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This Food and Cooking Safety: Grades 3-5 lesson plan also includes:
- Handout for Teachers: Top 10 Kitchen Tips
- Handout: Ingredients for a Safe Kitchen
- Quiz
- Quiz: Answer Key
- Poster: Don't Share Germs (color)
- Poster: Don't Share Germs (black and white)
- Poster: Don't Share Germs (in Spanish, color)
- Poster: Don't Share Germs (in Spanish, black and white)
- Poster: Wash Your Hands (color)
- Poster: Wash Your Hands (black and white)
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In lesson one, scholars read articles, brainstorm a list of tips, then vote on the most important ones. Using those tips, the class creates a mural detailing them with magazine cutouts. Lesson two challenges pupils to cook a dish at home after observing and listing safety precautions and the recipe.
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Concepts
Instructional Ideas
- Visit the school cafeteria to examine safety precautions
- Make a book of the recipes and give one to each class member
- Challenge learners to record themselves cooking similar to a cooking show
Classroom Considerations
- The first lesson takes one hour to complete, and the second lesson takes one week to complete
- Lesson two requires adult supervision at home
Pros
- Lesson one allows pupils to show what they know in a creative way
- It comes with a quiz and answer key
Cons
- The Top Ten Kitchen Tips handout is crooked