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US Department of Agriculture

Usda: Safe Food Handling: Food Safety While Hiking, Camping & Boating

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you need to know about food safety for the outdoors. What to bring and not to bring, cooking at camp, keeping foods at the right temperatures and much more!
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Handout
Franco Cavazzi

Roman Empire: Roman Food and Drink

For Students 9th - 10th
This page deals with what and how the Romans ate and includes lists of foods they used, foods unavailable to them, food preparation notes, and military ration information.
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Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Take a Look at Cooking

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site discover the world of cooking and meal preparation through these simple guidelines for finding recipes and creating meals. This article is organized into the following sections: "Kitchen Basics," "The Best Kinds of Recipes,"...
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Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Kitchen Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course focusing on kitchen chemistry. Course explores the application of chemistry in recipes and cooking. Course features include links to readings, lecture notes, and a wealth of related links.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Minimizing Bacteria in the Thawing and Cooking of Meat

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a practical project that sheds light on safe practices in the kitchen. Use this information to determine which method of defrosting meat is safest and which method of cooking kills the most bacteria.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Food and Nutrition Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a wide array of nutritional information. Included are articles on food and food groups, the connection between health and food, and healthy eating choices.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Soil Association: Food for Life Curriculum Pack [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A curriculum focusing on food production and consumerism.
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Article
Other

Overland Journal: Food on the Oregon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-researched and very readable essay discussing the food supplies pioneers carried with them on their journeys across the frontier to the West.
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Activity
Lingolex

Lingolex.com: Spanish Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Not sure what those Spanish cooking terms mean? This is a great Lingolex site! Bilingual dictionary of all sorts of cooking terms! Easy to use. Perfect while reading recipes in Spanish.
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PPT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Medieval Food [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes food practices in medieval times. Looks at food staples, food preservation, daily diet, recipes and cookbooks, the role of the church, and social class.
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Website
British Library

British Library: Language & Literature: Books for Cooks: Medieval Food

For Students 9th - 10th
View a series of extracts from some of the oldest known cookbooks written in English. Accompanying essays explain various aspects of the medieval English diet, including the differences in food eaten by peasants and by medieval elites at...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Perfecting Pastries: Role of Fats

For Students 6th - 8th
In this cooking and food science fair project the student will investigate the effect that fat and its temperature have on the taste and texture of pastry shells. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: How Much Water Is Absorbed by Dried Beans?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this cooking and food science fair project, measure how the water content of dried beans changes with time. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Can Tofu Pack Such a Flavorful Punch?

For Students 6th - 8th
Spicy fried tofu. It's a delicious and savory main dish at many Asian restaurants. Stab a golden-brown piece, bite into it, and the juice inside rushes out, filling your mouth with rich flavors. Continue eating and you find the texture...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Egg Cellently Cooked Eggs: The Process of Soft Boiling an Egg

For Students 9th - 10th
Sometimes on a busy day, it's hard to get things done. The rush to get things done can start first thing in the morning, when you're so busy getting ready and gathering your homework, that you barely have time for breakfast. It takes...
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Website
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Kimchi Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
In this cooking and food science fair project, the student will make a batch of kimchi, the national dish of Korea, and investigate the changes in pH and glucose concentration as it ferments. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Sauce to Solid: Science of Cranberry Condiments

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine how the cooking time of cranberry sauce affects its ability to form a pectin-supported solid. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction, followed by a...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: What Makes Foams Stand Up Straight

For Students 9th - 10th
In this food science fair project, students will determine which foods make good edible foams, with high volume and longevity. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Save Those Spoiling Strawberries!

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this food science fair project, the student will determine if thermotherapy can inhibit strawberries from becoming moldy and decaying. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective,...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Maple Syrup: For Pancakes, Waffles, and Crystal Candy?

For Students 6th - 8th
Maple syrup is deliciously gooey and great on breakfast foods like pancakes and waffles. But it has another amazing property. It can form crystals under the right circumstances, and the crystals change in size and shape, depending on...
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Website
Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Food & Recipes

For Students 9th - 10th
NativeTech provides many different recipes from around the North American continent. Each one is submitted by someone of Native American heritage, with a notation about the origins of the recipe. Organized by food groups.
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Article
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Fermentation and Food

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief article describing the process of fermentation and how this respiration process is used in cooking.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: What's Cooking

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how different holidays are celebrated with different types of food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
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University of Michigan

Univerisity of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World: Storage and Cooking

For Students 9th - 10th
Pottery used for food storage and transportation of liquids offers insight into Egyptian daily life. See pictures of many different styles of pottery.

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