Life skills and special education
Kitchen Safety & Food Safety Activities
Knife & Fire Safety · FACS Life Skills
- Grades
- Grades 6–12
- Formats
- Google Slides, PDF, PowerPoint
- Pages
- 44
- Answer keys
- Included
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Teach kitchen safety and food safety before your first cooking lab! In this no-prep FACS and life skills unit for grades 6-12, students hunt for 16 hazards in a detailed kitchen scene, learn exactly what to do in a grease fire, practice knife safety, and master Clean, Separate, Cook and Chill with safe internal temperatures, the danger zone, safe thawing, fridge storage and date labels. Every safety fact is checked against USDA, FDA, CDC, U.S. Fire Administration, NFPA and OSHA guidance.
What's included
- Teacher guide with 8-session pacing, learning goals and materials
- Teaching notes: differentiation (support, on level, challenge), lab-day tips and sample IEP goals
- Standards page (FCS National Standards 3.0 + National Health Education Standards)
- Kitchen safety vocabulary: 12 picture words + practice
- Kitchen safety pre-check (agree/disagree, before and after the unit)
- Spot the Hazards: a detailed kitchen scene with 16 hazards (fire, cuts, falls, electrical, chemical, food safety) + hazard hunt recording sheet
- Prevent Kitchen Fires: 10 illustrated rules + questions
- If a Fire Starts: grease, oven and microwave fires, "never use water," when to get out, and P.A.S.S.
- Burns & Scalds: prevention tips + first aid steps
- Knife Safety: 12 rules and the claw grip + Safe or Unsafe? (10 situations)
- Falls, Electrical & Chemical Safety + What's the Fix? matching
- Food Safety: The 4 Steps poster (Clean, Separate, Cook, Chill)
- Clean (CDC hand-washing steps), Separate (find the cross-contamination), Cook (temperature ladder + how to use a food thermometer)
- Is It Done? thermometer-reading practice with 8 foods
- Chill: the danger zone, the 2-hour/1-hour rule, bacteria math and "beat the clock" time problems
- Safe Thawing: the 3 safe ways + turkey thawing math
- Refrigerator Storage: fridge zones, where does it go? and storage time limits
- Reading Date Labels: Best if Used By, Sell-By, Use-By and Freeze-By
- 16 scenario task cards + recording sheet
- True or False? (20 statements)
- Clean, Separate, Cook or Chill? 24-card sort with sort mat
- Leveled pages: Level 1 (2 picture-supported pages), Level 2 (multiple choice + word bank), Level 3 (plan a safe taco night)
- Kitchen Safety Contract for students and families
- 8 exit tickets
- 20-question Kitchen Safety Quiz
- Complete answer keys, including a numbered hazard scene
How to use it
Use it at the start of a FACS, culinary arts, health or life skills course, before the first cooking lab, or as a review any time. Students at different levels can share the same scene, poster and cards while working on the Level 1, 2 or 3 page that fits. Print and go: just cut the scenario cards and sort cards. The safety contract goes home for a family signature.
Skills practiced
Hazard spottingfire safetyburn first aidknife safetyfall preventionelectrical and chemical safetyhand washingcross-contaminationsafe internal temperaturesthe danger zonesafe thawingfood storagedate labels
