Special Education Services
Plano Independent School District

Making Popcorn

Goal: Making popcorn is an activity that can be incorporated into many learning as well as leisure activities. You incorporate the
use of all 5 of your senses – seeing, hearing, smelling, touching and tasting – when you make popcorn. Popcorn can be used in
art activities and makes great counters for math. It can be used for bingo and other game markers and is often made and sold at school functions.

Steps

1. Before activating the popcorn popper, a person or group of people will need to follow the recipe steps. Here is a suggested sequence:

Measure ¼ cup of oil.
Pour the oil into popper.
Measure ½ cup of popcorn.
Pour it into the popper.
Place the lid on the popper.
Turn on the popper.
Listen and watch the popcorn pop.
When it is done, turn off the popper.
Remove the popcorn from the popper.

The amounts of popcorn and oil will vary with the popcorn popper being used. Be sure to follow manufacturers instructions.

Suggested Activities Using the PowerLink:

A variety of appliances can be controlled using the PowerLink. Here are a few suggestions:

Radio Small kitchen gadgets
Mixer Small power tools
Hair dryer Sewing machine
Tape or CD player Can crushers
Juicer Food processors
Electric scissor Electric toothbrush
Blender Lights
Fans

Recording the directions for this activity into a Step-by-Step Communicator communication device would allow a participant to provide the “directions” for the activity.

Suggested Activities Using the Switch Latch & Timer

Switch Adapted Toys
Switch Adapted Fan
Switch Adapted Bubble Machine
Switch Adapted Paint Spinner

For addtional information: Adaptivation

Permission granted: 1-14-03

 

 

 

 

Plano Independent School District
Department of Special Education Services
2700 W. 15th Street
Plano, Texas 75075-7543
469-752-8240