Chemistry of Cooking

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 17.04.03

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Background
  3. African Centered Education
  4. Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
  5. Rationale
  6. Content
  7. Nicolas Appert
  8. Endnotes
  9. Bibliography for Teachers
  10. Bibliography for Students
  11. Classroom Activities
  12. Appendix

Food Preservation: From Edible School Garden to Science Table

James Churilla

Published September 2017

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Bibliography for Students

Barrett, Judi, and Ron Barrett. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Boston, MA: National Braille Press, 1978. A Children’s Classic from the 70’s. One of my favorites.

Barrett, Judi, and Ron Barrett. Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000. As the title says, The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Cobb, Vicki, and Peter J. Lippman. Science Experiments You Can Eat. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1994. Your kitchen will be transformed into a laboratory as you make startling discoveries about how cabbage can detect acid, how bacteria makes yogurt and much more.

DAmico, Joan, Karen Eich. Drummond, and Tina Cash-Walsh. The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids. New York: J. Wiley, 1995. With The Science Chef, you’ll learn loads of basic science by doing fun, easy to perform cooking projects. You also get to eat the results when you’re finished.

Eamer, Claire, and Marie-Eve Tremblay. Inside Your Insides: A Guide to the Microbes that Call You Home. Toronto, Ontario: Kids Can Press, 2016. Great colored pencil art work describing Microbes.

Littlefield, Cindy, and Joanne Schmaltz. Tianas Cookbook: Recipes for Kids. New York, NY: Disney Press, 2009. In The Princess and the Frog, Tiana is such a good cook that she opens her own restaurant. Now kids can make their own versions of her dishes with these simple step by step recipes.

Miller, Jan, ed. Better Homes and Gardens: Complete Canning Guide. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. Provides all the information and inspiration you need to stock your pantry with home-canned food. Offers the safest, simplest, and the most up to date methods to ensure safety and success in home canning.

Taylor-Butler, Christine. Food Safety. New York, NY: Children's Press, 2008. Chapter book on food safety. Super pictures.

Verdick, Elizabeth, and Marieka Heinlen. Germs Are Not for Sharing. Minneapolis, MN: Free Spirit Pub., 2011. Cute book for teachers to read to students.

Zappy, Erica. Curious George Discovers Germs. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. When George comes down with a cold, he learns all about germs so that he can figure out how to get better, stay healthy, and prevent germs from spreading.

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