American traditions of Thanksgiving come to life through culinary activities. Young chefs practice cooking a turkey and setting a table for a Thanksgiving family feast. They use math and reading skills to follow directions and measure...

Students practice their multiplication and division by creating a Witches Brew.  In this holiday math lesson, students utilize Halloween style ingredients to create a fun edible treat for themselves.  Students practice their...

Science can be quite tasty. A delectable unit from NASA shows learners why it's important to consider food, nutrition, and health in space. Four lessons explore the idea in great depth, including testing cookie recipes. Along the way,...

What better way to explore working with fractions then by using them when cooking? In this activity, students use video, the Internet, and real world, hands-on learning activities to enhance their understanding of multiplying and...

Students access prior knowledge of solar energy and understand that solar energy produces heat. In this solar cooker lesson, students complete grade appropriate experiments using the heat of the sun. Students complete a worksheet on...

Learners research number values by participating in a candy exercise. In this math function lesson, students utilize baking ingredients to create cookies and multiply how many M&M's will go into the batch if you want a certain amount...

Students list ingredients, utenstils, and steps in basic chocolate chip recipe. They evaluate the correctness of each list using copy of recipe, measure all liquid and dry ingredients, read recipe and follow steps to make cookies.

Students evaluate human health by participating in an interactive activity. In this food choice lesson, students discuss the decisions they make each day in order to stay healthy with the food they eat. Students utilize the Internet to...

If a 150 lb. person can comfortably eat and digest a 1 lb. burger, then how large would the person be who can comfortably eat and digest a 350 lb. burger? For a burger that size, it would take either a large person or a class of really...

Cruise ships offer many engaging opportunities for real-world math adventures. These large, floating cities use resources with numbers into the thousands place. Young mathematicians are asked to calculate numerical information...

Here is an impressive and thorough instructional activity on estimation. Young mathematicians estimate how many kernels of popcorn can fit in a tablespoon, then how many tablespoons of kernels can fit in a baby food jar. The popcorn is...

Young mathematicians explore number values by utilizing food as a visual aide. They discuss the differences between halves, fourths, and eighths and how they are visually represented by a pizza. Then create their own pizza in class and...

Students explore nutrition by completing math problems in class. In this food conversions lesson plan, students identify what the kumara plant is and how it can contribute to human health by regularly consuming an appropriate amount....

Learners discuss the word weight, how much they weigh and the conccept of heavy and light. They hear the story of measurement and the metric system. They work in groups and measure and record items found in the classroom and use a...

Young scholars create a KWL chart about food. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate physical and chemical changes. They explain how microorganisms are used in food preparation.

The introduction to the lesson mentions a sailor's limited capacity to store drinking water on his ship. Pupils then set up an overnight experiment to remove freshwater from salt water by distillation. There is a math and map activity to...

Get things cooking with the first lesson plan in this series on the science of food. Working in small groups, young scientists make and record observations about different mystery foods. These descriptions are then shared with the class...

Learners explore equal fractions in relationship to a whole unit. They fold strips of paper into halves, thirds, etc. and compare them to the first strip which represents a "whole unit." Fractional parts are identified and compared.

Young scholars design and build their own solar cooker. In this math lesson, students determine the relationship between the angles of the sun, reflection and cooking time of the solar cooker. They test their project, collect data...

Students 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 test...

Learners study a variety of math concepts in the context of cooking up a meal. In this math lesson, students calculate surface area and volume. They draw and interpret different types of graphs.

Young scholars build a model of a water system from the source to users and read and interpret a water meter.

First graders use real coins or concrete models of coins to solve problems involving the purchase of items. They use cons and simulate going to a bargain store to purchase items. Students record the total cost of items. Pupils make a...

Students solve problems with fractions without using a calculator. In this algebra instructional activity, students practice reducing, converting, adding, subtracting and multiplying fractions. They apply the use of fractions to the real...