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How to Read a Recipe
Have you ever read a recipe only to still not know where to start? Have you ever gotten halfway through cooking something and realized you missed a key step? These are common setbacks in the kitchen that can be avoided with purposeful recipe reading.
Grade: 
3 – 5, 6 – 8, 9 – 12
Progression:
6 of 9
A Clean Kitchen
In this lesson you’ll learn (or review) the basics of keeping a kitchen clean. This will help you understand what needs to be cleaned in a kitchen and how to clean those things. You will also learn fun strategies to make cleaning feel less of a hassle by practicing cleaning habits of mind.
Grade: 
3 – 5, 6 – 8, 9 – 12, Whole Family
Progression:
7 of 9
What is Flavor?
What is taste? What is flavor? There are five essential tastes along with countless more smells that combine to make flavors. Investigating how foods complement each other is important to understanding flavor.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
8 of 9
What is Organic?
Many of us are familiar with the term organic. Even if we understand what the definition is, we don’t always take the time to explore what organic represents. In this lesson, you will explore and discuss your understanding of what organic is and what it represents to you.
Grade: 
6 – 8, 9 – 12
Progression:
9 of 9
Spin Your Kitchen Reflection Wheel
Your reflection wheel has eight different questions that expand on the question: Are you happy with what you made and how you cooked? Why or why not? Every time you cook, spin your wheel, and reflect on the question you land on. There are a variety of ways to respond to that question.
Grade: 
6 – 8, Whole Family
Sharing What You Made
We want you to share what you are creating with your peers, teacher, or family members. There are a number of different ways you can share what you are creating.
Grade: 
6 – 8, 9 – 12
Progression:
10 of 10
Kitchen Tool Exploration
What stories might a kitchen tool tell? In the Kitchen Habits of Mind lesson, you reflected on the importance of curiosity while cooking. This activity gives you a chance to look at your kitchen with curiosity and make some exciting discoveries about everyday kitchen objects.
Grade: 
3 – 5, 6 – 8, Whole Family
Progression:
4 of 10
ESYB Curriculum
Kitchen Orientation
This lesson introduces sixth-grade students to the kitchen classroom. Students meet staff, explore the kitchen, learn the basic rules and systems, and practice setting the table to eat a garden snack.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
1 of 9
Standards:
Aligned
ESYB Curriculum
Iron Chef
In this seventh-grade creative assessment, students work in groups to plan and prepare a meal using a surprise set of ingredients without adult help.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
9 of 8
Standards:
Aligned
ESYB Curriculum
Maki Sushi
In this seventh-grade humanities lesson, students make maki sushi and focus closely on their knife skills and on displaying their food artfully. This is the third in the five-lesson series leading up to Iron Chef, the culminating challenge of the seventh-grade kitchen experience.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
7 of 8
Standards:
Aligned
ESYB Curriculum
Udon Noodle Soup
In this seventh-grade humanities lesson, students make the broth and a variety of toppings for udon noodle soup. They learn how to make a simple stock from scratch, practice their knife skills, and coordinate timing as a group to complete a variety of recipes at the same time.
Grade: 
6 – 8
Progression:
6 of 8
Standards:
Aligned

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