Creating cakes in math class proves to be a great way to apply our math skills! Given minimum criteria, students worked in teams to design a cake that would serve a large group of people. Most groups used either trial and error or a backward design method. Through collaboration, perseverance, and reasoning, each group designed their cake on paper. Once complete, they created a 3D model of their cake drawing using Tinkercad.
The final piece was to create a scale factor that would reduce their cake to under 5”. This model was also created in Tinkercad and ultimately printed with our 3D printers. The created cakes were amazing, and so was application of math amongst the students! To top it off, we celebrated with real cake once we were all done. Check out our video to see the whole picture!
By Mrs. Frydendall, 8th Grade
