Strawberry DNA Extraction Lab Where would we be without our DNA? Yet, it’s nearly impossible to grasp its importance if we can’t see it. This lab comes to the rescue with a fun and interactive way of extracting DNA from the humble strawberry. Students will learn how to extract this macromolecule from the fruit and will get to see it first hand. This lesson can be completed with students of all ages and does not require complex equipment - so it can even be done at home! Beware - after doing this activity, you may have a potential scientist on your hands! This product contains: A tried and tested lesson plan, complete with required tools, background information, and optional extension activity suggestions Reference material on DNA and links to additional resources online A printable lab page to hand out to the students Printable analysis questions An answer key

Food Group Bingo - Nutrition Education Food Group Bingo is a fun and interactive activity that can be used to build vocabulary, teach students about balanced nutrition and healthy eating habits and to evaluate student understanding of food-related concepts. Not only is this activity ideal for students of all ages, but it is an excellent way to build vocabulary in ELL / ELD students and to teach Life Skills. Included in this activity are: A page outlining the USDA nutrition guidelines for healthy eating Bingo Directions Call Sheets for each of the 5 food groups 20 different bingo cards COOKING WITH THE KIDS is an educational project led by UK not for profit, The Organic Cookery School. It strives to help parents, carers and teachers to incorporate more cookery activities into their children’s lives, providing accessible child-focused recipes and cross-curricular activities. Food Group Bingo is based on an original resource by Michelle Stern, and is no owned and distributed by The Organic Cookery School. Profits go to support our community cookery and nutrition projects in areas of need.

This resource contains several fun and interactive activities that can be used to build vocabulary, teach students about balanced nutrition and healthy eating habits and to evaluate student understanding of food-related concepts. Not only is this activity ideal for students of all ages, but it is an excellent way to build vocabulary in ELL / ELD students and to teach Life Skills. Included in this activity are: Teacher resource pages about the 5 food groups Food Group Strips - a cut and paste activity Sort My Plate - food group sorting activity with writing Food Group Sort - a matching activity Which Doesn’t Belong Word Search Puzzles and answers: 2 differentiated levels for each of the 5 food groups (10 wordsearches in total)

This Charlotte’s Web themed cooking resource contains 4 delicious (original, healthy and seasonal) recipes, a produce taste test and an easy art and community service project. This resource is ideal for students of all ages and is an excellent way to teach Life Skills. Use it as a stand alone Cooking Playdate or Class, or combine it with my other cooking resources and host your own cooking themed summer camp! Included in this Charlotte’s Web DIY Cooking Class resource are: 4 Fantastic Farm Fresh Recipes - each including directions, organizational strategies, and a printable recipe to share Wilbur in a Blanket Spider Web (Corn) Silk Saute Charlotte’s Pastoral Pesto Barnyard Blackberry Puffs A guide for Produce Taste Testing A Paper Placemat Community Service Activity