World of Tan 18 - Soup

• Investigate pouring a liquid (let's make that a cold one) from an unmarked container into two differently shaped cups or mugs so that fair shares are obtained.
• Consider fair shares for three people.
• Survey your friends in class and find out what they prefer for lunch.
• Discuss what the phrase 'educated their palate well' means.
• Use the internet to find out more about the vegetables you eat and what vegetables come from overseas.

• Address the problem of children NOT eating vegetables - from an historical point of view.
• Health experts state that we should eat five portions of fruit or veg. per day. What do they mean by a portion?
• Examine the differing nutritional values of the vegetables you eat at home compared to other foodstuffs.
• Experiment trying to give equal shares of a carrot, say, or of some spilt milk, or a chocolate.
• Make up a 'simmering broth pot' for you lunch. Discuss what you need to put in. Afterwards consider the value for money your meal represents.
• Consider the different ways in which vegetables are prepared - perhaps comparing them to how your parents prepared vegetables or how the continentals prepare vegetables.

• Consider the traditional hot pot/broth pot - why it came into being and whether or not it would be considered hygienic nowadays.
• Explore the meaning of fairness from a probability point of view - Are normal dice fair? Is tossing a coin? Pulling a name from a hat?
• Consider a fair means of selecting a team of four from your class to take part in a quiz. What does unfair mean? What other words are used to convey this idea?
• Consider and evaluate the nutritional value of vegetables as opposed to faster forms of food - crisps (say) and/or a fizzy drink. Are some vegetables better for you than others? Why?