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Making Fudge: Measuring Weight

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders measure the ingredients for a fudge recipe. In this measurement instructional activity, 4th graders practice measuring out the ingredients for a recipe to make fudge. Later, students get to enjoy the fudge they made.
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Just Sandwiches

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders design sandwiches for all meals, courses, and occasions. They list or draw many, different, and unusual sandwich creations. Basic ingredients should be identified for each idea.
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Recipes from Africa and Asia

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research Internet sites that provide recipes from Asian and African countries. They compile the recipes in a database. After compilation, they can sort the database for similarities and differences in ingredients.
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From Land to Lunch

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students record their three meals and snacks for three days. They determine which items in their diets are grown on farms and record the items in various categories. They conduct Internet research to determine where carious ingredients...
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Pioneer Farm Cooking

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore pioneer farm life and the types of cooking and ingredients available. They recreate a pioneer version of a sno-cone and discuss why crushed ice was used more often than snow in this recipe.
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Ground Beef Lab - Open-Faced Tacos

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students will use ingredients and read a recipe to create open faced tacos. The emphasis of the lesson is the kind of preparation that is needed to cook ground beef correctly to avoid diseases associated with improper preparation...
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Preparing for Cake Sale

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students complete a series of lessons and plan recipes to make. They gather the necessary ingredients. Students follow safe procedures for food and safety hygiene to bake a cake for a cake sale. Students create posters to advertise the...
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Yeast Bread - Pretzel Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students work with yeast in preparing soft pretzels. They identify the characteristics and ingredients used in yeast breads from quick breads, and how to prepare them in a variety of recipes. They need to set their table, eat and...
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Halloween Cakes

For Students 4th - 5th
In this recipe worksheet, students will rewrite a Halloween cakes recipe that makes 12 cakes, so that it will make 16 cakes. Ingredient amounts are in metric units.
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There Are Algae in Your House!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners demonstrate that, although we sometimes can neither smell nor taste them, many ingredients in our foods and household products come from the sea. They also investigate food eat to determine algae derivatives they contain.
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Fiber - Adding It To The Diet - Skill Supplement

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine and prepare a recipe and state the purpose of each ingredient. They complete a worksheet based on the food pyramid.
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American Indian Cooking Before 1500

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars read and discuss an article about Native American cooking practices before 1500. In small groups they recreate a recipe for pemmican and sample the results. They discuss how food preparation and ingredients differ from...
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Products of the Rain Forest

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore products of the rain forest. They consider items from their home that may have been products of the rain forest by checking ingredients on product labels. They share their discoveries in class and create a...
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Freckle Juice

For Teachers 4th
Working in groups of four, the students will use the computer to draw an imaginary potion that will cure other children their age from physical traits (they can not control) including all ingredients and one text box.
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Pie Shell - Lemon Meringue or Cream Pie Shell Demo

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe teacher demonstration of correct way to prepare pie shell, and identify proper techniques of preparing pie shell using basic ingredients, including lemon or cream filling and meringue or whipped cream topping.
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"Secret Soup!"

For Teachers 1st
First graders, after studying vegetables and fruits for two weeks, practice putting something that we have already done, in order. They write a story about the vegetable soup we made. Remembering, 1st graders artistically draw pictures...
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Invention at Play Family Activities Guide

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore child psychology by participating in an interactive children's game. In this child relationship lesson, students identify playtime as the key ingredient to have a child become intellectually and creatively motivated in...
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Tortillas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars convert recipes for tortillas. They calculate the amounts of ingredients as they convert recipes and write an explanation of the task to demonstrate their calculations. After reviewing their calculations, they demonstrate...
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Tortillas, A Wrap!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine how tortillas fit into a healthy diet. They identify the parts of the food pyramid and decide where tortillas fit into it They also sample some tortillas with healthy ingredients.
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CLOUDS

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify "ingredients" of a cloud. They determine if a given weather scenario is beneficial for cloud formation.
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Rates and Proportions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read a cookie recipe and complete a worksheet that asks them to establish ratios and proportions for various ingredients in the recipe.
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The Wildlife Web I

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the relationship between producers and consumers. In this activity, they trace the ingredients in the foods they eat to plants. Supplement to Natureworks episode from New Hampshire Public Television, but activities may...
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Foodways

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss where food is obtained and list their favorite items. They research recipes to discover their ingredients. They investigate the advertising and cost of food and prepare menus from earlier eras.
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Yogurt Production

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work together to complete an experiment making yogurt. They test different temperatures and different amount of ingredients. They record and analyze their data.

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