasta
Description
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Use the differences and similarities to classify the different pasta into 3 different
groups.
Describe the characteristics of the grouped pasta
Pasta
Characteristics
Types of pasta
(names)
Review:
Describe the difficulties you had sorting the pasta.
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Explain why you selected the characteristics you used to create the key
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