This week for science class we decided to incorporate the kitchen by learning how to make pasta from scratch. We mixed flour, egg, and water to make our dough. We discussed how combining different ingredients makes our food edible. We then used the pasta maker to flatten our noodles and finally ran it though the maker to create spaghetti and fettuccine. The boys loved watching the transformation and we were actually making a product that they could eat and maybe sell?! Sounds like a good lead into our economics class…
In our Econ class we decided it would be a good idea to sell our homemade, gluten free pasta! Each student created a name for their pasta. We then had to determine how much we could sell the pasta for. I asked the boys to tell me how prices are set. These little smarties said, the market determines prices! Great, but now we need to look at expenses. The boys decided our expenses would be our ingredients and the cost of the pasta machine. We then calculated how much it would cost to make 1 batch of pasta.. It was amazing how quickly they could do this math when it’s not on a worksheet. 2 of the boys decided they wanted a salary for working. The other 2 wanted to just make money from the profits. We then calculated how many bags of pasta would need to be sold in order to make their salary and compared it to those that wanted to just make money from the profit.
We were very excited to have the Reptile Nook come visit our co-op this week! Jessica did a wonderful job with the kids. She let them ask questions and pet the creatures. Everyone’s favorite was the turtle!
