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This is a great activity for the first week of class. Students create their culinary bucket lists in a presentation style format. They choose one to share with the class. A great opportunity to learn something personal about each student, and you can use their ideas to guide some of the recipes or topics you choose to pursue in class. A fresh take on a get to know you activity!

Use this lab plan worksheet to help your students get organized and ready for success during their cooking lab! It asks them to consider the skills being practiced, the equipment needed, safety and sanitation concerns, as well as how to divide the work equitably. The space to create a plan based on timing will help to ensure they finish the lab on time, with enough opportunity to enjoy the meal they have made and clean up well before class ends. A sample plan has been included.

Students are randomly assigned a food additive commonly found in convenience food products (there are 15 total, so two students work on each additive, and before sharing with their peers could compare notes with one another). They use the internet to research the plus, minus and interesting facts about their additive and organize those ideas into the appropriate chart. The next day, students interact with one another to 'meet' the other 14 food additives. On the second worksheet, students need

A "Find Someone Who" activity designed to get kids up and talking with all of their classmates. There is a question in each box and students must find a peer who can give them the answer. You can only ask a peer once - no doubling up on answers! There are three versions of the icebreaker in this file. Two are specific to foods classes and topics typically discussed there. One is open ended and is focused more on getting to know each other personally. It could be used for any class. The quest

In this resource you'll find 24 Foods Journals, including two templates for you to write your own prompt in. Foods journals are a great way to introduce a topic. They provide students the time and space to "think" first, before participating in a class activity or discussion on the topic. They are also helpful as an informal assessment tool after wrapping up a lesson to give students the space to share their takeaways from a lesson or unit.  Topics included here are: Most memorable momentSkill

A crossword activity to review cooking terminology. Includes answer key.

A student profile to gather information about students in the first week. Two different styles with similar questions. One is more visual / open ended than the other.

4 posters for your textiles classroom: Problem solving: Loops on your fabric Problem solving: Thread keeps breaking Problem solving: Skipped stitches "Ask 3 then me" reminder Just some basic reminders for things that students can check/try independently before getting you to come take a look. All posters are in PDF format.

A poster for your classroom, or print as a handout. 3 R's of lab prepardness: read, review and ready yourself!

In this activity, students create a "Least Wanted" Poster for a common foodborne pathogen. It is a great way to wrap up an intro unit on safety and sanitation in a junior foods class.

A small poster with some reminders about iron safety/use for the classroom.

A poster for the classroom to help facilitate less food waste. "Take what you'll eat and eat what you take" along with a list of options for what to do with any food leftover. Take it home, share with a friend, or pack it for someone else. In our class we pack for others who may not have a lunch that day. Students in our school know they can come by for a meal as needed.

The expectations on the poster read as follows: "GOOD NEWS! There WILL be appropriate times you can use your cell phone or personal devices in class. Your teacher will let you know when that is. I understand that: -My phone is to be silenced and put away prior to coming in to class -My phone and earbuds will be kept in my bag -If my phone is out when it shouldn't be, or being used in way that distracts myself or others from their learning, it will be placed in the teacher's desk drawer. -Repeat

Have students work in small groups to discuss the skills they would like to learn during your cooking course. Together, each group will come up with 3 "mini" units that they would like included in the course (for example, a 'mini unit' on pancakes would include student generated ideas on what types of recipes and skills to include. ie: scallion pancakes, souffle pancakes, american style pancakes, crepes etc). I include a "mini unit" idea from each group throughout the course.

A poster to remind students don't to yuck someone else's yum

This resource contains 3 files: 1) Set of 7 in colour, double sided cards that walk your students through the design cycle. The different stages are: understanding context, defining, ideate, planning, testing, making and sharing (these stages align with the the new BC ADST Curriculum, however all design cycle stages are alike). 2) Set of 7 double sided cards, in grayscale. 3) Set of 7 small, simplified cards reflecting the basics of the design cycle. These cards could be used to introduce the

Just a quick overview of some of my favourite icebreakers for the start of the school year.