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Cooking laboratories for Microsoft Word
Open A Restaurant Project for Prostart
This activity can be used as a final culmination of several topics in Prostart, including kitchen management and costing out of recipes. Students work in groups to design a restaurant, including: its theme, sampling of the menu, costing out items from the menu, and even preparing a dish they would theoretically serve in their restaurant. It will take about 2 days for planning and a third day for recipe completion.
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9th - 12th
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Cooking Utensils Vocabulary
Cooking Utensils Vocabulary contains a vocabulary list and definitions along with vocabulary matching and answer worksheets. If teaching Life Skills or Cooking classes, this lesson is a great complement to your lesson plan. If you're looking to delve into the world of cooking and Recipes, please check out my Reading FoLife: Cooking and Recipes lesson plan at: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Reading-For-Life-Cooking-and-Recipes-701915
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5th - 9th
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Microwave Marshmallow Experiment
This is a science lesson I usually use around Valentine's Day for our "Candy Science" theme. Students watch and record what they see as the 90 seconds go by. After we turn chocolate santa marshmallows into tasty Smore snacks to go with our camping theme!
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1st - 4th
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Cupcake Wars Project
Use this as a group project to really get the kids pumped! Included is the project guidelines with day by day instructions, a judge's rubric, and the project rubric worth 200 points.
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9th - 12th
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Function of ingredients in quick breads
This is a fun and quicker lab to introduce quick breads to the students. This lab will allow students to follow step-by-step directions in making pancakes (quick bread), and analyze and explore the function for each ingredient that goes into the pancake. It is always a hit in my classes!Great for both junior high/middle school and high school students.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Phone Sanitation Experiment
Are you teaching culinary classes and want to show how dirty phones are? I did so I created this activity! Using fresh bread, a phone, and a ziplock bag, and in a week you can create a nice visual of how truly unsanitary it is to have or use your phones in the kitchens. I have pictures of students' bread slices from this year to show what you could end up with.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Reading a Recipe (It's a trick :)
Tired of your students not reading their recipes for lab? This helps to teach them a lesson in how important it is to read before they start. If they don't read the directions, they will do a little extra work, which never killed anyone before.Spoiler: In the directions, they only have to answer questions two and nine, but they'll probably answer them all! bwahahaha!
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7th - 12th
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Nutrition and Culinary Arts 1 Recipes
There recipes are best for level 1 Nutrition and Culinary Arts classes. They are written for 50 min class periods. Skills practiced include sanitation, kitchen safety, knife safety, knife cuts, measuring techniques, measurement math, and changing yield. Basic cooking techniques include mix, fold, bake, saute, boil, simmer, blend. I have included notes on how I use these recipes in my classroom. Please use them to fit your needs!
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9th - 12th
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Herb & Spices Extension: Cookie Lab
Do you want to mix up your herb and spices unit? Here's a fun lab that encourages students to think outside of the box for what a cookie is "supposed" to taste like. 5 different cookies with an array of herb/spice combinations. Included with purchase is extension activities like a research element and post-lab reflection questions.
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7th - 12th
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Intro to Culinary Arts Pre-Lab Worksheet
This pre-lab worksheet can be used for any culinary or nutrition family and consumer sciences labs. This pre-lab worksheet is designed for a group of four students per kitchen and asks students to review the recipe and assign jobs before the day of the cooking lab.
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Not Grade Specific
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Lab: Making Butter in a Jar! At-home, hybrid, distance learning options
This is a simple lab using few household materials for a big wow factor. I teach middle school students and they were enthralled with the transition from thick liquid cream, to airy whipped cream, to solid butter and thin liquid buttermilk. I’ve also taught this lab with second and third graders, yielding the same sense of awe. Please enjoy!I’ve included lesson plans for how I would run this lesson in a non-COVID year, in a hybrid situation, and 100% remotely (both teacher-led and asynchronously
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Not Grade Specific
Which Ingredient is Missing?
Lab information for measuring & following recipe directions correctly. Questions/Key for baking ingredients functions, 2 sets of lab recipe sheets for which is the missing ingredient - chocolate chip bar cookies, brownie bars
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6th - 11th
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Kitchen Lab Duties
A breakdown of kitchen duties for groups of 5. Can easily be changed for larger or smaller groups.
