Give students a Financial Advice Dilemma to practice and apply their critical thinking skills as well as their decision making skills! With all of the financial advise options available, students need to understand what they are all about as well as their pros and cons. So, use this activity as part of your decision making unit, as a stand alone extension activity or as a sub plan. Regardless of when or how you use it, students will have to put on their thinking caps!
There’s alot to wrap your head around when teaching students about food label literacy! I believe beginning with How to Read a Food Label is the first step! In this lesson you will find a variety of engaging, interactive activities to help students learn to read them.
The Dimensions of Wellness are made up of several components that help guide balanced living. Introduce your students to the 8 Dimensions of Wellness using a variety of teaching strategies that will keep your students engaged and moving as they learn all about them.
I frequently see requests from teachers for sewing projects. When I received this lesson from two experienced Utah FCS teachers, I knew I had to share! Shae Nilsen and Jess Dredge have started a Sewing YouTube channel, The Guided Stitch, to help assist with this Plushie Pets Sewing Project and other student friendly projects.
While ripped and/or holey jeans are still fashionable, not every hole or rip occurs in the most appropriate place if you get my drift! If you’ve ever owned a pair of jeans forever and they are well loved and worn, you know exactly what I mean! Sometimes, closing the hole or rip gives the jeans an extended life and sometimes it gives them an entirely new look. Whatever the reason for closing the gaps, this Mending Jeans Creatively can give you some great ideas for saving money, sustainability and even self-expression. It all starts with a pair of jeans!
Do you include expiration dates when teaching about food label literacy? If not, maybe you should consider adding it to your unit as there is alot of information about expiration dates than you might realize. Because of this, I’ve created some interactive resources around Expiration Dates to help your students learn more!
Students may not realize that some everyday tasks can become more difficult with age. That’s where this Limitations Lab, shared by Ellen Bolton of Pennsylvania, comes in. Students simulate a variety of physical limitations as they go about the everyday task of preparing food in the kitchen.
There was a time when you basically had only a few options when it came paying for goods and services. It was cash, check or credit card! That was it! Now there are a plethora of options available! Use the How Many Ways Can You Pay? lesson to help your students learn about the variety of payment methods at their disposal!
Claims made on foods can be very confusing to adults let alone students! In this Nutrition & Health Claims lesson, students learn the differences between the two in a variety of ways.
For years products have been decreasing in size, but not in price! This is known as Shrinkflation and in this lesson, students will learn what the concept means as well as how to calculate the percentage change in product sizes and then how consumers can fight back. This is a great lesson for a consumerism class, a financial literacy class or even a foods class!
