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Geography Snacks

28-Jan-10

Geography & Food – Try Some of These Snacks Kids Make Around the World http://www.sara-jordan.com/activities-snacks.shtml Snack ideas come from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, Guyana, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, USA

Pancake Day & FREE pancakes at IHOP

14-Jan-09

Join IHOP to celebrate National Pancake Day February 24, 2009 from 7am-10pm. They ask that you consider making a donation to support local children’s hospitals through Children’s Miracle Network or other local charities. http://www.ihoppancakeday.com/ http://www.childrensmiraclenetwork.org/ Short history on pancakes, celebration notes and recipes at http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Batter-Up-Its-Pancake-Week/Detail.aspx More history and pancakes around the world at Pancake Appreciation [...]

Food Safety Quiz

23-Nov-08

Take a little holiday food-safety quiz

Olympics 2008 Unit Study Ideas

07-Aug-08

Aldi’s special purchases from August 10 include many Asian dishes. http://www.aldi.us/us/html/offers/offers_08_10_2008_ENU_HTML.htm?WT.z_src=main Daily updates of Kodak Olympic Picture of the Day, blog posts and other Olympic action direct from Beijing. http://www.kodak.com/go/olympics Competition Schedules http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/Schedule/index.shtml How many different sports are in the Summer Olympics? How long has each sport been in the Olympics? Research sports that are [...]

Food Network Cable in the Classroom

31-Jul-08

Food Network provides free educational guides for Cable in the Classroom offerings. Through this educational initiative, Scripps Networks shows are available to teachers and students in more than 81,000 public and private schools. The air schedule and companion curricula are available online. Download the program guide and educational activity guides in PDF format. These materials [...]

Mother’s Day bargain

12-May-08

Mother’s Day bargain at the Grocery Store We had Kroger Private Selection’s Stone Fired Spinach Pizza for Mother’s Day dinner last night. I liked it. However I found the dough to be a bit dry, but that could be due to my oven or how long we cooked it for. Regularly priced each pizza costs [...]

2008 – The Year of the Rat

08-Feb-08

February 7, 2008 — The Year of the Rat Gung Hay Fat Choy! Traditional Celebration of the Chinese New Year Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another [...]

Mardi Gras

31-Jan-08

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday”. The name comes from the ancient custom of parading a fat ox through Paris on this day. The ox was to remind the people that they were not allowed to eat meat during Lent. Lent runs from Ash Wednesday thru Easter Sunday. Mardi Gras moves. It can be [...]

Washington State Potato Commission

25-Jan-08

Free publications and posters from Washington State Potato Commission. Includes teacher kit, recipes and illustrated chart of Washington fresh potato varieties, descriptions and best uses.

Leafy Greens Council

25-Jan-08

Leafy Green Lesson Plans encourage kids to understand the nutritional benefits and the cancer-fighting and prevention elements of leafy greens; and hopefully to encourage the increase in consumption of leafy greens. Create Cruciferous Crusaders Trading Cards, read the “G” List to learn your greens, try some recipes and more.