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Food and Cooking Safety: Grades 3-5 Lesson PlanFood and Cooking Safety: Grades 3-5 Lesson Plan
Publisher
Nemours KidsHealth
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Health
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
5 days
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Internet Access
Year
2016
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Food and Cooking Safety: Grades 3-5

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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

food safety, food, safety, recipes, food preparation, cooking

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

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