FACS on TV

There are an extraordinary number of programs on television today based on the FACS content areas. Topics ranging from all things food to fashion, interior design, relationships, child rearing and managing financial resources. Why not take advantage of both the popularity of these programs and the value of the information presented in them to enhance your classroom instruction? Of course, not all of the information presented in these programs is useful and reliable, but many can help you provide depth, demonstration and application, and interesting background and color to the topics you present in your classes.

 The following is a list of current programs that can be useful in the FACS classroom, grouped by content area application. Click on the link associated with each program to access broadcast dates and times as well as some general information about the show’s content. Many of the programs listed are part of the Cable in the Classroom educational initiative, which is another gold mine of free teacher resources. Check out this valuable resource at http://www.ciconline.com/default.htm.

Food preparation
The Cooking Loft
Dinner:  Impossible
Ace of Cakes
The Chef Jeff Project
Have Fork Will Travel
Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger
Sugar Rush
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
Cookworks
Date Plate
Eat This with Dave Lieberman (Web only broadcast available on demand.)
Food Fight (Game show format demonstrating basic cooking skills, creativity and shopping skills)
How to Boil Water
Sugar Rush
Wolfgang Puck’s Cooking Class

Nutrition and Fitness
Honey, We're Killing the Kids
Calorie Commando
Weighing In
Blaine’s Low Carb Kitchen
Diet Doctor
FitNation
Marilu Henner’s Shape Up Your Life
The Biggest Loser

Food service, Hospitality and Careers
Rescue Chef
Secrets of a Restaurant Chef
Restaurant Makeover
Behind the Bash
Restaurant Makeover
Martha

Food Science
Food Detectives
Feasting On Waves
Food 911
Good Eats

Food History and Trivia
America Eats-The That Builds America
Follow that Food
Food Finds
Food Hunter
Top 5
Trivia Unwrapped
Unwrapped
Secret Life of . . .

Green Living
Red, Hot and Green
Alter Eco
Emeril green
Greenovate
Supper Club
Wasted
Sensible Chic

Interior Design
Color Correction
Get Color!
Design Remix
Design on a Dime
Divine Design
Free Style
Double Take
reDesign
Kitchen Trends

Interior design careers
Design Inc.
Designer Finals

Architectural history
Homes Across America
If Walls Could Talk