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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Molly of Denali: Recipe Book Family Activity

For Students K - 1st
Use this recipe book based on the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali to get cooking with family and friends! Try out some of Molly's recipes and then write down your own recipes to add to her recipe book.
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PBS

Jacques Pepin's World of Cooking

For Students 9th - 10th
At this famous French chef Jacques Pepin's resource, you can get tips and recipes.
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Other

The Food Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of food resources-- in chronological order can be viewed at this site. Want to know what the pioneers cooked or when agriculture began? When was the Moon Pie invented? How about jelly beans, catsup, or breakfast cereal?...
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Other

China Vista: Recipe Corner

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting bilingual English-Chinese website with introductions to the histories of various cuisines in China, recipes from those regions, and lessons on basic Chinese cooking skills.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Kitchen Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course focusing on kitchen chemistry. Course explores the application of chemistry in recipes and cooking. Course features include links to readings, lecture notes, and a wealth of related links.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: Food and Nutrition Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides a wide array of nutritional information. Included are articles on food and food groups, the connection between health and food, and healthy eating choices.
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Lingolex

Lingolex.com: Spanish Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Not sure what those Spanish cooking terms mean? This is a great Lingolex site! Bilingual dictionary of all sorts of cooking terms! Easy to use. Perfect while reading recipes in Spanish.
PPT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Medieval Food [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes food practices in medieval times. Looks at food staples, food preservation, daily diet, recipes and cookbooks, the role of the church, and social class.
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Native American Art and Technology

Native Tech: Native American Food & Recipes

For Students 9th - 10th
NativeTech provides many different recipes from around the North American continent. Each one is submitted by someone of Native American heritage, with a notation about the origins of the recipe. Organized by food groups.
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Willaimsburg: Selected Recipes

For Students 9th - 10th
Original recipes from colonial times in Williamsburg. You can try them yourself!
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Heritage Gateways: Food

For Students 9th - 10th
Click through eighteen pages of information about food and cooking as it was experienced by people traveling by wagon train to Utah, and as they began to settle into homesteads and communities. This site began as part of the 1997...
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Other

Cooking With Caro: Caribbean Cooking at It's Best

For Students 9th - 10th
5 basic Dominican Republic recipes listed at the bottom of the page with a brief explanation before. Basic and easy to use.
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Other

Cooking With Kids: Breakfast Baked in a Bar

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here is a simple recipe for kids to try with their parents' help. Learn to make breakfast bars using crescent rolls, apples, walnuts, caramels and common ingredients that are probably already in your kitchen.
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Curated OER

Medieval and Renaissance Food: Sources, Recipes, and Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of references for researching the types of food people ate in medieval and Renaissance times, and how they prepared it.
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Other

Lo Mexicano: Spanish and Mexican Cooking Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
More than just a translation of words, this site also gives explanations of just what a true "enchilada" or "gordita" is, for example. Great reference tool!
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science of Cooking: Bread Science and Facts

For Students 3rd - 8th
Find out the science behind making bread. This site from Exploratorium turns your kitchen into a lab and you can do much more than bake bread. Do experiments with yeast, and find out what is so exciting about gluten.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Staying Healthy

For Students 3rd - 5th
Find yummy recipes for food to make yourself! There are also articles about the reasons for vitamins and minerals, how to eat when you're playing sports, and a number of other important topics.
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Curated OER

Recipe Corner

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting bilingual English-Chinese website with introductions to the histories of various cuisines in China, recipes from those regions, and lessons on basic Chinese cooking skills.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: The Science of Eggs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Hard cooked or raw, can you tell? This site has egg recipes and activities, scientific processes of eggs, and more from Exploratorium.com.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science of Sugar

For Students 3rd - 8th
What is a sucrose molecule? What does the Candy-o-matic do? Fun candy science recipes and activities are listed at this site.
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Lesson Tutor

Lesson Tutor: History: Go Eat Your Homework!

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn a little about a few major cities in the United States while munching on the food that the city is known for. For example, Boston's history goes better while eating Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread. Recipes are included.
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Curated OER

Coconut Milk Is an Essential Cooking Ingredient in Indonesian Cuisine

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive report on the food of Indonesia. This site contains a detailed description of food history, food for religious and holiday celebrations, mealtime customs as well as many recipes!
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Healthy Eating: Healthy Eating: Collection

For Students 3rd - 7th
Support healthy eating by using these resources in the classroom. The Healthy Lunchtime Challenge was a nationwide recipe contest for kids ages 8-12 that promotes cooking and healthy eating. Winners attended a "State Dinner" at the White...
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Curated OER

Egg Cross Section

For Students 3rd - 8th
Hard cooked or raw, can you tell? This site has egg recipes and activities, scientific processes of eggs, and more from Exploratorium.com.