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Lesson

Culinary Concepts

Through project-based learning, students will develop and manufacture a unique and nutritious food product that includes ingredients that have been sourced locally and can be served in retail outlets or the school cafeteria.

Grades
6 – 8
Estimated Time
Ten 45-minute class periods
Updated
September 13, 2024
Tags
mexican molletes on a plate
Image: Amar Preciado/Pexels

Background

Lesson Activities

Recommended Companion Resources

Credits

Author

Debra Spielmaker | National Center for Agricultural Literacy (NCAL)

Sources

  1. https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl
  2. https://www.pblworks.org/what-is-pbl/gold-standard-project-design
  3. https://www.nal.usda.gov/aglaw/local-foods#quicktabs-aglaw_pathfinder=1
  4. http://www.foodsystemprimer.org/food-distribution/
  5. https://amiba.net/?s=multiplier
  6. https://my.pblworks.org/resource/ntks

Standards

National Content Area Standards

  • Career & Technical Education
    • AFNR (Grades 6-8): Agribusiness Systems Career Pathway
      • ABS.01.02: Read, interpret, evaluate and write statements of purpose to guide business goals, objectives and resource allocation.
      • ABS.01.03: Devise and apply management skills to organize and run an AFNR business in an efficient, legal and ethical manner.
      • ABS.04.01: Analyze characteristics and planning requirements associated with developing business plans for different types of AFNR businesses.
      • ABS.05.03: Assess marketing principles and develop marketing plans to accomplish AFNR business objectives.
    • AFNR (Grades 6-8): Career Ready Practices
      • CRP.10.1: Identify career opportunities within a career cluster that match personal interests, talents, goals and preferences.
      • CRP.10.2: Examine career advancement requirements (e.g., education, certification, training, etc.) and create goals for continuous growth in a chosen career.
      • CRP.10.4: Identify, prepare, update and improve the tools and skills necessary to pursue a chosen career path.
    • AFNR (Grades 6-8): Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Cluster Skills
      • CS.01.01: Research, examine and discuss issues and trends that impact AFNR systems on local, state, national, and global levels.
      • CS.05.02: Examine and choose career opportunities that are matched to personal skills, talents, and career goals in an AFNR pathway of interest.
    • AFNR (Grades 6-8): Food Products and Processing Systems Career Pathway
      • FPP.02.01: Apply principles of nutrition and biology to develop food products that provide a safe, wholesome and nutritious food supply for local and global food systems.
      • FPP.02.03: Apply principles of human behavior to develop food products to provide a safe, wholesome and nutritious food supply for local and global food systems.
  • Social Studies – Economics
    • Economics Standard 2 (Grades 6-8): Decision Making
      • Objective (Grades 6-8): Make effective decisions as consumers, producers, savers, investors, and citizens.
    • Economics Standard 14 (Grades 6-8): Entrepreneurship
      • Objective (Grades 6-8): Identify the risks and potential returns to entrepreneurship, as well as the skills necessary to engage in it. Understand the importance of entrepreneurship and innovation to economic growth, and how public policies affect incentives for and, consequently, the success of entrepreneurship in the United States.