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Welcome! Ideas for classroom organization, lesson activities, helping students succeed. FACS emphasis, but applicable to other content areas/grades!
All you need is a stamp pad, some paper and a marker and you can create a Thumbprint Feelings Book.
Here they are: 15 formats for structuring a class discussion to make it more engaging, more organized, more equitable, and more academically challenging.
When the Illinois State basketball team helped redesign their jerseys before the start of the 2012–2013 season, they knew what they wanted as players—and as budding fashion experts.
When it comes to pregnancy, there are so many myths and old wives tales that it can be hard to sort the fact from the fiction. People will claim that the gender of the baby is related to the phase of the moon at the time of conception, or the sexual position that you used
Dr. Ian's Portion Distortion Guide
Teach all kinds of things in the kitchen! When homeschooling, kitchen lessons are an amazing way to teach through many subjects.
A Large Collection of ENNEAGRAMS * See also: A Large Collection of ENNEAGRAMS (part 2) Table of Contents: • ENNEAGRAM of Being • The Three ENNEAGRAMS • Mountain Climber ENNEAGRAM • Personal Styles…
Ideas for your Family and Consumer Sciences (a.k.a. Home Economics) classroom.
I love science in the classroom and always take every opportunity to do fun experiments with the children. Today's 2 experiments have to do with our teeth and how the things we eat and drink affect them. Below are the items we are using for the experiments. We'll be using eggs for this experiment. 4 boiled eggs and one raw egg should do the trick. Take two boiled eggs and put them in a small clear cups and cover them with a dark soda, coke or pepsi will suffice. We will cover the other two with coffee or tea, your choice. The eggs will sit in these drinks all day and then overnight and the children can check on them periodically. For the raw egg we also put it in a clear cup but poured vinegar over it and let it sit overnight. As for discussion we talk about what the drinks and the vinegar might do to the hard white shell of the eggs. The eggs were stained within 5 minutes but had a much deeper stain the next morning. The initial thought of the children were that the drinks were going to somehow crack the eggs. I guess we shall see. Here's what happened to the eggs in the soft drink. The took on a deep yellow brown colored stain. The eggs in coffee were not quite as brown but still had a nice deep yellow stain. We talked about how soft drinks and coffee and tea affected the egg shell and how they can affect our teeth. We used toothbrushes and toothpaste to clean the eggs by using the following at our sensory table. The children couldn't wait to get their turn! As for the raw egg in the vinegar. The vinegar dissolved the whole shell over night and here's what it looked like. The kids were amazed! It was very soft and squishy (the kids words) and almost transparent. We all took turns squishing it gently to feel the difference between the hard shelled egg we put in yesterday and the shellless egg we took out of the vinegar today. The egg also expanded in size compared to the two boiled eggs that spent the night in the coffee and soft drink. Very Interesting. So all of that and what did we actually learn? Coffee and softs drinks stained egg shells and they will also stain our teeth. Brushing with toothpaste can help remove stains from eggshells (teeth). Boys and girls should not drink soda (that came from the children after the experiment) Taking care of our teeth is important so they don't get soft and mushy with cavities (again, this is the kids words). Coffee and soda make your teeth turn yellow (kids again) As far as the egg in vinegar we discussed that if we do not brush our teeth that the pieces of food that stay in our mouths mix with bacteria and make a slimy stuff called plaque. Plaque will build up on our teeth and start eating away at them like the vinegar ate the egg shell. We will get cavities, which are little holes in our teeth. The children know we can protect our teeth by flossing (we practiced that), brushing and eating healthy foods and drinks and going to the dentist regularly.
I always have my students look at cereal labels and compare two different kinds. We'll this lesson takes it to the next level by allowing students to bake their own cereal, make an accurate nutrition label for their cereal, create advertising, and delve into FDA regulations on food labeling. Read more →
My kids love measuring! We practice with liquid measuring cups, dry measuring cups and measuring spoons. Here is a quick worksheet on liquid measures. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Measuring-Cups
During a two-day teacher training this week, middle school teacher Jami Robinson made a singing stuffed monster with a glowing eye and a bookmark that lights up, sparking a future lesson on combini…
Engage your students in a lively discussion of labor and delivery methods and practices. Students will learn the sequential events of delivery and watch a real delivery. Read more →
Food Science Project: Discover and compare the taste threshold for sugar and various sugar substitutes in food, using solutions of varying concentrations from sugar and sugar substitutes test-tasted by volunteers.
Lesson Plans The Science of Taste (PDF) PowerPoints Fruits (PPT) Submitted by R.Amy from NJ Worksheets Chicken Broth(Word) Kitchen Equipment Index (Excel) Mini Refrigerator Poster on Sanitation (Word) Pork Cuts Extra Credit Culinary Extra Credit Paper (Word) Links Ice cream…Read more →
Students learn about safety and sanitation rules and guidelines before applying the information into a hand-generated cartoon!
I made these signs a couple years ago when my students seem to think the fridges were there for them to investigate. They would look in them for food, drinks or anything else that might suit their fancies. Some teachers are okay with that. I am not. Not that I have anything to hide. I just like my space to untouched by teenagers. Especially when I see what they do/scratch (or don't do- like wash) with their hands. I left the signs at my old school so I made new ones for my new school. I made "Do Not Open" ones for the fridges and "Do Not Enter" ones for the pantry and office. Feel free to use them as you wish!! These signs are available for FREE at Teachers Pay Teachers. Check it out! I know this is probably a silly question... but there is a reason why I am not an English teacher- it is teacher's right? Not teachers. Just checking.
We took this original pin from Pinterest… And turned it into… Bow & Arrow Support Activity Clients complete the Full or Empty Worksheet to provide insight into healthy and unhealthy…
The celery science experiment is easy to do with basic kitchen materials, introduces kids to the scientific method, and teaches capillary action.
It seems like every few months a new diet is proposed that is supposed to “really work,” unlike those other diets. This lesson is intended to provoke class discussion, emphasize critical thinking, and allow students to practice their ability to make and defend an opinion.Read more →
Teach your students the muffin method with this lesson! Labs make five different kinds of muffins and analyze the finished product for characteristics of high quality muffins. Read more →
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How to structure learning stations with Google Classroom, docs, slides, and forms; 10 ways to use learning stations with online teaching and remote / distance learning
Use the study and preparation of food as a cross-curricular PBL modality in math, chemistry, social studies, history, or language arts classes.
