Family and Consumer Sciences

Occupational food service, Occupational clothing and textiles, and Occupational housing and interior design

Links verified 04/02/2026

1. Basic Kitchen Techniques & Methods - Cooking Techniques, Methods and Advice: Food Articles
2. Cooking and Food Theme - a collection of ideas to create a fun cooking/food theme in your classroom
3. Culinary Arts and Food Science Career Guide - explore careers in Culinary Arts and Food Science
4. EconEdLink - a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic education lesson plans for K-12 teachers and their students (a Thinkfinity partner site)
5. Eco-Friendly Painting Resource Guide - The history of eco-friendly paint as well as paint’s impact on health and the environment.
6. Family and Consumer Science Sites - Save time with this comprehensive list of valuable resources in Family and Consumer Sciences. 
7. Family Consumer Sciences - New Ideas for FACS Teachers!
8. Food and Fitness - This curriculum guide for Foods & Nutrition 1 is a basic nutrition and food course with a science perspective.
9. Food and Nutrition - Jeopardy game format
10. Food and Science Core - Online Curriculum Unit with lessons and activities.
11. Food - Eggs, Poultry and Fish - Quiz Jeopardy Style 
12. Food Groups - a Quia quiz on nutrition
13. Food - How Food Works - food and how your body uses it
14. Food - Kitchen Equipment - Hangman Game 
15. Food Labels - How to understand food labels. 
16. Food Labels - U.S. Food and Drug Administration site to help understand food labels 
17. Food Labels - Figuring out food labels.
18. Food Labels Quiz - how truthful are food and nutrition labels
19. Food - Measurement and Equivalent - Quia quiz
20. Food - The Total Kitchen Experience! - Jeopardy format 
21. Food - Nutrition Guidelines - Rags to Riches game format 
22. Food Safety - Lessons and activities.
23. Food Safety is in Your Hands - lesson plan on using proposed hand washing benchmarks for school meals programs
24. Housing - Influences on Housing in the U.S. - Jeopardy game. Part Two - part two of a two part jeopardy game covering various influences
    on housing 
25. Housing - Meeting housing needs - Quia quiz 
26. Housing - Special Needs Housing - Quia quiz 
27. How School Lunch Programs Support Children’s Health, Even From A Distance - posted by Baylor University
28. How to Become an Interior Designer - how to become an interior designer should you decide to pursue this career path
29. Interior Design - A Day in the Life - career info 
30. Interior Design - American Society of Interior Designers
31. Kitchen Math - Lesson on fractions in the kitchen.
32. Kookist - a resource guide to food safety
33. Let's Cook: Class Curriculum - [269 pages] to promote fruit & vegetable consumption in children (ages 9-13) living in low incomehouseholds
34. Reading Food Nutrition Labels - Learning how to read and understand food labels can help you make healthier choices. Here are some tips for making the most of the information on the Nutrition Facts label.
35. Recipe Manipulation - Use math and spreadsheets to increase amounts in a recipe. You know the guests will eat a lot of it, so you'll make more than one serving per person.
36. Sewing Machine Parts - Scroll toward the bottom of the page and learn the parts of a sewing machine.
37. Sewing Machine Parts - identify parts of the machine and its function. 
38. Sewing - Care and storage of Equipment - Quia quiz 
39. Small Appliance Cooking Assignment - lesson plan: students will demonstrate how to make a simple recipe using only small kitchen appliances
40. Sugarcoating the Facts - lesson plan to help students analyze the nutrition charts found on food packaging
41. Textile Dye History - Timeline on the history of dyeing textiles
42. Textiles - Fabric Trademark and Brand Name Index - in alphabetical order
43. Textiles - Fabric Dictionary - Fabric terms
44. Textile - How Fabric is Made - Cranston Village 
45. Textiles - Fiber and Clothing Arts, and Art - studying medieval and renaissance activities.
46. Textile Design - Fabric University - Fiber/Yarn Trademark and Brand Name Index
47. Textiles - Rayon - The Multi-Faceted Fiber - article on Rayon
48. Today in Food History - Discover Food history each day throughout the year.
49. WebQuests - index of online quests

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