Family and Consumer Sciences
Curriculum Outline
Mrs. Becker - 6th Grade
This course will run for 10 weeks, during that time we will focus on these skills for life.
1. Family
a. Who makes up your family
b. What does your family do for you
c. The work of the family
d. Types of crisis families experience
e. Problem solving skills
f. Interpersonal relationships
2. Housing
a. How to read floor plans
b. Architectural symbols
c. Create your dream bedroom
d. Housing Webquest
3. Financial Fitness Fun
a. Money from around the world
b. Why did that picture end up on the dollar bill
c. Identify your spending habits
d. Save, save, save
e. The money game
4. Community Service Quilt project
a. Sewing simple seams
b. Geometry and Quilts
c. Paper quilt block
d. Creating an individual geometric quilt block
e. Fabric shopping online webquest
5. Culinary Calculations
a. Solve numerical problems related to food
b. Recipe yield conversion
c. Measuring liquid and dry ingredients
6. Food Preparation Skills
a. Kitchen safety skills
b. Reading recipes
c. Entertain homeroom teachers
d. Food, Family and Fun recipe page for autobiography unit
e. Food Science experiments
f. Ready, Set, Cook!
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