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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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Reading: International Year of Rice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are asked to identify the five grains and the types of food they eat. They read two articles about rice and even make rice recipes later in the lesson plan.
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Mystery Recipe Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of cooking a new recipe. The book "Cook-a-Doodle-Doo" is used to create the context for the lesson. They use the ingredients and recipe in the lesson and work in groups in...
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Using Recipes To Reinforce Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students calculate fractions used in various food recipes in this Math lesson with real world applications. The lesson is geared towards upper elementary students but can be adapted for various levels of learners. State math standards...
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Recipe for a Global Issue: India and South Asia

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe a political or social issue in India or South Asia metaphorically in the form of a recipe. In this lesson plan, students deconstruct a chosen issue, identify it's components and how it developed. They present their...
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Cultural Recipe Book

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a cultural recipe book that promotes cultural development and an appreciation of the students' ethnic backgrounds. They research on the Internet, the historic perspective of specific cultures. The project concludes...
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A Dash of Folk, A Pinch of Fairy Recipes for Playmaking

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine the importance of oral traditions while reading various fairy and folk tales. Given a piece of clay, they can mold it into any shape they want and pass it to their neighbor which keeps building the object. They use...
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Following Directions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners identify and descibe how to follow directions in detail. Then, they create and construct something requiring them to read directions. Students explain what they would do if they were driving to a particular place, but did not...
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Read This Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice summarizing a story that they have read. They write a persuasive essay encouraging others to read the story they have finished. They are to create a movie trailer or advertisement to promote the book.
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Reading, Writing, And Math in Daily Living

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, make chocolate chip cookies following a recipe.
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore cultures around the world. In this cross-curriculum geography lesson, students listen to This is the Way We Go to School , a Book about Children around the World , and locate various countries on the globe and a map....
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Cooking Up an Explanation

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students pose scientific questions about food items and research their explanations. They then create recipe cards with the answers and present their findings in a cooking show format.
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Cooking Cranberry Pudding

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore colonial cooking.  In this cross curriculum George Washington and colonial America history activity, students follow a recipe for cranberry pudding, a possible favorite of George and Martha Washington. Students measure...
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Play Doh Map of Your State

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a state map using Playdoh. In this hands-on state geography lesson, students work in groups to form a three-dimensional  map of their state using Playdoh made at home following a (given) recipe. Students use four colors...
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Let's Make a Meal: A Study of Oats

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the history and health benefits of oats. In this food history and nutrition instructional activity, students describe the origin of oats in America, define nutrition related vocabulary, and read and follow recipes...
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Cookie Creations

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, in teams, create and prepare an original cookie recipe. They market their cookie by designing creative packaging and advertising. They compete with other groups in a cookie contest.
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Lunch Food? Mmmm! Mmmm! Good!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Examine how nutrition plays an important role in our lives by conducting online research and developing lunch menus that satisfy nutritional requirements set up by the United States Department of Agriculture. Students download recipes,...
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Who Cares for the Land?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
A very thorough lesson plan focuses on what plants need to grow and stay healthy. There are excellent reading activities and worksheets included in this fine plan. A terrific way to introduce a unit on plants and their needs.
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The Popcorn Book

For Teachers K - 5th
Pop, pop, pop! Can you hear the sound popcorn makes when it's being made? Start the day by reading The Popcorn Book. Youngsters will love stringing together popcorn necklaces and learning about popcorn. There are separate prompts and...
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Fruits and Vegetables

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students make a variety of recipes that include fruits and vegetables. In this fruit and vegetables lesson plan, students make recipes, learn about the proper amounts of fruits and vegetables needed per day, describe how to sanitize...
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The Jigsaw Strategy: Students Put Pieces of Reading Together

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students demonstrate the jigsaw strategy by individually reading different selections of a text, and then coming together to share what they have learned.
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Fantastic Fraction Fudge

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In order to create some tasty fudge, learners must adapt a recipe. Using a recipe for fudge, ingredients must be correctly converted using fractions. If one fraction is incorrect, the fudge will reveal it! Although you will only make one...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lesson Plan: Omelet Cooking Principles

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Although designed for a foods lab, the information in this resource might be just the thing for your own recipe notebook. Illustrated, step-by-step directions for making the perfect omelet, egg-citing puzzles, games, and even...
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Pimsleur

Culinary Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Italian culture and italian food go together. Have small groups find out all about food-related culture through research and translation. Class members conduct online research, create glossaries, find and translate recipes for a class...

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