Students will explore the cheese-making process and put knowledge into action by making cheese.
Estimated time: 60–120 minutes (plus 2 hours waiting for cheese to strain)
Food Costs: Approximately $10
Making Cheese Lesson Plan
Students will explore the concept of mindfulness and will have the opportunity to participate in a mindful eating activity.
Mindful eating is noticing how, what, where, when and why we eat. Practicing this skill helps us to understand how we feel, and how that can affect the food choices we make. Mindful eating connects physical, emotional and mental well-being, and increases awareness of the social and environmental factors influencing eating habits.
A mindful eating approach can also be used during any eating opportunity, including lunchtime, snacks and any classroom lesson plan that involves food tasting.
For lesson plans that use food, refer to our list of lesson plans here.
Estimated time: 40-50 minutes
Food costs: less than $5
Mindful Eating Lesson Plan In January 2019, Health Canada released the new food guide, “an online suite of resources...that encourages Canadians to eat healthy whenever and wherever they go.” Since its release, the food guide Snapshot (or “healthy eating plate”) has been given a lot of attention. However, when it comes to healthy eating, Health Canada has said this picture is just the tip of the iceberg. This activity allows students to benefit from diving below media headlines to think critically about whether those messages accurately reflect Canada’s dietary guidelines. Students will explore healthy eating habits and increase their digital health literacy.
Estimated Time: about 1 hour, plus time for review and discussion.
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