Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning on a Budget Project
- Word Document File
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Description
Give your students a preview of "adulting" with this grocery shopping on a budget project. Includes option for 3-day meal plan/shopping project OR 5-day project.
Also includes grading rubrics.
What will students do?
Students are asked to brainstorm and create a menu for 3/5 days (covering all the food groups each day), create their shopping list while looking up prices on a grocery shopping website or app of teachers choice (Walmart, peadpod.com, Instacart, or use your local grocery store) all while staying within a $75 budget (The USDA reports the average “moderate” grocery budget for one is $75 a week) .
What is included in your download:
Two versions of the following (3-day and 5-day meal planning/shopping)
- Project students directions
- Student meal planning chart to plan meals
- Student Shopping List/Budget Tracker
- Project Rubric
To complete project, students will need online access to a grocery store website or app with prices.
This document is also editable so you can make changes to the amount of money being budgeted, or the directions to fit the needs of your learners.
