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.
Engage your students with one of the “Guess What? Games”. These games can be used to introduce topics or to review them and get students thinking creatively, communicating and moving pretty quickly. Not only will you set the stage to the type of classroom you will run, but it let’s them know that your teaching style is probably very different than most typical classrooms!
When teaching concepts that involve sequencing or chronological order in child development, I like to utilize an adaptation of Eduprotocols teaching strategy. In this Child Development Sketch & Tell Activities post, you’ll find several activities using a common resource and template to help guide your students making learning more engaging and colorful!
Ever “wing” a recipe and wonder why it didn’t turn out correctly? I’m sure many of your students have! In this hands-on, no tech activity, students learn why reading a recipe carefully matters. So, if you’re looking for a way to help students understand the importance of following directions in food labs, check out my Cookie Catastrophe: Why Reading a Recipe Matters!
Admittedly, creating this new food guide pyramid has been challenging! I can see why there have been many requests for updated lessons and activities around it. So here goes…In this Real Food Guide Pyramid Lesson & Activities, you will find engaging hands-on activities to use with students to check their pre-existing knowledge on the new guide, learn background info about it and the food it encourages, followed by a culminating group assignment. Give it a try and let me know what you think!
It all started about a decade ago when a Marry Me Chicken recipe went viral on social media! Since then, the Marry Me Chicken as evolved into a variety of versions. In this post, Marry Me Dishes: Recipes, Activities & Challenge, students compare and contrast different recipe versions of the dish before preparing them in the lab. And, if you’re looking for a creative twist or competition, have students develop their own version of a Marry Me dish via a cooking challenge.
Every generation has had their trendy words and sayings over the years. Some have staying power while others make us scratch our heads and think, huh? This Family Communication: Back in the Day Sayings lesson explores those sayings along with whether or not they help or hinder relationships and communication skills between the young and old.
If you haven’t watched the new reality show “On Brand with Jimmy Fallon“, you don’t know what you’re missing! This show is basically a gamified competition where participants create and pitch marketing campaigns for a variety of well known products. As I was watching this series, I couldn’t help but think that this would be a great activity to adapt to topics within our course content. As previously promised, I’m sharing On Brand: Kitchen Appliances, developed by Lindsey Harlan of Arkansa! Stay tuned as I’m working on another one that will share at a later time!
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.
