Friday, October 15, 2010

Zuke Tube: Lesson for Grade 5/6

Zuke Tube: How to Grow and Cook Zucchini aka Courgettes

Lesson Length: One Hour

Learning Objectives:

To teach students about the growth cycle of the zucchini, facts about the plant structure, pollination, and harvesting.

To show the students a variety of cooking show styles.

To teach the editing and storyboarding process.

To teach the students media critique and media literacy.

To use the "expert game" to teach improvisational skills, to gain confidence in public speaking and interview skills (giving interviews and being the interviewee.) To prepare students for the exercise of creating their own cooking shows.

Introduce the idea of creating a class cookbook.

Homework: Students can look over magazines and choose one or two recipes they would like to cook in their cooking show. For this exercise one of the ingredients must be from the squash family: ie pumpkin, zucchini, spaghetti squash, etc.

In the next lesson students will list the ingredients and the cooking tools they need to make their recipe. I will need a copy of each recipe. Eventually the students will be broken down into groups of three, so if more than one student like a recipe, that's a good thing. We will then improvise our cooking shows, and then create story boards and scripts.

1 min BBC Dig In: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSsFixgoAA

2:24, Time lapse: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_lGLBCwkKE

2 min, Pollinating zukes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1crwrsxj8

6 min, River Cottage good tips on growing zukes and a grilled courgette salad: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/5449374/14343716

3.5 min, video for people who sell veggies, The Produce Lady: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhv6pcg-A0c

5 min, Gordon Ramsey, Stuffed Courgette Rolls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7z8vAwdt_M

Jamie Oliver (start the video at 2 min 25 seconds): Deep fried courgette flowers 11 min.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o1mwGb-wNU

4:45, Griddled Yellow Pepper, Courgette and Tandoori Paneer Salad: PATAK's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsFQ6pG1qUE

4:30, Mixed salad: http://www.youtube.com/gardengirltv#p/search/0/2ahKHAaDDCc

1 min: tuna and courgette fritters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yv57ENHVh0

Alton Brown: Chili Peppers, Scofield index, DVD

Optional:

3:20, Deep fried courgette flowers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43w6O7tWjjo

3:47, Zucchini Fritters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nBeY8Y-PrE

Improv Subjects:

how to grow a giant pumpkin

salt

carrot juice

chocolate bunnies

healthy smoothies

junk food

miniature cows

giant gingerbread houses

pancakes

zucchini furniture

banana splits

lime jello made in bathtubs

marshmallow mattresses

chocolate covered grasshoppers

how to make a giant pumpkin pie


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