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Shaw Guides: Guide to Career Cooking & Wine Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you interested in a career in the cooking industry? Explore the Shaw Guide to career cooking and wine schools to learn about education training in this industry.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Hidden Grasses and Beans in Processed Foods

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this cooking and food science fair project, determine which common crops are found most often in processed foods. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective, and introduction,...
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Mayflower History

Mayflower history.com: Cooking and Food

For Students 4th - 8th
Describes the diet of the Pilgrims, beginning with the voyage across the ocean, then what they were able to catch or harvest from the land when they arrived, and what they learned from the native peoples. Also describes some recipes the...
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University of Michigan

Univerisity of Michigan: A Taste of the Ancient World: Storage and Cooking

For Students 9th - 10th
Pottery used for food storage and transportation of liquids offers insight into Egyptian daily life. See pictures of many different styles of pottery.
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Food Timeline: 19th Century American Foodways: Cowboy Cooking

For Students 9th - 10th
Find some recipes for 19th century cowboy food, menu suggestions for creating cowboy cook-outs at the elementary, middle and high school levels, and many suggestions about other information sources.
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Saudi Aramco World: Cooking in Hunza

For Students 9th - 10th
In northern Pakistan, in the high valley of Hunza, food practices have changed profoundly during the last 50 to 60 years. For decades, access to Hunza, in the heart of the Karakoram mountains (Western Himalayas), was quite difficult. But...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Baking Soda Substitute for Baking Powder in a Recipe?

For Students 9th - 10th
There's nothing quite like the smell of fresh-baked muffins for breakfast on a Saturday morning. If you're into baking, you might want to try this insightful project that lets you witness the chemistry behind making muffins. You'll get...
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Chefs and Head Cooks

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains detailed information on the cooking/chef career field. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.
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Trinity University

Trinity University: Time and Social Inequality

For Students 9th - 10th
This site talks about gender roles in today's society. Provided is a chart showing percentages of men and women to different tasks like cleaning and cooking.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Temperature Tells All!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are introduced to the health risks caused by cooking and heating with inefficient cook stoves inside homes, a common practice in rural developing communities. Students simulate the cook stove scenario and use the engineering...
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American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Martha Stewart

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Martha Stewart, a well-known lifestyle entrepreneur who has shared her creative ideas for cooking, entertaining and home decor through numerous types of media. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.
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Usa Book News

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Publication provides information and reviews on newsworthy and noteworthy works of literature in categories such as autobiography, business, cooking, current events, history, social change, and sports. Also find the yearly "Best Books"...
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State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Energy Sources: Biomass: Manure for Fuel

For Students 9th - 10th
Texas is famous for its cattle ranches, and all those cattle produce a lot of manure. Texans are working on projects to harness the energy in manure in various ways. Dry manure has been and continues to be burned for heating and cooking....
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Overland Journal: Food on the Oregon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-researched and very readable essay discussing the food supplies pioneers carried with them on their journeys across the frontier to the West.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Pioneer Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of primary source journals, letters, etc. on pioneer life in Wisconsin.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Biodiesel: The Afterlife of Oil

For Students 9th - 10th
Natascia Radice describes the process of turning used cooking oil into useful biodiesel. [4:15]
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US Department of Agriculture

U.s Department of Agriculture: Lady Liberty Gets an Oil Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Soybean oil isn't just only for cooking. Now scientists have turned it into a special oil used to run elevators -- including the one inside the Statue of Liberty.
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A&E Television

History.com: 6 Inventions That Transformed Housework

For Students 9th - 10th
Electric appliances large and small promised reduced drudgery. Most people take washers and refrigerators for granted today, a century ago, these machines revolutionized people's daily lives. The introduction of running water and...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Sampling 18th Century Fare

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from the Colonial Williamsburg Museum takes a look at Colonial Williamsburg's Historic Food Program project. Content includes a focus on how food was prepared, what tools were used, etc.
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Food Timeline: Westward Ho! Wagon Train Cookery

For Students 9th - 10th
Get a realistic view of how pioneers in wagon trains kept, stored, and cooked food on their months-long journeys out west. Learn what kinds of food they took and how much it cost them.
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Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society: Lizzie Black Kander (1858 1940)

For Students 9th - 10th
Lizzie Black Kander was an important figure in Milwaukee, offering support to Jewish immigrants. Her cooking classes and cookbooks were especially popular among women.
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The Role of Camp Followers in the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, written for re-enactment newsletters, tells of women as camp followers in the American Revolution. There is an extensive bibliography included.

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