How To: Read a Seed Packet
Did you know that seed packets contain a wealth of information on how to grow the seeds they contain? This lesson will introduce you to gardening vocabulary terms that will assist you in reading seed packets. Knowing how to read a seed packet will help you become a great gardener!
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Seeds We Eat
What seeds do you eat? Most people eat seeds every day, even if they don’t realize it. Edible seeds come in many forms and make up a large part of human diets. In this lesson, you’ll think about seeds you eat, do a coloring activity, and learn about different categories of edible seeds.
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Strawberries and Pesticides
Conventional (non-organic) strawberries can contain up to 20 pesticides. Why are so many pesticides used in growing strawberries? Do those pesticides hurt your health? What about the health of the workers who plant and harvest strawberries? In this lesson, you’ll learn about the history and impacts of pesticide use in strawberry farming.
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Strawberries and Labor
Did you know that California grows almost 90% of all the strawberries grown in the United States? Or that strawberries are one of the most labor-intensive crops to grow? In this lesson, you will use an infographic and close reading to learn about connections between strawberry growing, production practices, and immigration policies.
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Knife Skills: Knife Safety
Do you want to learn and practice knife skills to improve your cooking? The first step towards that is learning how to work with knives safely. This short lesson will explain a few important practices that help keep you safe as you develop and practice your skills. You’ll watch a short video and then answer a few questions about what you learned in the video. Then you’ll practice what you’ve learned and prepare a simple snack of cut vegetables.
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Knife Skills: Mincing
Do you want to know how to use a knife like a professional chef? Mincing is an essential knife technique that allows you to cut foods into very small pieces quickly. It is easy and satisfying to learn how to do! This lesson will help you get started mincing and prepare a delicious Italian topping called gremolata that is excellent with roasted vegetables, soup, or grilled meats!
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Discovering Flowers
Ever wonder why a flower looks the way it does? Or what the different parts of a flower are for? In this lesson, you will explore the structure of flowers and learn about flower parts and what they do. You will examine a flower and draw and label different parts of your flower.
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Learning How to Flip Food
Have you watched chefs on TV effortlessly flip an egg or pancake without using a spatula? Do you want to be able to impress your friends with your skills? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to flip food in a sauté pan and reflect upon how you learn new skills.
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Roasting Vegetables (Kitchen)
In this lesson, students learn how factors like oven temperature and vegetable size affect how the vegetables cook. Students will draw a picture of their favorite vegetable and then will watch a video and complete a worksheet. Finally, they will get in the kitchen and roast some vegetables.
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How Do We Smell? (Kitchen)
Have you ever wondered how smell works? Have you ever smelled something and it sparked memory? If so, that’s because our bodies are working with our brains to help us smell. Today, we are going to learn about how we smell and do some fun activities!
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How to Read A Recipe (Kitchen)
Have you ever read a recipe only to still not know where to start? Gotten halfway through cooking something and realized you missed a key step? These are common setbacks that can be avoided with purposeful recipe reading. This activity will help you read recipes like a professional chef!
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