Food Education Standard: FES 5: Food impacts health

#HeartHealthyEating

Students investigate the impact of our food choices on our heart health through reading informational texts.

Roasting a Chicken and Making Stock

Chef Daniel Weiland shows us how to perfectly roast a whole chicken and then make stock using the bones. The Family Meal Lesson Plan (available for download below) includes a Common Core Reading activity for students in grades 6th through 10th as well as discussion questions and additional activity ideas for the entire family.

Monster Pasta

Chef Joshua Frontany’s four year old son named this pasta, Monster Pasta. It’s a garlic tomato beef bolognese with veggies, but Chef Joshua says that monster pasta is a hit with most children! This is an approachable, affordable recipe, packed with nutrients and flavor. This Family Meal Lesson Plan (available for download below in English […]

Cauliflower Soup

Roasted cauliflower becomes a tasty soup in this recipe and video by Chef Carla Norelli. This Family Lesson includes a Family Meal Video and Family Lesson Plan (available for download below in English and Spanish) that includes a Common Core-based reading activity for students in grades 7 and 8 as well as additional suggested activities […]

Carrot Hummus Dip

Did you know that we absorb more beta-carotene from carrots when they are cooked? In this Family Meal video, Chef Lydia Burns shows us how to cook carrots and make a crowd pleasing dip! This Family Lesson also includes a Family Lesson Plan (available for download below) with a Common Core-based math activity for students […]

Lesson 4: The Columbian Exchange

This is the final lesson in The Age of Exploration Through Food lesson set. Students will learn about the Columbian Exchange and discuss how food habits are different between the regions in the United States. After direct instruction, students plan a dinner party menu and create an adult menu out of New World foods and […]

Lesson 4: Let’s Cook and Share!

This is the final lesson in the Now We’re Cooking With Nutrition lesson set. In this lesson, students will have a cookoff event with the purpose of exchanging feedback with two groups. Groups will then use this feedback to make final revisions on their recipes. The unit concludes with a Celebration of Learning event where […]

Lesson 3: Nutritional Recipes

This is the third lesson in the Now We’re Cooking With Nutrition unit. In this lesson, students will deepen their work from the previous lesson around analyzing different foods; nutritional content. In groups of 3, students will research and analyze foods for their nutritional content to brainstorm ingredients they may want to include in their […]

Lesson 2: Learning About Nutrition Through Inquiry

This is the second lesson in the Now We’re Cooking With Nutrition lesson set. Students will engage in inquiry stations to explore resources to build their knowledge around nutrition. This will support them as they begin to think about the nutritional content of the ingredients they want to include in their recipes.

Lesson 2: Food Is Our Body's Fuel

This is the second lesson in the Understanding Food and Our Bodies lesson set. Students will understand or have an enhanced understanding that food acts as fuel for our bodies. They will discuss a mentor text and participate in a guided discussion about things the human body can do, and discover that our bodies need […]

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