Pancakes

Okay, it might not be the normal time of year for discussing pancakes, but as part of our Science topic of Changing Materials, we decided to do some cooking.

First, we used our senses to smell, taste, feel, listen to (this one made us laugh!) and look at the properties of bread.Then we put it in the toaster and made the same observations after the bread had been heated.

After we had discussed the vocabulary for the changes that occur when bread is heated, we thought about food which changes from a liquid to a solid. This involved making a pancake batter with 300ml milk, 100g flour, a pinch of salt and 1 egg. (This also helped us to revise the measuring which we've been doing in Maths).

We realised that the egg hadn't disappeared, but that it had been combined with the other ingredients to form a liquid. 

Then, we cooked the pancake batter and watched it turn from a liquid to a solid. The best bit was yet to come and was a good incentive for us to think of how to describe our observations.

After we talked about the changes that happened from the batter to the pancake, we ate it. (Most of us thought that was the best bit!)