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What's inside a chocolate chip cookie? A surprising number of fun lessons in decision making, shopping and deep thinking.Kids LOVE this fun and engaging real-world comparison, cost analysis, and taste test of 2 different Trader Joe's chocolate chip cookies that kids can do solo or partnered up with other students. This is the perfect project-based learning activity to delight your class or home school with an educational treat! It stands alone or as part 4 in the Chocolate Chip Cookie School pro

What if everything you learned in school related to the real world? Welcome to a fun curriculum that teaches “critical thinking through cookies.” We deconstruct America’s favorite cookie to get students aged 10+ thinking creatively about learning and life. This curriculum that integrates history, baking, invention, business, social science, language arts, culture and more makes the perfect homeschool, summer school, holiday break or after school program!Here's what you'll find in the bundle. (I

What if everything you learned in school related to the real world? The Starting a Cookie Business module of Chocolate Chip Cookie School gives students a detailed, real-life education in how cookie businesses come to life with a "design thinking" approach.This includes figuring out who your customer is and what they want, name, logo, packaging and, best of all, making the perfect cookies for those customers. Starting a Cookie Business includes not only the business aspect but ingredients shopp

What if everything you learned in school related to the real world? Welcome to a fun curriculum that teaches “critical thinking through cookies.” We deconstruct America’s favorite cookie to get students aged 10+ thinking creatively about learning and life. Get the 5-module bundle — a 5-10 hour lesson pack — and save! It's perfect for homeschool, summer school and even adult school.ABOUT THIS MODULEIn Incredible Cookie Inventions, students explore the many things that had to be invented, beyond

Skip the resolutions! In this fun, upbeat activity, teachers guide students through brainstorming and defining up to 3 goals for the year then flow charting out what they need to do to achieve them. This free download can work either as an independent project or by breaking kids into small groups, which can help build empathy, collaboration and mutual support as well as demonstrate cause and effect. The same techniques you will see in this activity can help students of all ages to understand ho

What if everything you learned in school related to the real world? Welcome to Chocolate Chip Cookie School, a fun curriculum that teaches “critical thinking through cookies.” Students deconstruct America’s favorite cookie to get thinking creatively about learning and life. ABOUT THIS MODULE100 years ago the chocolate chip cookie did not exist!In The Chocolate Chip Cookie Revolution, students explore the exciting deals, legends, promotion and businesses that made the cookie an American classi

What if everything you learned in school related to the real world? Welcome to a fun curriculum that teaches “critical thinking through cookies.” We deconstruct America’s favorite cookie to get students aged 10+ thinking creatively about learning and life. Check out the full Chocolate Chip Cookie School bundle — at a great discount — if you're doing a homeschool, after school or summer school program. The 5 modules total 5-10 hours of teaching...depending how deeply you go into discussion. ABOUT

While baking cookies, while shopping or while talking about urban legends - this free, 1 page printable is a fun topic to ponder. How exactly was the chocolate chip cookie invented? No one knows what story is really true -- who knew our favorite American bookie had such intrigue? (This Cookie Detective inquiry goes deeper, with analysis of each cookie ingredient, in the 10,000 Year Old Chocolate Chip Cookie module of Chocolate Chip Cookie School.)

Close reading combined with simple math and critical thinking = a recipe for chocolate chip cookies ! Seriously, this 1 pager is a fun way to get cookie lovers of all ages thinking deeply and reading the cookie recipe closely. This free printable introduces the type of thinking and exercises teachers and parents can find in the Chocolate Chip Cookie School curriculum. For fans of invention and history, the module Incredible Cookie Inventions expands on this activity as an integrated lesson in c

Hello teachers, home school teachers, parents and anyone who believes that using the real-world to develop critical thinking, observation, analytical and other 21st Century skills are better learned through projects and fascinating subjects - LIKE THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE!Please download this free overview of Chocolate Chip Cookie School to learn about this 5-part curriculum. It is designed for students 10 years old+ up through adults. Even senior citizens who have heard about the program have

Chocolate chip cookie ingredients and baking tools came a long way before landing at the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts in the 1930s. With this free printable, Cookie Detectives can map the journey of the ingredients across time and space! Oh yes, the map will get very messy. It’s hard to fit thousands of years and lines on one map! That’s yet another reason to appreciate the cookie and all the great food we get to eat. The 10,000 Year Old Cookie module of Chocolate Chip Cookie School has all

Plan a cookie bake sale using tips and knowledge from the downloadable Starting a Cookie Business or Bakesale module of the Chocolate Chip Cookie School curriculum, which is also Part 2 of the printed  Chocolate Chip Cookie School book. A bakesale can be to test a real business idea or raise funds, and done as a solo activity or as a group. A bakesale is a perfect PBL ( project based learning) opportunity for students to learn different roles in a company as well as tap into their creativity f