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Project Based Learning Electives provided by the Berrien Springs Virtual Academy

Baking and Cooking        Fall 2023
All students must complete a project for these classes.

Instructor: Joel Bennett       
Email: mrjoelabennett@icloud.com               
​Phone:  #317.764.6030
F
ormat: In-person
Masks: Optional

Location: Village Seventh Day Adventist Church, 
635 St Joseph Ave. Berrien Springs (for the Wednesday classes)

Kitchen Lab       ​
Wednesdays, beginning 
Sept. 6
Ages 8+      12- 1:45 PM 

What does the egg do?  Why do I have to get all the yolk out of the whites before I whip them?  Can I use something else to thicken this broth?  How do you make mayonnaise?  These are some of the questions we will be exploring in the kitchen this fall.  If you want to make hard candy and explore why corn syrup and table sugar are needed, then this is the class for you.  
Syllabus

Beginning Baking       ​
Wednesdays, beginning
Sept. 6
Ages 8+      2-3:45 PM 

Learn the basics of baking with experience in a wide range of products over 10 sessions!   In this course you will make corn bread, pizza, cinnamon rolls, brownies, apple crisp, and cakes, all from scratch!  You will walk away with food and a recipe book.  
Syllabus
 
What's for Dinner?       ​
Wednesdays, beginning
Sept. 6
Ages 8+     4-5:45 PM 

Learn the basics of planning and making dinner with experience in a wide range of products over 10 sessions!   In this course you will make corn bread, pizza, lasagna, tortilla from corn meal, egg rolls, falafel, and more, all from scratch!  You will create your own recipe binder and ideas to keep you making dinner for a long time!  Bring a 3-ring binder to class to start/continue your collection of meal ideas.
Syllabus

Fall Harvest    
Location: 5546 South Pipestone Rd. Sodus, MI 49126 and local Farms​
Sundays, beginning 
Sept. 10 for 5 weeks
Ages 8+     12-4 PM 

Fall provides an abundance of harvest in Berrien County.  Sign up to harvest and utilize Zucchini, Berries, Grapes, Pears, Pumpkins, and Apples from local farms.  You will come away with a few canned products as well as some ideas to use the bounty that is all around us.
Syllabus


Virtual Baking (contact instructor for more information) must begin in September
Learn the basics of baking with experience in a wide range of products over 10 sessions!   In this course you will make corn bread, pizza, cinnamon rolls, brownies, apple crisp, and cakes, all from scratch!  You will walk away with food and a recipe book.  
Syllabus

*Please note: it is important to make as informed a decision as possible when choosing your student's Community Resource classes. Most locations will allow a student to drop a class after one meeting, at no charge if it wasn't a good fit for the student, but not all. Some classes plan ahead based on the number that have signed up and have purchased materials, hired teachers, etc. and there might be a fee for class time or materials given to the student if the student drops after one or two meetings. The school cannot pay for classes that students do not complete, so choose wisely; if you do not take the class off of your student's schedule by the deadline, you may be asked to pay for the class time incurred prior to dropping the class.

Teacher of Record: Peres Sambu
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