Ms. Jackson's Home Economics

I want to get to know you better.  Take the time to fill out this individual Getting to know you - questionnaire.  This is your chance to tell me about the foods you like and don't like, also why you took the course and if you are planning to sign up for future courses.

Get to know your fellow classmates.  Use only one students name per box once.

Want to pick your lab partner?  On this name the classmate you would like to work with all semester.  Provide some other names to help make up the rest of your unit members.

In order to cook in this class all students must pass an introduction test which includes kitchen safety, kitchen equipment and unit procedures.  Here is the Kitchen Safety PowerPoint presentation that was shown in class.

This is the Safety In The Foods Room - Information Sheet that was handed out in class.  Make sure you use this information to study all the contents for the introduction test.

To help us review being safe in the kitchen, let's watch this quick 25 minute video called  "Safety in the Kitchen" through Learn360.  If you wish to re-watch it at home, you will need to log in to the SD38 Library Learning Commons Digital Resources at https://libraries.sd38.bc.ca/ to access the Learn360 Infobase Resource.

Can you now recognize poor kitchen safety work habits?  Study this picture and identify any mistakes on this worksheet Identify Kitchen Safety Mistakes.

Let's prep for the upcoming safety test by seeing how you answer the following safety questions on this Safety In The Kitchen Crossword worksheet.  If you miss any answers we will go through it as a class the next day.

Let's learn about how a foods class is managed and rules of being in the foods room with this Foods Room Procedures Infomation Sheet.

Let get to know your foods room unit a little better with a Foods Room Orientation search and find sheet.

Let's learn about the four unit duties you will take on this year as we cook and clean during each lab you make.  It is important you memorize which person does what job so that when the time comes you can work quickly and efficiently.

Your labs are marked on many things, not just the food you make or how you clean up.  Here is a informational hand out on how you earn your marks during a foods lab.

Your lab mark is now a proficiency scale, will you be a emerging, developing or proficent cook in the kitchen?  Check out the different categories for the lab.

Let check on everything you've learned so far about the foods room procedures and unit duties with this review worksheet.  Try and complete it with out referencing your handouts to assess your comprehension and readiness for the upcoming safety test.

Learn about all the kitchen equipment, utensils and small appliances we have in the foods room.   This is the presentation that was shown in class that identifies the equipment and it function.  This presentation follows the same order as the Kitchen Equipment worksheet but there is a few extra pieces that might be found within your units.

Here is a Unit Kitchen Equipment Location Map to help you learn the location of the all the different kitchen equipment in your unit.

Use the Kitchen Equipment Presentation or look through the unit cupboards and drawers to help match a piece of kitchen equipment to one of the purposes on the worksheet.  Don't forget to flip it over there is more on the back.  Remember if the piece of equipment isn't in your unit it might be Teacher Supplied so write TS in the location spot.

In our class we use three types of measuring tools; small measures, dry measures,  and liquid measures.  Learn the proper way to measure various ingredients that we might use during our cooking labs.  Fill out the back of this sheet to learn how to convert from Metric to imperial.

Here is a handy Metric Measurement Guide, it will help you convert both measurements and temperatures from metric to imperial so that you can cook both in our kitchens at school and in your kitchen at home

Demonstrate your understanding about the measuring methods with this worksheet Measuring Match.

Our Foods 9/10B review has come to an end.  Want to test some of your knowledge before the test?  Check out Kahoot for a bunch of different Kitchen Safety quizzes.  Here is one Ms. Jackson likes.

Today is your introduction safety test.  After you finish the test you may work silently on this Kitchen Dictionary worksheet while you wait for your fellow classmates to finish writing their test.  Write down all the new wonderful vocabulary you have learned this week about the kitchen, unit duties, equipment and measuring with this worksheet Kitchen Dictionary.

Let's learn about flour mixtures starting off with a savoury muffin.  Don't forget your lab will be the day following the demonstration.

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