Recently, I read an article about making grilled cheese sandwiches using a variety of different fats. In the article, the experiment was conducted to see which fat made the best grilled cheese sandwich, overall. I thought it would be a great experiment to adapt to a foods lab so I created the FATS & The Grilled Cheese Experiment to see if students taste buds yielded the same results!
If you teach a course, lesson or unit about furniture, interior design, housing or sustainablity, you don’t want to forget about the growing trend of fast furniture. In this Fast Furniture: A Talking Points Lesson & Activities, students explore the…
Looking for some fresh ideas for teaching about nutrients? Lindsey Harlan from Arkansas comes to the rescue by sharing her Nutrient Lesson & Activities. She offers activities for both junior high and high school level students.
As I’m casually looking at social media, I often see requests for quick, easy and inexpensive sewing projects. The Embroidered Tea Bag Bookmark: A Hand Sewing Project is perfect for all grade levels, experience levels and a great way to use up those odds and ends of scrap fabrics. It can also be done in a couple of class periods, allows for personal creativity and develops fine motor skills. A win, win, win all the way around!
If you teach an interior design class, you have an instant in for including lessons on color theory and design. However, you don’t have to teach an interior design class to be able to incorporate color theory! The 60-30-10 Color Rule & Nursery Design Project can easily be used in a class where preparing to become parents and planning a nursery are taught. It can definitely be included when teaching about the family life cycle stages as well. Figure out how or where you can include this topic and read on for more details.
Sometimes it’s fun to interject some international foods into your repertoire of lessons even if you don’t teach an international foods class. Doing so gives you the opportunity to expand the knowledge and tastes of your students who might not otherwise be exposed to these areas and/or foods. Let’s say you’re teaching a lesson on sandwiches, wraps, meats or poultry …this would be a great time to introduce your students to a Middle Eastern food using this Shawarma Mini-Lesson and Lab.
