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Keep your culinary students learning even when they’re out of the kitchen!Need a LOW PREP solution for snow days, NTID days, emergency sub plans, or distance learning in your culinary classroom? This ProStart 1 NTID Packet is packed with engaging, real-world culinary and restaurant industry activities designed specifically for high school ProStart and Culinary Arts students. Students will review kitchen safety, customer service, restaurant careers, menu planning, and employability skills — all w

Looking for a fun, creative, and student friendly back-to-school activity that goes beyond the basic “get to know you” worksheet? Your Life as a Playlist is the perfect first week of school activity to help students introduce themselves through music, reflection, creativity, and personal connection. In this activity, students create an 8-song playlist that represents who they are, where they have been, and where they hope to go. Each song connects to a different part of their life, personality,

****Teach Students How to Promote a Destination Like a Pro!****Print & GoNo PrepGreat for Independent Work or SubsLooking for an engaging, no-prep lesson to teach your students about destination marketing strategies? This ready-to-use resource is perfect for Travel & Tourism, Hospitality, or Marketing classes! Students will explore how destinations attract visitors through branding, target audiences, social media, events, and partnerships, then apply their knowledge by creating their own marketi

Bring real-world learning into your classroom with this engaging Mock Farmstand Project! Perfect for culinary, and hospitality classes, this activity allows students to create and run their own farmstand business from start to finish. Students will develop a brand, create products, design a stand layout, and practice customer service skills—all while working in a simulated workplace environment. This project encourages creativity, teamwork, and critical thinking while reinforcing important culin

Follow the clues. Track the tourists. Solve the mystery of West Virginia.Looking for a fun, engaging, and challenging way to teach West Virginia TOURISM regions? This logic-based mystery activity turns your classroom into an investigation! Students will use critical thinking, reading comprehension, and geography skills to track down missing tourists across the nine tourism regions of West Virginia. Students become tourism investigators as they: Analyze clues Eliminate incorrect answers Apply k

Get your students thinking like hospitality professionals with this engaging lodging customer service activity! Print-and-go No prep required No answer key included (student-response based)Perfect for Hospitality & Tourism, ProStart, or Intro to Tourism classes, this resource helps students apply real-world customer service techniques that focus on guest comfort, satisfaction, and well-being. Students will step into the role of hotel employees and respond to realistic guest situations, just li

Help students discover exciting career opportunities in the growing hospitality industry with this engaging West Virginia Hospitality Careers Research & Presentation Packet! Students will explore real career paths within the Mountain State while developing speaking, research, and presentation skills. This 4-page print-and-go packet guides students through selecting a hospitality career, researching job responsibilities, learning required skills, and preparing a presentation to share with the cla

Non-Traditional Instructional Day 5 Day Packet ***Print and Go Ready**** Need an engaging and easy-to-use resource for Non-Traditional Instructional Days, snow days, or emergency learning days? This 5 Day Culinary NTID Packet is designed specifically for 8th grade Culinary Exploratory students and keeps students learning independently from home. Students will explore kitchen tools, food safety, restaurant design, recipe reading, and culinary careers through fun, age-appropriate activities. Each

Keep students engaged (even from home!) with this 5-day, no prep Travel WV packet designed for snow days and NTID learning.Need a reliable, engaging, and easy to use packet for snow days or non-traditional instruction Day (NTID)? This 5-day Travel West Virginia packet is designed specifically for high school students to complete independently, no internet required! Students will explore West Virginia tourism, local attractions, and personal connections to travel while practicing critical thinkin

Engage your students with this real-world leadership lesson designed for hospitality and tourism classes! This resource helps students understand and apply four key leadership styles used in the tourism industry. Students will explore:Transformational LeadershipTransactional LeadershipSituational LeadershipServant LeadershipThis resource includes an informational reading, comprehension questions, scenario-based activities, and a real-world application writing task. Perfect for: Hospitality & Tou

