Finish the Recipe Building Challenge

Finish the Recipe

Lesson Plan Overview:

1. Discuss what a recipe is and show examples. 
1. Ask if any of the children have used a recipe before
2. What can you use a recipe for?
3. Examples: Lego instruction manual, cookie recipe
2. Describe the building challenge
3. Break into groups of 2-3
4. Provide 20 minutes for the building challenge
5. Come back together as a group to show and tell our recipes.
6. Do the draw of 5 pieces

What is a Recipe?
A recipe is a type of instructions. It lists the items needed to create something and then detailed instructions on how to create that item. It is often used to described culinary instructions.

Building Challenge
For this building challenge the children will be given a partially defined recipe. It contains a list of ingredients (lego pieces) but does not provide the instructions or the definition of what they are creating. They are required to fill in the rest of the recipe. The building challenge rules:

1. Only the items in the list of ingredients may be used plus one item they can choose (but must draw in).
2. They need to provide some instructions for building the item. The instructions can be pictures or words. 

List of items required:

1.  A cook book with example recipes.
2.  A lego instructions book (aka a recipe).
3.  8-10 copies of the recipe to be filled in (Template blog post).
4.  Extra paper for the recipes.
5. pencils, crayons or other writing utinsils

References:

http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/robolabatceeo/K12/curriculum_units/SimpleMachinesbyDesign.pdf