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...

Cooking often requires one to measure out ingredients. Build an understanding of relative measurements as well as a reference for future cooking projects with your special needs class. In a small group, you'll discuss various measurement...

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

Learners explore colonial cooking.  In this cross curriculum George Washington and colonial America history lesson, students follow a recipe for cranberry pudding, a possible favorite of George and Martha Washington. Learners...

Second graders explore different engineering careers. In this math lesson, 2nd graders create a winning cooking recipe. They role play a mock cookie sale during the culminating event.

What's cooking? A sizzling STEM unit challenges scholars to build a solar cooker that can successfully cook an egg. The unit opens with a study of Earth's rotation, the sun's energy, and shadows. Pupils use a compass and thermometer to...

Combine art, math, language arts, drama, and delicious Jell-o with a instructional activity based on the African folktale Anansi and the Tug o' War. Kids make predictions and discuss plot points of the story before joining in...

Young scholars explore measuring cups according to volume. For this capacity lesson, students investigate how to estimate volume to make a healthy snack. Young scholars measure ingredients and prepare a snack.

Students practice their measuring and cooking skills with a box of Rice Krispies. In this culinary instructional activity, students utilize a box of Rice Krispies, butter, marshmallows and utensils to cook a batch of Rice Krispie Treats....

Students learn creative cooking. In this early childhood lesson plan, students children work together to plan, buy, and prepare a soup for their lunchtime meal.

Some smells are better than others! Explore your sense of smell with a series of activities based on the Peruvian folktale, The Stolen Smell. With exercises about phonics, counting, cooking, art, and drama, the lesson is a...

Don't let the cupcakes burn! Using cooking procedure, learners practice drawing minute and hour hands onto five analog clock faces. They read five scenarios which require them to add time increments to find the time required for each...

Sixth graders explore cooking by creating food in class. For 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...

Students explore the theme of friendship as it relates to the story When Turtle Grew Feathers. In this friendship lesson plan, students discuss friendship, answer comprehension questions, and create their own friendship story.

Students create their own play dough to use for art projects. For this art lesson, students measure, pour and mix the ingredients to make their own play dough. Then, students use the clay to create their own sculptures.

Students make chocolate chip cookies. In this cooking lesson, students follow a recipe by doing each step in sequence.

Facilitate healthy eating habits with this collection of activities. This worksheet, made for 4-H originally, covers nutrition, health, and fitness. Middle schoolers focus on the life skill of making healthy lifestyle choices. They...

Ribbit ribbit! Hop through a series of activities based on A Tale of Two Frogs. Kids read the Russian folktale and answer reading comprehension questions before working on phonics exercises, tracing dotting lines to make a path...

Students organize themselves into a simulated company complete with applications, interviews and training. They identify a community need they can fulfill related to cooking or sewing and work to make and deliver the designated product.

Learners complete activities using apples that help improve their science, math, and reading skills. In this apple lesson, students read the book Apples, Apples Apples and visit an orchard or farmer's market to buy a variety of apples....

I've done this exercise with my special needs learners more times than I can count. They practice getting ready to shop at the grocery store by identifying items on their shopping list. They match grocery items to the proper department...

Making dinner become a math challenge and science experiment with Bill Nye. This interactive exercise focuses on using what you know about dependent and independent variables to make a prediction about whether boiling water with the lid...