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The Culinary Nutrition STEAM Lab

Where S.T.E.A.M. meets valuable life skills.

One lab in three versions, one for each school level. The learning outcomes stay the same. The lessons grow up with the kids.

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Find your grade

Pick the version for your students.

GradesK–3

Life Skills with Professor Isaac

Short, sing-along lessons about real food, plus snack-sized recipes to make together.

Enter → Grades4–8

MEGA BITES

More science, real cooking, and kids’ first tech skills.

Press start → Grades9–12

The Scratch Nutrition Lab

Real science, heritage-rooted recipes, and Apple Vision Pro.

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Same outcomes, every age

A ladder kids climb as they grow.

Each version teaches the same skills, at the level each age is ready for.

OutcomeK–3 · Life Skills4–8 · MEGA BITES9–12 · Scratch Nutrition Lab

Nutrition literacy

K–3Fun, core concepts. What foods do for our bodies.Like: carbs give us energy, protein builds our muscles, and fat feeds our brain.
4–8The science behind what we eat. We build on the core concepts and explain how they work.Like: real food vs. factory food, and reading labels like a detective.
9–12Ready for nutritional independence. Students sharpen the science so they can make their own food choices and cook for themselves.Like: the “Problem Three” (sodium, saturated fat, added sugar), macros, and body composition.

Cooking skills

K–3Simple snacks with a grown-up: granola, nut butter, mousse, cookies.
4–8Recipes from The Complete Nutrition & Cooking Guide for Young Chefs.
9–1230 heritage-rooted recipes, plus ratios and flavor in hands-on labs.

Confidence

K–3“I can help make my snack.”
4–8“I can choose real food.” The Real Food Hero pledge.
9–12“I can feed myself well.” Students lead workshops for younger kids.

Technology

K–3Not yet, on purpose. Little learners start with food, not screens.
4–8First tech skills and the basics of spatial computing.
9–12Apple Vision Pro: nutrition science in 3D.

See the 10 Pillars behind every program →

Why it’s STEAM

Every lab is a science lab with a stove.

S

Science

Nutrition science and the biology of how food fuels the body.

T

Technology

Spatial computing, starting in middle school.

E

Engineering

Recipes as a process: test, taste, and adjust.

A

Arts

Culinary arts, plating, and cultural food traditions.

M

Math

Measuring, ratios, labels, and nutrition math.

Inside the lab

Real food, real ingredients, and a lot of smiles.

Cookie day!
Cookie day!
Pineapple prep
Pineapple prep
Into the oven
Into the oven
In the headset
In the headset
Adobo tacos
Adobo tacos
Sharing a taco
Sharing a taco
Apple Vision Pro beside a navigable 3D digital twin of the culinary lab.
Inside The Lab

Explore Our Lab

Every lab is a navigable digital twin before it's ever a physical room — designed with safety, flow, and learning in mind, and viewable on iPhone, iPad, and desktop long before students ever pick up a knife.

See How This Works
Check Out The Lab

Designed with safety, flow, and learning in mind.

Lab Overview — the blueprint for FG Kids' Culinary Nutrition STEAM Lab
Breaking Disease Patterns — how the lab addresses chronic illness
Obesity & Disease Prevention through hands-on kitchen skills
Culturally Responsive Education woven into the curriculum
Reducing Ultra-Processed Foods through whole-ingredient cooking
What We Build

Every Lab Includes

Kitchen

Commercial-grade teaching kitchen.

Library

Curated nutrition & culinary collection.

Cookbook

Student-authored recipe archive.

Apple Vision

Immersive food science experiences.

Living Lab

Hydroponic plant tower — seed-to-table process.

Production Hub

Mobile kitchen island for live instruction & filming.

Collaborative Workspaces

Six fully-equipped group lab stations.

Safety-First Technology

Kid-friendly mobile induction burners.

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