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Craftsman Webelos Activity Workbook
In this social studies learning exercise, students complete activities working towards the merit badge of being recognized as an accomplished craftsman.
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Trees at Work... Just Look!
Students investigate the significance of trees. They collect magazine pictures of animals that live in trees, list products that are made from trees, collect twigs and create an item using the sticks, and bring in and discuss food from...
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Vocabulary & Language Development
Learners develop their vocabulary skills. In this vocabulary and language instructional activity, students practice naming everyday objects as they take part in 3 classroom activities that require them to note attributes of everyday...
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Vocabulary and Language Development
Students discover new vocabulary words. In this language development lesson, students reach into a box of themed items and identify the object. They discuss the attributes of the object as well.
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Sunny Day Shadow Pictures
Students explore shadows. In this art lesson, students put black construction paper on the ground and place objects on the paper. Students leave and when they come back at the end of the afternoon the sun has faded the black paper with...
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Sail Etend 45 Min Cooking Class
In this cooking project worksheet, students work in small groups to make a pizza. Clear directions are given, but some terms are more familiar to children in the U.K. There is a confusing heading on the paper with a date and time already...
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Measuring Techniques - Level I
Demonstrate food preparation techniques of salads, soups, casseroles, breads, meats, poultry and pastries.
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Chemical Changes and Biscuits
Fourth graders investigate chemical changes in everyday life settings, such as cooking. They investigate leavening which is one of the classic chemical changes that people experience. Pupils observe leavening in biscuits with the...
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What Is Industrial Design?
Students explore the processes used by industrial designers to design useful, safe, and appealing mass-produced objects. They select an object from their home or classroom and redesign it to improve its function, feel, and/or appearance.
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Changing in Ohio
Fifth graders familiarize themselves with more abstract chemical/physical changes that are directly connected to Ohio. They use their knowledge of chemical and physical changes to distinguish these two, even though they may not be...
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Chymosin Demonstration
Students perform a demonstration which provides an example of the use of a protein produced by biotechnology for making ice cream, custard, and cheese.
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Measuring Techniques - Level I
Students, in groups, carry out a recipe and successfully prepare food. After they finish making the product, they compare each group's products and complete "Evaluation of Crunchy Munchy Chocolate-Peanut Goop."
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Visit a Mesopotamian House
Students examine the various types of architecture used in Mesopotamia. In groups, they identify how climate, resources and cultures affect where and how people live. Using a worksheet, they compare and contrast their house to the one...
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Preparing a Louisiana Meal -- A Cloze Activity
For this Louisiana foodways worksheet, students give an accurate account of a meal preparation they observe in the classroom by filling in 39 blanks in an 8 paragraph account.
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Viewing 'The Dinner Party' by Judy Chicago
Students examine Judy Chicago's feminist art piece, The Dinner Party. Questions for viewing, activities, and student resources are provided. Students examine the composition of the piece and can be asked to do further research or honor...
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Food: Early American Food Cycles Web Quest
Students complete a Web Quest on ways that Native Americans hunted for, harvested, stored, and prepared food and what types of natural foods were eaten. In this early American food cycles lesson, students discover many of the ways early...
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Bacteria
Young scholars study food borne illnesses and what foods are more likely to carry them. In this investigative lesson plan students examine harmful bacteria.
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Explore: Collect And Organize Data
In this exploring how to collect and organize data worksheet, students, working with a partner, problem solve the answers to seven word problems involving data.
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Fractions and Measuring in Cooking
Sixth graders explore cooking by creating food in class. In this ingredient measurement lesson, 6th graders discuss some of their favorite foods and review the proper recipes to cook them. Students utilize fractions to create a new...