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Life Long Learning Book Report
Time Frame: 1.5 hour block ObjectiveStudents will read a non-fiction self-help book and write a book report summarizing the book and applying the information to their lives.SetThis project is a part of...
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Food Science Links
WorksheetsYeast Experiment (Word)Lesson PlansGenetically Modified Foods: From the Lab to the Dinner Table : “This lesson is designed to expose students to the various issues surrounding GMO foods and...
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July’s Innovative FACS Teacher of the Month: Rachel Baxter
This month’s Innovative Family Consumer Science Teacher is Rachel Baxter, a high school FACS teacher in Mobile, Alabama. She’s taught FACS for five years now as her second career. She was inspired to...
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Fast Food Fanatic Project
There has been a lot of hype and a nation wide stirring about Fast Food over the past couple years thanks to movies like Super Size Me and Food, Inc. Most recently Fast Food hit the news again as a...
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Basic Budgeting
Time Frame: 1 block + 10 minutes a class for one month to write down spendingObjective: Identify financial goals and develop budgeting strategies.SetWrite the word “BUDGET” on the board and ask the...
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Subway Economics
This lesson follows a case study of a busy couple that is challenged by one of their coworker’s to figure out whether it is cheaper to make sandwiches or buy them from Subway. Students get a chance to...
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Tourism Lessons
Time Frame: 1 – 3 blocks (your call)Objectives10.1 Analyze career paths within the hospitality, tourism and recreation industries.10.1.4 Analyze the impact of hospitality occupations on local, state,...
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W.I.S.E.
Although the W.I.S.E. program isn’t necessarily a Family and Consumer Sciences course it certainly fits the teaching style and practical application that we’re all used to. So if your high school...
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Learn to Cook While Learning French: The Kitchen of the Future
Most of us have listened to TV while cooking before introducing the future kitchen that talks to you. Learn French and how to cook all at the same time. The concept similar to the Wii’s motion sensor...
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Recipes Around The World
This lesson plan is a great way to have the students connect and relate to one another. Each student will find and bring in a favorite family recipe, or favorite recipe. The students will fill out a...
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When I begin my unit on birth defects and prenatal care, I like to review the basics of genetics especially when we talk about inherited diseases. A fun and tasty way to do this is to have students...
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Genetically Modified Foods, known as GMO's, are foods that have had their genes altered through science or genetic engineering, which is monitored through the EPA, the FDA and the USDA. Did you know...
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Worksheets Yeast Experiment (Word) Lesson Plans Genetically Modified Foods: From the Lab to the Dinner Table : “This lesson is designed to expose students to the various issues surrounding GMO foods...
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