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5 Minute FACS
Get Off to a Green Start- Start each class period of the entire school year with a reminder to students of the important of living green.  Each warm-up activity included in this useful resource fits one of the following categories:  Green Speak , Green Wisdom, Green Action or Green Ingenuity.  Students journal their responses as they reflect on and apply the principles of living an eco-friendly lifestyle.  5 Minute FACS, Get Off to a Green Start is an efficient and fun way to incorporate this timely topic into your curriculum.

 
The Educated Palate - Art, music and fine food are three of life's greatest pleasures.  This resource aims to enhance students' culinary experience through exercises in sensory evaluation, preparation of classic international dishes, and appreciation of the nuances of the world's most complex foods--cheese, chocolate, coffee, tea, herbs and spices and wine.  Introduce your students to the world of fine dining and help them to develop a taste for great food that will last a lifetime.
Home Ecology The FACS of Living Green - Managing a home with respect for the environment is not a new concept to FACS.  Home Economics founder, Ellen S. Richards pioneered the concept a century ago.  This comprehensive curriculum will enable teachers to incorporate eco-friendly living into every FACS content area.  We can and must teach our students to understand and appreciate the impact of a sustainable lifestyle.  Home Ecology, the FACS of Living Green will make it easy for your to teach this timely and important subject.
A Novel Approach to FACS- Encouraging students to read is a challenge faced by teachers at all grade levels and in all content areas. The purpose of A Novel Approach to FACS is to provide practical strategies for incorporating reading into the FACS curriculum without sacrificing FACS content. Based on eleven novels and one work of non-fiction which all have connections to the FACS curriculum, A Novel Approach to FACS provides discussion guides, student projects, content quizzes, and vocabulary builders that make incorporating reading easy for teachers and fun for students. The activities in A Novel Approach to FACS are appropriate for individual student use or an entire class.
FACS By Numbers -introduces students to the tools, techniques and art of quilting.  As students learn to cut and measure with precision, they apply many of the theories of basic geometry.  Students can create an entire Sampler quilt of twelve blocks or small projects requiring only one or two blocks.
 

The FACS Teacher's Companion --Created to make managing the FACS classroom easier and more efficient.  This organizational tool will guide you through planning a multi-faceted lesson plan.  Included are the complete National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education, a calendar of Today in FACS History for each day of the year, plus a Power Lesson Plan template.  Forms for managing inventories, budget, equipment maintenance, public relations, student absences, and parental contacts.  All forms are available in printed form as well as on the Companion CD.  Customizable and expandable, the FACS Teacher's Classroom Companion is a must for the busy FACS professional!

 
Focus on FACS--Get each class period started on a productive note with bellwork activities written specifically for the Family and Consumer Science classroom. Focus on FACS is a collection of five-minute activities designed to focus students on learning. This resource contains activities for every day of the school year.

 
 

Hi-Tech Home Ec Upgraded--This is one of our newest titles just completed December, 2005.  As the title implies, its an expanded and improved version of the original High Tech Home Ec.  HTHE Upgraded features fifteen new projects plus all of the ones in the original version.  The original projects have been improved with clearer directions, models and examples, and additional support materials.  The new projects will guide you and your students through WebQuests, blogs, on-line services, unique electronic projects and much more.  Teachers will find the directory of computer-related products very useful.  High Tech Home Ec Upgraded may be the only resource you'll need to successfully utilize technology in the FACS classroom.

 
Cooking Up Success--A laboratory manual for making the foods lab a strong instructional tool.  Manual contains 225 recipes identified by skill level and learning objectives, lab evaluation materials, tips and suggestions, and handy reference charts.
Cooking Up A Cool Career - - A collection of twenty career activities that will have students doing rather than just reading about FACS careers.  Careers cover all areas of Family and Consumer Science.  Each features a one page reproducible career summary followed by an activity that replicates a phase of that career.  Support materials for each career activity include transparency masters, ready-to-copy project sheets, and evaluation rubrics.  Get your students started thinking about a great FACS career while they hone their problem solving, research, and collaborative skills.
Recipe for Reading--A unit based upon the incorporation of a culinary novel into the FACS curriculum to expand course content to emphasize reading.  The unit details 15 classroom-ready activities, quizzes, references and helps, recipes, and answer keys.  Everything you will need to implement Recipe for Reading into your own classroom is included.
Recipe for Writing-- Twenty writing activities ready for implementation into the FACS classroom.  Extensive support and evaluation materials included for each activity.  The manual features exercises applicable to all FACS curriculum areas as well as general writing experiences.  Address the need to align your curriculum to state and local standards and help your students build the practical writing skills they need.
Wedding With Class-- Wedding With Class is everything you will ever need to prepare your students to plan a wedding. Included are complete teacher support materials and references, color transparency masters, student handouts, project sheets, evaluation rubrics and more. It's a ready-to-use unit complete with on-line supplemental resources and curriculum alignment. Bonus--The entire unit is filled with links to core curriculum subjects. Students and teachers alike will fall in love with Wedding With Class.
FastFACS--Temperatures, cooking times, conversions, substitutions and other data are an important part of the FACS teacher's daily routine. Fast FACS brings together charts, tables and hard-to-find facts from many sources into one quick, reliable desk reference. Information sections are color-coded by FACS subject area for easy use.
Fresh FACS Reference Sheet--Laminated sheet printed front and back packed with facts and figures you need to have at your fingertips.  Calories in common foods, ingredient substitutions, stain removal, yardage conversion, color wheel, New Food Guide Pyramid and more!  Keep it handy for quick fact checking!