Sixth Grade Kitchen Rotation
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ESY Berkeley Teaching Staff
Edible Schoolyard Project
Berkeley, CA

No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Fall
1 Kitchen Orientation Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Kitchen Rituals and Routines, Student Orientation
2 Greens Over Grains Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Knife Skills, Sauté, Farm to Table
3 Pan de los Muertos Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Traditional Foods, Precise Recipes, Ancestors
4 Autumn Harvest Soup Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Flexible Recipes, Seasoning to Taste, Seasonal Harvest
No. Lesson Location Grade Key Concepts
Spring
5 Frittata Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Knife Skills, Eggs, Cooking Rates
6 The Silk Road: Chinese Steamed Dumplings Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Silk Road, Trade, Flexible Recipes
7 The Silk Road: Indian Vegetable Curry Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Cultural Exchange, Trade, Cooking Rates
8 The Silk Road: Roman Homemade Hand-Rolled Pasta with Gremolata Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Silk Road, Trade, Rome
9 The Silk Road: Trading for Rice Pudding Kitchen Classroom 6 – 8 Trade, Teamwork, Cultural Exchange