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Thanksgiving Food Safety InvestigationBring real-world food safety into your classroom with this quick and engaging Thanksgiving investigation! Students research correct practices for 12 holiday food-safety scenarios — from thawing a turkey to storing leftovers — using credible websites. Includes: ✓ Printable PDF worksheet ✓ Google Slides version with helpful resource links thanksgiving food safety invest… Perfect for FACS, Foods/Nutrition, bell-ringers, sub plans, or a seasonal mini-lesson. E

Teach real-world manners with this quick and engaging “Etiquette Emergencies” activity! Students work through 10 common table-manners dilemmas and use credible etiquette resources to decide the most polite response. Perfect for Thanksgiving season or anytime you want to build communication and social skills in your FACS classroom. This download includes: ✔ Printable PDF worksheet ✔ Ready-to-assign Google Slides version ✔ Helpful etiquette resource links ✔ Great for sub plans, early finishers

A no-prep Thanksgiving trivia activity featuring 25 multiple-choice questions. Includes a printable PDF with answer key and a self-grading Google Form—perfect for warm-ups, early finishers, or a fun pre-break activity!

🍁 Thanksgiving Nutrition Analysis — “What’s on Your Plate?” ActivityHelp your students build real-world nutrition label literacy with this easy, low-prep Thanksgiving-themed analysis activity! Perfect for Foods & Nutrition, Health, FACS, or any wellness-related class. Students will choose three store-bought Thanksgiving foods, locate each Nutrition Facts label, and compare calories, sodium, added sugars, serving sizes, ingredients, and more. The clean, structured chart makes it simple to guide

Bring furniture history to life with this fun, visual Leg Day: Furniture Style Edition worksheet! Students sketch and label a variety of classic furniture leg types while learning to recognize key design details and shapes. This resource is perfect for Housing & Interior Design, Furniture History, or Interior Design units, and works great as an activity, sub plan, early finisher activity, or skill refresher. Includes a 1-page (front & back) printable worksheet with directions and labeled drawi

Bring autumn vibes into your Family & Consumer Sciences classroom with this festive table-setting design challenge! Students label correct place-setting parts, choose a fall or harvest-inspired theme (Thanksgiving optional), and create their own cozy, creative layout. This one-class activity blends hospitality skills with visual design — perfect for a quick seasonal lesson, sub plans, or end-of-unit engagement.

Bring holiday cheer into your FACS classroom! Students design a winter-themed table setting, label correct placement, and reflect on etiquette. Easy sub plan and great for one-day holiday engagement!

🎃 Spooky Table Setting Challenge – A Halloween FACS ActivityBring Halloween fun into your Family & Consumer Sciences classroom with this festive table setting etiquette and design challenge!Students will review correct table placement, choose a themed Halloween look, and design their own creative table layout that balances proper etiquette with spooky style. This activity blends visual design and hospitality skills—perfect for a short, seasonal lesson or sub plan. 💀 What’s Included: Print

🎃 Frightful Food Label Comparison – A Halloween Nutrition Investigation Bring spooky season into your nutrition or FACS classroom with this quick, hands-on Halloween activity! Students compare the nutrition labels of two Halloween treats, analyze the data, and make an evidence-based decision about which is the healthier option. This engaging mini-lesson reinforces label reading, portion awareness, and critical thinking — perfect for sub days, early-finisher work, or a short lesson before the h

🥤 Drink Size Showdown: Which Bottle Is the Better Buy?Help your students think critically about everyday purchases with this quick, hands-on consumer math activity! In the Drink Size Showdown, students compare the cost of different drink sizes — like Powerade, Gatorade, bottled water, or soda — to determine which offers the best value per ounce. They’ll calculate, rank, and analyze their findings while reflecting on how packaging, convenience, and marketing influence what people buy. Perfec

🥣 Cereal Size Showdown: Which Box Is the Better Buy?Help students become smart, savvy shoppers with this hands-on, real-world cost comparison activity! In the Cereal Size Showdown, students calculate the price per ounce of different cereal boxes to uncover which offers the best value — proving that bigger isn’t always better. Perfect for Family & Consumer Science, Consumer Education, or Personal Finance classes, this activity blends math, marketing, and decision-making into one quick, no

Transform a classic gingerbread house activity into a real-world housing and design challenge! In Design to Sell: Gingerbread Edition, students take on the role of designers and real estate marketers. They’ll plan, build, and decorate a gingerbread home that showcases curb appeal, architectural detail, and design principles — then “sell” it with a professional-style real estate listing. This project blends creativity, collaboration, and applied design skills while giving students a festive, ha

Exploring the White House: Virtual Tour Digital & Printable Worksheet | Social Studies, Housing, or Interior DesignTake your students on a virtual field trip to one of the most iconic homes in the United States — The White House! This engaging activity guides students through the official White House 360° Virtual Tour, helping them explore both the exterior architecture and interior design of this historic building. Students will:Explore the White House’s exterior design and list architect

Make learning about unit pricing, budgeting, and consumer decision-making sweet and seasonal with this hands-on Holiday Candy Cost Comparison activity! Perfect for Family & Consumer Sciences, Math, or Business classes, this engaging worksheet has students explore real-world pricing while comparing popular holiday treats. Students will: Research and record prices for six types of holiday candy 🍬 Calculate price per ounce using the provided formula Rank candies from most to least expensive

Bring real-world math and consumer skills to life this October with this fun, hands-on Halloween Candy Cost Comparison activity! Students will investigate how candy pricing, packaging, and marketing affect consumer decisions while practicing essential math and budgeting skills. This engaging project challenges students to research six different types of Halloween candy, record prices and package sizes, and calculate the cost per ounce to find which treat offers the best (and worst!) value. T

Turn your housing and design class into a spooky good time with Haunted House Hunters!In this creative Halloween-themed activity, students explore different architectural housing styles while imagining them as haunted properties. They’ll research key features, sketch or describe spooky examples, and analyze what makes each home unique — blending creativity with design vocabulary and real-world housing knowledge. This resource is perfect for engaging students before Halloween while still sta

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