Curricular Connections

How do our Hands on Food lessons connect to the BC Curriculum?

Food exploration is a great way to teach cross-curricular unit plans. Whether you have your class grow their own salad greens, learn food preparation skills or turn apples into fruit leather, you can teach math, science, PHE and more.

Below is an overview of the many Curricular Competencies and Content that link to the different Hands on Food lessons.

Applied Design, Skills, and Technology

Curricular Competencies

  • Make a product using known procedures or through modelling of others (K-3)
  • Reflect on their ability to work effectively both as individuals and collaboratively in a group (K-5)
  • Decide on how and with whom to share their product (Gr.4-5)
  • Explore and test a variety of materials for effective use. (Gr.6-7)
  • Identify and evaluate the skills and skill levels needed, individually or as a group, in relation to a specific task and develop them as needed (Gr.6-7)
  • Select and learn about appropriate tools and technologies to complete a task.

Content

  • Basic food handling and simple preparation techniques and equipment
  • Factors in ingredient use, including balance eating/nutrition, function and dietary restrictions
  • Factors that influence food choices, including cost, availability, and family and cultural influences.

Physical and Health Education

Curricular Competencies

  • Explore and describe strategies for making healthy eating choices in a variety of settings
  • Explore and describe strategies for pursuing personal healthy-living goals

Content

  • Influences on food choices
  • Strategies for accessing health information (Gr.3)
  • Food portion sizes and number of servings (Gr.4)
  • Food choices to support active lifestyles and overall health (Gr.5)
  • Influences on food choices (Gr.6)
  • Factors that influence personal eating choices (Gr.7)
  • Sources of health information (Gr.7)amily and cultural influences.

Mathematics

Curricular Competencies

  • Estimate reasonably

Content

  • Fraction concepts (Gr.3)
  • Multiplication and division concepts (Gr.3)
  • Measurement using standard units (Gr.3)
  • Time concepts (Gr.3) & Telling time (Gr.4)
  • Ordering and comparing fractions (Gr.4)
  • Equivalent fractions (Gr.5)
  • Duration, using measurement of time (Gr.5)
  • Mixed numbers (Gr.6)
  • Introduction to ratios (Gr.6)
  • Volume and capacity (Gr.6)

Science

Curricular Competencies

  • Observe objects and events in familiar contexts (Gr.3-6)
  • Identify a question to answer or problem to solve through scientific inquiry (Gr.3-7)
  • Make predictions based on prior knowledge (Gr.3-4)
  • Identify First Peoples perspectives and knowledge as sources of information (Gr.3-6)

Content

  • Humans – the five senses (Gr.4)
  • Heterogeneous mixtures (Gr.6)
  • Chemical changes (Gr.7)
  • Sensing and Responding: Plants (Gr.4)

Arts Education

Curricular Competencies

  • Apply learned skills, understandings and processes in new contexts (Gr.3)
  • Experience, document and share creative works in a variety of ways (Gr.3)
  • Reflect on creative processes and make connections to other experiences (Gr.4-5)

Content

  • Personal and collective responsibility associated with creating, experiencing, or sharing in a safe learning environment (Gr.3-7)

English Language Arts

Curricular Competencies

  • Read fluently at grade level (Gr.3-7)
  • Use sources of information and prior knowledge to make meaning (Gr.3-7)
  • Use developmentally appropriate reading, listening and viewing strategies to make meaning (Gr.3-7)
  • Recognize how different texts reflect different purposes (Gr.3-7)

Content

  • Reading strategies (Gr.3-7)
  • Legible handwriting (Gr. 3-7)

Career Education

Curricular Competencies

  • Work respectfully and constructively with others to achieve common goals (K-3)
  • Demonstrate effective work habits and organizational skills appropriate to their level of development (K-3)
  • Make connections between effective work habits and success (Gr.4-5)
  • Demonstrate safe behaviours in a variety of environments (Gr.4-5)
  • Demonstrate leadership skills through collaborative activities (Gr.6-7)
  • Demonstrate safety skills in an experiential environment (Gr.6-7)

Content

  • Emergent leadership skills (Gr.4-5)
  • Safety hazards and rules at school, at home and in the community (Gr.4-5)