Growing Chefs! Ontario is a registered charity based in London, Ontario that unites chefs, growers, educators and community members in children’s food education projects.
Growing Chefs! Ontario offers a variety of Food Education Projects to get kids and communities excited about healthy, wholesome food! They have a variety of resources that can be used in your classroom. To access the full suite of resources developed by Growing Chefs! Ontario, visit growingchefsontario.ca.
Ophea has partnered with Growing Chefs! Ontario to provide quick access to a variety of H&PE Elementary curriculum connected resources including lesson plans, companion videos to the lessons, and supplements.
Food Systems - Grade 1-3
Students will begin to explore where our food comes from looking at each step in the food system. They will begin to observe how the food system provides different foods in different communities around the world.
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Value of Food - Grade 1-3
Students will consider the value of food beyond its nutritional content and its cost by considering how they and other people at different stages of the Food System interpret the value of food.
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Taste Like a Chef - Grade 1-3
Tasting is a culinary skill that is often undervalued. However, tasting and identifying flavours can be the most important tool in a chef’s tool box. This lesson will help students learn to taste, and will support them in identifying and expanding their food comfort zones.
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Food Systems - Grade 4-6
Students continue to explore where their food comes from. Students begin to explore the impacts our food system has on the environment and how we can balance human needs with environmental impacts.
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Value of Food - Grade 4-6
By the end of this lesson and the associated activities, students will have a better understanding of the value of food beyond its nutritional content. Students will explore plating techniques used by professional Chefs!
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Taste Like a Chef - Grade 4-8
Tasting is a culinary skill that is often overlooked but is a crucial part of every Chef’s tool box. Students will take it one step further to identify and describe foods using objective language as apposed to subjective opinion based language
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Food Systems - Grade 7-8
Students continue to explore where their food comes and to develop a deeper understanding of Food Systems. Students continue to explore the affects the food system has on the environment and how we can balance human needs with environmental impacts.
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Value of Food - Grade 7-8
By the end of this lesson and the associated activities, students have considered the value of food beyond its nutritional content and its cost by exploring plating techniques and aesthetics used by Chefs, as well as personal and cultural food stories and memories.
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