Geometry in Food

When we cook we make complex relationships of geometric shapes. When preparing a simple sandwich, cutting a piece of fruit or poking olives with chopsticks, we can form multiple geometric figures.
An act as simple as scooping a spoonful of bubbling soup involves a combination of space, shape and position that allows us to approach geometry from the most important sphere, our own food.
Cooking is another way of approaching food. For no two apples or watermelons, for example, are the same.
When we cook we relate to geometric shapes, from the moment we pick up a container, open a bag or cut an onion, we maintain a constant relationship with geometry. For example, making a sandwich requires two slices of sliced bread, which are two rectangular prisms, also known as orthohedrons.



This is an interactive video to work with primary education kids!

(235) Shapes in My Lunch - Wolfoo Learn and Play with Geometric Shape Food Challenge | Wolfoo Channel - YouTube 





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