As part of their study of how advertisers use various techniques to influence consumers, kids examine the design, the promotions, and the product placement in the packaging of their favorite foods. 

Students examine how to plan, prepare, and serve a meal. They analyze the food pyramid, select five recipes, plan a dinner menu, create a HyperCard stack of the menu, and prepare the meal for their family.

Third graders complete activities and worksheets to explore the Food Guide Pyramid and Dietary Guidelines .

Students plan ways to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle while in college. They keep a food log and cooperate as peer editors to make food choice suggestions for healthier eating. Students also consider the role of exercise in...

From the start of the Industrial Revolution, it only took 147 years for someone to invent plastic. This may seem like a long time, but in the history of inventing or discovering new materials, this is incredibly fast. An informative and...

Students use a pH indicator to measure the pH of some fruits, common beverages, and borax. Students discover how to differentiate between an object that is an acid or a base.

Students explore packaging. In this cross-curriculum lesson, students bring in samples of food packaging and identify the packaging as natural or manufactured.

Students work in teams to identify and sort types of packaging used in food production. They consider ways to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and reflect how consumer choices play a role in trash production.

Although this PowerPoint has valid information, the 49 slides may not engage your students as much as necessary.  Each slide has a title and 2 or 3 bullet points, but no images or external resource links to break up the...

DNA is the code for all biological traits, both plant and animal. Using an exploratory lesson, learners begin to explore the concept of a biological code by decoding word puzzles. They then extract DNA from plant cells using detergent to...

Now is the time to educate tomorrow's citizens to care for the planet, and here is a lesson to help facilitate the process. Collect some marine debris and bring it into class. Have your class separate it into types and then test each...

Students examine why scientists classify living organisms. They list and classify items they buy at the grocery store, sort and classify leaves, explore various websites, and write a biography of Carolus Linnaeus.

Students comprehend that hot water rises up through cold water but cold water does not rixe in hot water. They comprehend that water at temperatures above 4oC decreases in density with increases in temperature. Students answer lab...

This resource provides detailed information on food and beverage serving occupations. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.

The purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate culinary arts through the planning of a theme party. This project would be the culmination of a semester of work in food preparation.

This site contains detailed information on the cooking/chef career field. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.