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6th - 12th
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest
This contest is a hit with students! Rather than having all students make the exact same chocolate chip cookie, try having each group make a different cookie! Students research and evaluate recipes before deciding on their (hopefully) winning cookie recipe. Included in this lesson are objectives, rules for competition, a lab plan to help get students organized and ready for competition, and most importantly a judging rubric!This competition has been very successful in my high cshool cooking clas
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6th - 12th
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Dry and Liquid Measuring Stations
Students will experience 5 stations that teach them how to measure dry and liquid ingredients, use a food scale, and read abbreviations in a recipe.TEACHER SET-UP1 Table with dry measuring cups and flour1 Table with water in pitchers and liquid measuring cups1 Table with food scales, bowls, and flour
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7th - 10th
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Foods 1 Graduated Skills Labs (First five labs for beginners)
This document has everything a teacher needs to guide beginning cooks in Foods 1 classes in kitchen labs. Designed to teach students to read recipes, understand steps, follow instructions, identify equipment (from photos) and carry out essential tasks like mise en place, cleaning and santizing.Recipes include:Frappuccinos, Muddy Buddies, Old Bay Cheddar Biscuits, Chocolate Chip Cookies and Rice with Gravy.The recipes are designed to build skills as students go. They also come with teacher notes
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Sausage Taste Test Lab- Editable
Food Science and Meat Production Standards Combined Students can make homemade sausage using ground turkey and pork products, then compare it to a store bought product. Students review proper food handling techniques and can analyze products like product testers would in food science. It offers great discussion opportunities on marketing, perceptions, and biases in food products.
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7th - 12th
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Yeast Bread Recipe Packet
This packet includes four yeast bread recipes for culinary courses that have been tried and true by culinary teachers. All recipes are written to be completed in two or three 50 minute class periods and serve between four to five students. Every recipe uses the same template to keep reading and following the recipe simple and easy for all levels of culinary students. The learning objectives of each recipe are written at the top of the template. Recipes include; cinnamon rolls, focaccia bread, It
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7th - 12th
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Food pH Lab
Test the pH of several food items, record the data on the table provided. Lab Questions:Which food item tested was the most acidic?Which food item tested was the most basic?Were any food items tested neutral?What food items tested could be combined to create neutralization? Try it -What was the resulting pH?
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9th - 12th
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Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
This feel-good recipe is ideal for a lab as a part of the Principles of Culinary and Hospitality, Nutrition, or Culinary Arts courses (or equivalent) in the Hospitality and Tourism career cluster. This 2-day recipe is written in easy-to-understand language that has been improved over dozens of cinnamon roll labs. Pair this recipe with the Pre-Lab worksheet and Kitchen Group Lab Evaluation rubric for the ultimate (yummy) lesson!
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Not Grade Specific
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Ice Cream in a Bag Endothermic Lab and Dippin' Dots Lab (editable)
Hands on edible ice cream in a bag activity to show endothermic reactions for middle school or high school students. and bonus material science edible Dippin' Dots lab for chemistry students. The product is an editable word document with no watermark, please click on the preview to view the full version of the product as a copyright pdf.A teacher guide page is included for each lab to assist with logistics, best practices from my own experience, safety precautions, and explain the science behind
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6th - 12th
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Protein Alternatives Lab
America as a whole eats too much protein, due to high meat consumption, oversized portions, and abundance of fast food options. Students should be educated on alternatives to common sources of protein. Use this lab to open their minds to some plant-based proteins, and they will be surprised what they end up finding to be delicious!
Assign each lab group a different protein alternative to prepare; directions included for each. Students will pass around sample sizes to the other groups so everyon
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6th - 12th
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Popcorn Investigation with Thermal Energy
Through this activity your students can investigate how thermal energy is used to make popcorn! You will need a microwave, air popper and hot plate/stove popper. Divide students into three groups (conduction, convection, radiation) to gather data. Enjoy a treat while applying concepts and using the scientific method!
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5th - 8th
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Measurement Methods Lab -- Playdoh
This is a fantastic way to review the proper methods for measuring ingredients by volume. Each station has 1 or 2 ingredients for each student to measure. This lab was designed so that ALL students participate and practice each measurement method. At the end, each student will produce their own playdoh. The way it works: the teacher will set up the stations with necessary tools and ingredients. Each student will need a small mixing bowl and a spoon to stir with. Give small groups of students abo
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Not Grade Specific
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Also included in: Reading a Recipe & Proper Measurement Methods Lab -- Play Dough
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