Cooking the Common Core
Cooking the Common Core
Bringing Educational Standards to Life in the School Garden
Whether it is using multiplication tables to scale a recipe for four to feed the entire class, or following the steps of a recipe presented orally, the Common Core Standards in English language arts and mathematics naturally come alive through cooking.
This three-workshop series will provide a fun, creative avenue for participants to learn new techniques to reach students with a variety of learning styles, encourage healthy habits, and gain confidence in the outdoor classroom.
The interdisciplinary lessons being offered meet the academic standards in at least two core subjects and will include variations for teachers who wish to expand the activity into multiple class sessions, or use the cooking exercise to meet other core standards. During the workshops, teachers will participate in a hands-on cooking class for each recipe, which will include an in-depth explanation of the ingredients, materials, and procedures. Participants will cook and eat together. Lunch is provided.
February 17, 2012 - Day 1: Use Your Noodle with recipes "Handmade Fettuccine" and "Vietnamese Salad Rolls."
March 16, 2012 - Day 2: Transformers with recipes "Vegetable Fried Rice" and "Brassica Slaw."
April 6, 2012 - Day 3: Under Wraps with recipes "Quesadillas Verdes" and "Divine Dumplings."
$50/educator; $125/educator for the whole series; $100/educator for the whole series as part of a team
All workshops will be held at 18 Reasons: 3674 18th Street in San Francisco from 9:00am-3:30pm. The workshop fee for each day is $50/educator and includes lunch from Bi-Rite Market and an incredible cooking kit worth hundreds of dollars (Burton stove and fuel, cutting boards, paring knives, vegetable peelers, mixing bowls, and more) for participants to bring back to their school sites.