by Inexperienced Trainer on December 22, 2023
by Jackie Kirk and Mary Gale Smith
Grade ranges: Ok-7
Topic areas: social research, well being, household research, math, science
Key ideas: meals interconnections, meals manufacturing
Abilities: mapping, meals preparation, measuring
Location: classroom
Time: 2 hours
Supplies: class copies of a world map (or one giant world map for show); cake substances; footage of substances, their manufacturing, and their processing; cake-making gear (measuring spoons and cups, mixing bowl, wood spoon, grater, rubber spatula, 9-by-13-inch rectangular cake pan or muffin pans and paper liners)
By the point you’ve got eaten breakfast within the morning, you’ve got already trusted
half the world.
— Martin Luther King
Meals is a fundamental human want. But many people, and particularly younger kids, are distanced from the sources of what we eat. Most of us purchase our meals quite than develop it ourselves, and in households the place meals is purchased packaged and pre-prepared, kids have few alternatives to assist in the kitchen and even to see the method of meals preparation. When meals are introduced able to eat, little thought could also be given to the place the substances got here from, who grew them, how they have been processed, or what impression our selection of meals has on our well being and the well being of the planet.