Case Overview

In “Surprise Birthday Cake!”, students will be planning to bake a birthday cake for their mom for her birthday.  They will learn about converting between ounces and pounds when reading a recipe for making a birthday cake. They will create a table that show ounces versus pounds. They will also determine how many of each items they will need to buy to make a cake that will feed the number of people that have been invited. They will also determine how big the cake needs to be to feed the number of people invited using inches and feet.

PBL and Resource:

1. Surprise Birthday Cake! - A Priblem on Measurement (Grade 4)
2. Recipe - Document