Henley senior teaches chocolaty hands-on math, business skills to fourth-graders
Henley High School senior Karishma Malakar and the fourth-graders were ready for customers. High school students lined up at the door, armed with play money for their hot chocolate orders.
The Hornet Express hot chocolate bar was open for business.
Malakar, who organized the event as part of her senior project, used the hot cocoa to teach a scrumptious and chocolaty hands-on math and business lesson to fourth-graders in Kacie Palmer’s class at Henley Elementary School. The fourth-graders then used those skills to take drink orders, add up the total cost and provide change, and make the drinks.
“I taught them what it takes to run a business and now they are using those skills,” Malakar said. “I want to be a teacher, and this gives me an inside view of how teaching really is.”
The students paid with play bills and coins but the product – hot chocolate with options of chocolate chips, marshmallows, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup – was deliciously real.
Henley senior Shaw Stork went all out with his order – taking scoops of marshmallows and chocolate chips as well as a drizzle of chocolate syrup and a dollop of whipped cream.
Fourth-graders calculated the order costs – a basic cup of cocoa was $3 but each topping cost extra – putting pencil to paper, adding and then subtracting from a $10 bill, to figure out how much change to provide.
The student baristas were pleased, each having a chance to add their extras, capping the cup, and then delivering it to Stork.
After all the customers were satisfied, the fourth-graders had a chance to order and enjoy their own cup of hot cocoa before heading back to their classroom. For more photos: Lessons from hot cocoa album
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