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Lemon Meringue or Cream Pie Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review a recipe for lemon meringue or cream pie and complete a cooking lab planning sheet. They mix and prepare the crusts, bake them and let them cool. They prepare a cream filling and pour it into the crust. They top the...
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Casserole Lab

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners participate in a lecture and lab explaining the qualities of a casserole, identifying the different kinds, the function of the ingredients and foods used in the preparation of the casserole.
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Lists, Lists, & More Shopping Lists

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students practice planning before shopping by creating a list. In this food preparation lesson, students categorize a shopping list by the types of cuisine.  Students practice using food vocabulary words and complete a shopping...
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Meat Test

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore basics of meat, meat cookery, and preparation skills and techniques in safe handling procedure. Students state qualities or advantages of casserole, identify parts of casserole, food ingredients, function of...
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Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students create a pizza recipe based on the recipe used in The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges. For this early childhood lesson plan, students read The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) and identify the ingredients...
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Country Locations

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story and locate where the countries in the story are located. In this traditions lesson, 1st graders explore food dishes from different countries and discuss where they are located. Students tell their favorite...
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Small Appliances Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An informative, but not particularly academic, unit about how to use a variety of kitchen appliances. Information about each appliance is given in a handout, as well as instructions for use and a few comprehension questions. This set of...
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The Dietary Guidelines (2010)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In a mini-lab, the class will prepare Hawaiian Haystacks to eat. A note-taking worksheet is included for learners to use during a PowerPoint presentation about six basic dietary guidelines. Most of the time required for this activity is...
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Cooking a Few of my Favorite Things

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders publish a class cookbook of their own recipes. They explore the nutritional value of foods, calculate the measurements, and prepare a healthy recipe for the class.
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Foods ll Introductory Review

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify and explain the appropriate use and care of basic kitchen equipment. They assess their skill level to determine to what extent to cover the basics in kitchen equipment, microwave cooking, abbreviations,...
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Cooking With Geography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sstudents use desktop publishing to create "real world" documents from information received from collaborating classes. They create an electronic presentation from Internet research. They experience foods from different states and regions.
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Cooking Crepes in Ms. Stentella's French Class

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore eating, cooking, and life in France and identify table-setting vocabulary and restaurant conversational skills. After reviewing the crepe recipe, students pair up and do a mini WebQuest on crepes and find cultural...
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Microwave Cooking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn the basic principles of microwave cooking and prepare a dessert in the microwave using correct procedures.
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Math, Chemistry, and Food

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars explore the effects of chemical reactions when cooking. Using the Internet, they research enzymes and then mix jello. They examine their results and test enzyme activity by adding pineapple to the jello. Finally, they...
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Judaism-Hanukah-Recipes

For Students 5th - 7th
In this recipe worksheet, students discover how to make potato latkes and applesauce, traditional Hanukkah foods, by following the recipes presented.
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Good Microbes in Food Processing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students participate in a bread making experiment to understand the good microbes in bread. In this bread making lesson, students prepare bread in a bag with varied recipes and note results.
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Social Studies: Food and Dining in Cameroon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students review their findings on Cameroon and play a vocabulary game. Using provided recipe packets, they present a mock cooking show with a student narrating in French. They role-play as exchange students and write letters home about...
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Cowboy Cooking

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explain uses and reasons for leftovers. They compare similarities and differences between present day food and what the cowboys ate.
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Food a Fact of Life

Brilliant Baking

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young chefs are introduced to the use of the oven with an activity that asks them or whip up a batch of fruity flapjacks or tropical granola bars. Yum!
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Food a Fact of Life

Soup-er!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Is there anything better than hot soup on a cold day? Kids prepare either vegetable chowder or minestrone soup in an activity that features the use of the stove top.
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Food a Fact of Life

Top Toastie

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Croque-monsieur? How about pizza toast? Fire up the grill and show your young chefs how to prepare and enjoy these tasty offerings. The 13-page packet includes a rationale for the instructional activity, grocery and equipment lists,...
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A Measure of Success

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners explore mathematics by cooking recipes in class. For this ingredient measuring lesson, students view several recipes in class they wish to cook and practice translating the recipe into a large enough creation that can feed the...
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Let's Make a Meal: A Study of Oats

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners investigate the history and health benefits of oats. For this food history and nutrition lesson, students describe the origin of oats in America, define nutrition related vocabulary, and read and follow recipes for making...
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A World of Taste--Louisiana Gumbo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the multicultural contributions to New Orleans gumbo through participation in cross curriculum activities. In this multicultural diversity and New Orleans history lesson, students shade regions of a map according to a...