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Baker

Baking is careful science. You weigh things exactly, keep the mix in balance, and use heat to turn soft dough into golden bread. Get the numbers wrong and the cake will not rise.

The 27 headline skills a baker is built on. Tap a + node to open the 109 building blocks underneath, or tap any star to see how it connects.

What it leans on most

Finding halves and quarters (age 5+)Halving and quartering a recipe is something bakers do all the time.Mathematics Measuring mass and weight (age 4+)Weighing flour and butter to the gram is what makes a bake work.Mathematics Ratio Notation and RelationshipsKnowing the ratio of wet to dry ingredients is the secret to good dough.Mathematics How energy travels aroundUnderstanding how oven heat travels into the dough helps you bake it evenly.Science Where Food Comes FromKnowing where flour, eggs, and butter come from helps you pick good ingredients.Design & Technology States of Matter VocabularyYou turn runny batter and dough into solid cakes and loaves.Science

The subjects behind it

FractionsMathematics

A recipe might ask for half a cup or a quarter of the sugar, so you work with parts.

MeasurementMathematics

Baking needs exact weights, so you measure mass carefully every time.

Ratio & ProportionMathematics

The mix of flour, water, and yeast has to stay in the right proportion or the bread flops.

EnergyScience

Heat from the oven moves into the dough and makes it rise and brown.

Food & CookingDesign & Technology

This is where you learn where ingredients come from and how to turn them into food.

Matter & MaterialsScience

You watch dough change from a sticky mix into soft, solid bread.