The Edible Schoolyard Project is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the transformation of public education by using organic school gardens, kitchens and cafeterias to teach both academic subjects and the values of nourishment, stewardship, and community.
Cooking with Curiosity Curriculum introduces students to cooking skills while building reflection practices so that they can cook confidently on their own terms. The curriculum includes four-units with approximately 40 lessons designed to be completed over the course of a semester.
Lessons are written for middle school students but many will adapt easily to elementary and high school levels.
- Unit 1 introduces students to basic kitchen skills such as knife safety and recipe reading.
- Unit 2 introduces students to more basic kitchen skills such as knife techniques and approximating recipes. Students practice preparing recipes that do not involve heat.
- Unit 3 introduces students to more basic kitchen skills such as sauteing vegetables and basic baking methods. Students practice preparing recipes using the stovetop and oven.
- Unit 4 sets students up for their final project of researching and cooking a recipe with ingredients that are important to them or their families. Students practice the kitchen techniques they’ve learned through the curriculum and utilize their reflection practices to debrief the project and their cumulative experience.
Want to know more?!
- Check out their Resource Library for free lesson plans and materials by subject and grade level as well as Kitchen Classroom and Kitchen Skills.
- They also have a virtual training titled Exploring Kitchen Classroom Systems and Structures Presentation.
- For more information, go to org
