Professional Development Workshop!
June 4, 2026 11am-12:30pm EST
We have reached max capacity for this workshop. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!
90 minutes (60-minute core session + 30-minute practice & group discussion), synchronous online workshop
Audience: Nyc DOE Teachers, grades 5-12. Subject Areas: Mathematics, Family & Consumer Sciences, Life Skills, Advisory/SE, Health Education
CTLE Credits: 1.5
Description
How can a carton of eggs—or a tub of plain yogurt—transform your math instruction? As staple grocery prices rise and food affordability influences political elections, it’s essential to equip students with the skills to understand the economic realities behind the meals they eat. Educators can make learning relevant through real world contexts like meal planning and grocery budgeting. This workshop offers a meaningful way for students to see math in action while strengthening their culinary, financial and social literacy skills.
Participants will leave with 5 delicious, classroom-ready food-based activities designed to guide students to calculate the true cost of the ingredients, unit price comparisons, understanding numbers on Nutrition Facts labels, converting measurements, estimating totals, and building shopping lists within a set budget.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session, educators will be able to:
- Design interdisciplinary learning activities that connect food budgeting with real-world socio-economics underlying the meals they eat.
- Infuse math lessons with practical food-based applications including grocery budgeting and food price comparisons using age appropriate math functions — such as:
- Addition and subtraction
- Multiplication and division
- Working with fractions
- Estimating totals and rounding
- Converting units (ounces to cups, pounds to ounces, etc.)
- Incorporate nutrition education into lessons to help students understand how smart food decisions, budgeting, and cooking skills support healthy habits.
Presented By:
Lynn Fredericks, Founder & Executive Director, FamilyCook Productions
- National food education pioneer and co-author of Get Your Family Eating Right!
- Over 25 years of experience creating culturally responsive curricula for NYC schools
Mercedes Sanchez, MS, RD, Director of Nutrition, FamilyCook Productions
- Veteran educator and food curriculum designer
- FCP professional development session designer and trainer since 2003
Additional workshop information will be provided in the coming weeks. Zoom link will be sent out the night before the event.