(PRINT & GO READY!!) Great for Subs!TOURISM PACKET!!!Looking for an engaging, real-world tourism lesson your students will actually enjoy? This Tourism Takeover Activity Packet helps students explore how states across the U.S. attract visitors and boost their economies while making strong connections to your own state and community. Perfect for Travel & Tourism, Hospitality, or CTE classes, this resource encourages critical thinking, creativity, and real-world application. Students Will Learn:H

*** PRINT & GO READY!!!!*****GREAT SUB ACTIVITY***Bring real-world culinary skills into your classroom with this engaging and reusable Cooking Show Analysis Worksheet! Perfect for high school culinary students, this activity allows students to critically analyze popular cooking shows while connecting what they see to real kitchen skills, food safety, and professional behavior. Students will watch any cooking show episode ( Chopped, MasterChef, Top Chef, Nailed It, or even YouTube cooking videos)

Bring real-world learning into your classroom with this engaging Travel & Tourism activity focused on boosting local tourism in rural communities! In this lesson, students step into the role of a Tourism Board Member and develop a plan to attract visitors to their county. Using a West Virginia tourism video, real economic data, and critical thinking, students will analyze tourism strategies and create their own marketing ideas. This activity is perfect for:Travel & Tourism classes Hospitality c

****PRINT & GO !!!******SUB PLAN**Looking for a high-engagement, NOCTI-aligned review activity that actually prepares your students for real-world kitchen situations? This NOCTI Culinary Scenario Challenge places students inside a fast-paced commercial kitchen where things are going wrong and it is their job to fix it. Students will analyze realistic kitchen disasters involving:Food safety & sanitation Cross contamination Cooking methods & temperatures Workplace professionalism Team communicatio

Looking for a fun, low-prep culinary activity to reinforce soup vocabulary? This Soup-er Scramble Challenge is the perfect way to review key kitchen terms while keeping students engaged! Students will unscramble 15 soup-related words and write definitions, helping them build vocabulary and strengthen understanding of essential culinary concepts. Perfect for:Culinary Arts Classes FCS (Family & Consumer Science) ProStart Programs Sub Plans Review Days Early Finisher Work What’s Included 1 Student

Test your students’ culinary knowledge with a festive green-themed challenge!(PRINT AND GO!!!)Bring a little luck to your culinary classroom with this festive St. Patrick’s Day Green Foods Crossword! Students will test their food knowledge by identifying 14 green foods using fun, culinary-based clues. This activity is perfect for culinary arts, FACS, or hospitality classes during the month of March. This resource keeps students engaged while reinforcing food identification, vocabulary, and seas

Master the Foundations of Classical Cuisine, Includes Answer Key!, PRINT & GO!Looking for an engaging way to review the Five Mother Sauces and their derivatives? This fun and academically aligned crossword puzzle reinforces foundational culinary knowledge while keeping students actively engaged. Perfect for ProStart, Culinary Arts, FACS, and Hospitality classes! What’s Included: 1 Student Crossword Puzzle 12 Culinary Terms Student-Friendly Clues Complete Answer Key Print & Go Format (No Prep R

* 16 PAGE PRINT & GO!!!!Bring West Virginia history and tourism to life with this engaging, standards-friendly documentary companion and research project! Students watch PBS POV’s King Coal (link included on the worksheet) and answer thoughtful comprehension & reflection questions. Then, students research a current coal-related tourism attraction in West Virginia and connect real-world heritage tourism to the film’s themes of identity, culture, and change in Appalachia. Perfect for Travel WV,

***PRINT & GO READY!***Bring West Virginia tourism to life with this engaging role-play and critical thinking activity! In this lesson, students become West Virginia tour guides, exploring the Palace of Gold and learning how unique landmarks attract visitors to the Mountain State. Students research the Palace of Gold using the official website, organize key facts, and create a guided tour script that promotes the destination. This activity strengthens tourism awareness, communication skills, and

Turn your classroom into a real-world tourism planning office with this engaging, discussion-driven case study focused on Oglebay Park, one of West Virginia’s most successful tourism destinations. In this activity, students take on the role of Oglebay’s marketing and planning department as they respond to a realistic scenario: a new competing outdoor resort is opening in a nearby state. Students must analyze Oglebay’s history, attractions, and growth to explain why tourists should still choose O