
A lift the flap book featuring a variety of vegetables, their different parts, and things that they are similar to.
Introduce students to cucumbers, how they grow, and what they taste like.
This simple salad doesn’t require any cooking, although the flavors are better if allowed to set for an hour or two.
From Cucumber Soup by Vickie Leigh Krudwig
Read the book with your students and then make the recipe, combining science, math, and early literacy.
This lesson plan has step by step instructions for cooking in the classroom and features literature and curriculum connections.
Children learn how to make their own snack and through a hands on cooking experience gain motivation to try a new vegetable. Children learn about kitchen utensils and how to use them to make a specific recipe.
These open faced cucumber sandwiches don’t require any cooking and are sure to be a hit in the classroom. The associated lesson plan contains ideas for cucumber activities and curriculum connections.
Students conduct an experiment to determine what fraction of vinegar is needed to safely preserve pickles. Students will use math skills to determine volumes needed based on a ratio.