Get students ready for their first cooking lab with the Kitchen Lab Readiness Challenge: Are You Ready to Cook?

Designed primarily for Grades 6–8 FACS, Foods & Nutrition, and introductory Culinary classes, this ready-to-use activity gives students practical practice with the skills and decisions they will need in the kitchen. Students work through realistic situations involving kitchen safety, equipment selection, recipe reading, basic measurement, teamwork, problem-solving, and cleanup procedures.

Students also use a simple smoothie recipe to demonstrate recipe-reading and measurement readiness, respond to common kitchen-lab situations, and complete a Kitchen-Ready Self-Check before their first cooking experience.

Includes:

• 4 student activity pages
• Kitchen safety scenarios
• Equipment-selection challenge
• Recipe and measurement practice
• Kitchen teamwork and problem-solving scenarios
• Student readiness self-assessment
• Complete teacher answer key and use notes
• High school adaptation suggestions

Perfect for the first week of class or immediately before the first cooking lab. Designed for approximately 25–35 minutes and suitable for individual work, partners, or teacher-led review.