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Chemical Leavening Agents
Students examine chemical leavening agents in dough and batters.
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Leavening
Learners experiment with the various types of leavening agents and complete a muffin lab. They review the basics of lab management and safety procedures: sanitation, measuring, altering recipes, table setting and mealtime manners, basic...
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Chemical Leavening Agents
Discuss leavening agents and baked goods. Describe the purpose of leavening agents in baked goods List the four major leavening agents Explain why baking soda is used with an acid in baked goods Identify the types of doughs and batters...
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Leavening
Students experiment with the various types of leavening agents and complete a muffin lab.
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Chemical Changes and Biscuits
Fourth graders investigate chemical changes in everyday life settings, such as cooking. They investigate leavening which is one of the classic chemical changes that people experience. Pupils observe leavening in biscuits with the...
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How Many? Counting Gingerbread Cookies to 12
Rejoicing gingerbread persons are pictured in 6 sets (in quantities from 3 to 12) for your little mathematicians to count. They write the number for how many are in each set. To extend, combine with a baking lesson that involves...
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Eggs: A Practical Application
Apply food selection and preparation guidelines related to egg products. National Standard 14.3.3 Identify functions of eggs: binder, thickener, coating, leavening agent, emulsifier Identify egg cooking temperatures, techniques/methods:...
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Find the Passover Words
For this Passover worksheet, students locate six words related to the Passover in a word find. Words include: Leaven, Matzah, Moses, Egypt, Haggadah, and Seder.
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Find the Chametz
In this Passover worksheet, students circle each food that has leavening. They circle cookies, cake and doughnuts. Fresh vegetables, chocolate, ice cream and popcorn are left.
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Tortilla in a Bag
An engaging, and interesting lesson of types of bread found around the world awaits your charges. In it, learners compare and contrast manjy types of breads that come from cultures all over the globe. They utilize worksheets embedded in...
Classroom Law Project
Should we believe everything we read? Becoming a discerning consumer of media
Class members investigate the role media should play in a healthy democracy. As part of this study, groups analyze political advertising, use FactCheck to assess not only the veracity of but the persuasions techniques used in candidates'...
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Quick Breads: A Practical Application
Apply food selection and preparation guidelines related to quick breads, rice, grains, and pasta. National Standard 14.3.3 Identify basic cooking techniques related rice, grains, and pasta Identify examples of quick breads: muffins,...
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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II
Identify appropriate abbreviations, food-measurement terminology, techniques, equivalents, and calculate recipe-size adjustments and demonstrate proper measuring techniques. Identify abbreviations Compute equivalents Identify measuring...
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Yeasts and Molds
Learners investigate the characteristics and nature of yeast and molds help to explain how these microorganisms affect food production. They experiment with yeast in sourdough in preparing sourdough pancakes.
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Cell Energy - Bubbling Yeast
Learners identify that yeast are a single celled fungi that are a great model organism for studying respiration in the classroom. They also fill the bulb of a disposable pipet (eyedropper) with yeast, then submerge the pipet in a test...
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Jr. Chef Club Super Snacks Lesson 6
Students explore healthy snacks. In this nutrition and cooking lesson, students observe and identify food groups on USDA's MyPyramid food guide. Students discuss how fiber helps our digestive system and follow a recipe using yeast to...
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Oklahoma Wheat on the World Market
Sixth graders explore profit and loss in the wheat trading market. In this sixth grade mathematics lesson/social studies lesson, 6th graders play a “Wheat Market Trading Game” in order to investigate the concept of supply and demand and...
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Quick Breads (Banana Muffins)
High schoolers review what they know about quick breads and bananas. For this art lesson, students discover two different recipes for Banana Muffins off of the computer. High schoolers prepare a recipe for Bananas Muffins carefully and...
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Confusing Words: Rise and Raise
In this confusing words: rise and raise worksheet, students read the explanations and examples for correct usage of these two words, then interactively complete 10 sentences for practice with immediate online feedback.
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Marcus's Big City Adventure
Fourth graders review their knowledge of nutrition and the 5 food groups. Then they read a story which involves food from Ethiopia, India, and Mexico. They examine these foods and their nutrients, considering the health value of each.
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Kitchen Math - Levels I & II
Students examine mathematics as an important component of nutrition management and food preparation.
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Yeast Bread Test
Student test their knowledge on identifying the classes of yeast breads, techniques and skills in the preparation of yeast breads, identifying the main ingredients and their function when used in preparing yeast breads and correct...
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Passover Alphabetical Order Worksheet
For this online interactive Passover worksheet, students examine 16 Passover-related words and then write them in alphabetical order on the lines provided. This worksheet may also be printed for classroom use.
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Anyone for Sugar?
Learners inquire about how much sugar they consume on a daily basis. In this healthy habits demonstration, students examine how much sugar is in a variety if foods by spooning out teaspoons and placing into a bowl. Learners discuss...