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Cookie Surface Area

Cookie Surface Area

This is an activity (on page 2 of the PDF) about surface area to volume ratio. Learners will bake sugar cookies, testing how much colored sugar is rolled up by 1 large ball of dough vs. an equal amount of dough divided into 20-25 small balls. Surface area to volume ratio is an important concept in nanotechnology because it helps explain why the same substance can behave differently when broken into nanosized pieces. Also relates to linked video,...

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Keywords:
Structure and Properties of Matter, NSDL, Representation, Fractions, Physics, Reactivity, Conducting Investigations, Area, Volume and Density, Multiples and Factors, Number and Operations, Chemistry, Volume, Materials Science, Life Science, Nanotechnology, Physical Science, Size, Mathematics, Surface, Size and Scale, Engineering, General Science, Technology, Cookies, Education, Ratio, Sugar, Formulating Explanations
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Material Type:
Simulation
Date Added to MERLOT:
July 27, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
August 30, 2017
Authors:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School
Technical Format:
Website
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Not specified at this time
Language:
English
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No
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