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 - 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. ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Explain why you selected the characteristics you used to create the key ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________