Pasta Party

 

            Today's Snack: Boil any kind of pasta that you like, according to package directions. Strain out the water. Toss in the strainer with a little margarine, then sprinkle in a little Parmesan. Put it in a plate or bowl, eat and enjoy!

 

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One thin wooden skewer

Dry pasta called "Fiorettini"

Ruler

 

 

1. Measure the wooden skewer, or "pole," with the ruler. How many inches is it?

 

 

 

 

 

2. Estimate how many pieces of pasta you can thread onto the pole through the center of the pasta. Write down your estimate.

 

 

 

 

 

3. Hold the pole up, flat end down and pointy-end up, and slide a piece of pasta onto it through the center hole, all the way to the bottom. Push the first piece all the way down past the tape around the bottom so it will stay. Finish threading the pole. Then count the pieces. How many did it hold?

 

 

 

 

 

4. Did you estimate more or less pieces than it really holds? How many more, or how many less?

 

 

 

 

 

5. Now line up 10 pieces of the pasta next to the ruler, so that their sides are touching but not overlapping, so that they lay flat in a straight line on the table or desk. Estimate how many inches you think that line measures. Now measure. How many inches did the line measure? Did you estimate more, or less? How many inches more, or less, did you estimate?